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The Merry Wives of Windsor

Volume 1 / Act 1 — Act I: Scene 3

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Scene iii.] Scene vii. Pope.

2. bully-rook] Bully Rock Rowe, passim.

10. shall ... shall] F1 Q3. will ... will F2 F3 F4.

14. see thee froth] see thee, froth Staunton.

lime] Steevens. lyme (Q1 Q2). live Ff Q3.

19. Hungarian] Ff Q3. Gongarian (Q1 Q2) Capell.

22. conceited?] Theobald here inserts (from Q1 Q2), His mind is not heroic and there’s the humour of it.

23. acquit] quit Pope.

26. minute’s] Ff. minuntes Q3. minim’s Singer (Bennet-Langton conj.).

41. carves] Ff (Q1 Q2). craves Q3.

45. studied her will] Ff Q3. studied her well (Q1 Q2) Pope.

translated her will] Ff Q3 (om. Q1 Q2). translated her well Pope. translated her Hanmer. studied her well and translated her will Grant White. studied her well and translated her ill Edd. conj.

47. anchor] author Johnson conj.

49. he] she (Q1 Q2) Pope.

a legion] Pope. a legend Ff. Q3. legians (Q1). legions (Q2) Capell.

50. entertain] Ff Q3. attend her (Q1 Q2). enter swine Coleridge conj. in her train Anon. conj.

55. œillades] illiads Ff Q3. eyelids Halliwell (Pope conj.).

56. gilded] guilded F1 Q3. guided F2 F3 F4.

64. cheaters] (Q1 Q2) F1 Q3 F3 F4. cheators F2. cheater Theobald. escheator Hanmer. ’cheator Capell.

73. tightly] F1. titely (Q1 Q2). rightly Q3 F2 F3 F4.

74. [Exit Robin. Dyce.

76. o’ the] oth’ F2 F3 F4. ith’ F1 Q3.

77. learn] earn Anon. conj.

humour] (Q1 Q2) Theobald. honour Ff Q3.

the] Ff Q3. this (Q1 Q2) Capell.

78. [Exeunt Falstaff and Robin.] Rowe. [Exit. Dyce.

79. Scene viii. Pope.

fullam holds] fullams hold Hanmer.

80. beguiles] beguile Hanmer.

83. operations] Ff Q3. operations in my head (Q1 Q2) Pope.

85. star] fairies (Q1 Q2). stars Collier MS.

88. discuss] disclose Pope.

88, 89. Page ... Ford] (Q1 Q2) Steevens. Ford ... Page Ff Q3. See note (I).

93. Page] Steevens. Ford Ff Q3.

94. yellowness] jealousies Pope.

95. the] this Pope.

95. mine] mien Theobald. mind Jackson conj. meisne or men Anon. conj. See note (IV).

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