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The Merry Wives of Windsor

Volume 1 / Act 4 — Act IV: Scene 2

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18. lunes] Theobald. lines Ff Q3. vaine (Q1 Q2).

33. street] F1 Q3. streets F2 F3 F4.

39. Re-enter F.] Enter. F2.

40. Scene iii. Pope.

43. pistols] Pistol Jackson conj.

48. Creep into the kiln-hole] Given to Mrs Page by Dyce (Malone conj.).

55. Mrs Page] (Q1 Q2) Malone. Mist. Ford. Ff Q3.

57. Mrs Ford] om. F2 F3 F4.

62. a mischief] mischief F4.

63, 73, 85, 150, and passim. Brentford] Brainford (Q1 Q2) Ff Q3.

66. thrummed] thrum’d F1 F2 F3. thrumb F4.

89. him] F2 F3 F4. om. F1 Q3.

98. knight] F1 Q3. the knight F2 F3 F4.

99. as lief] F2 F3 F4. liefe as F1 Q3.

100. Scene iv. Pope.

102. villain] villains Dyce.

Youth in a basket] you youth in a basket come out here Malone (from Q1 Q2).

103. ging] F2 F3 F4. gin F1 Q3 gang Rowe.

104. shamed] ashamed F2.

105. wife] om. Rowe.

159. not] om. F1.

160. Scene v. Pope.

Re-enter ... clothes] Rowe. Enter Fal. Ff. and Mistress Page] Pope.

163. hag] F3 F4. ragge F1. hagge Q3. rag F2.

170. By yea and no] By Jeshu (Q1 Q2).

171. ’oman] ’omans Q3.

172. his] Ff Q3. her (Q1 Q2) Pope.

175. trail] F1 Q3 F2 F3. Tryal F4.

188. fine] find Q3.

193. brains] brain F3 F4.

197. period] right period Hanmer.

198. the jest] jest Q3.

199. it, then; shape it:] it, then shape it: Ff Q3.

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