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The Merry Wives of Windsor

Volume 1 / Act 4 — Act IV: Scene 4

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Scene iv.] Scene vii. Pope.

1. ’oman] o’mans Q3.

7. cold] Rowe. gold Ff Q3.

9. as faith] F1 Q3. of faith F2 F3 F4.

11. as extreme] F1 Q3. om. as F2 F3 F4.

11, 12. Printed in one line in Ff Q3.

20. say] see Collier MS.

in the rivers] F1 Q3. into the river F2 F3 F4.

22. terrors] terror Q3.

29. midnight] F1 Q3. of midnight F2 F3 F4.

30. great ragg’d] ragged Pope.

31. tree] trees Hanmer.

41. Here Theobald inserts from Q1 Q2, We’ll send him word to meet us in the field, Disguised like Herne [Horne Q1 Q2] with huge horns on his head. Malone gives the second line only. See note (VIII).

56. to-pinch] Steevens (Tyrwhitt conj.).] to pinch Ff Q3. too, pinch Warburton.

fairy-like, to-pinch] like to fairies pinch Hanmer.

60. him sound] F2 F3 F4. him, sound, F1 Q3. him round, Pope. him soundly Collier MS.

67. taber] taper Pope.

72. time] tire Theobald.

75. in name] in the name Q3.

86. he] him Hanmer.

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