Volume 1 / Act 2 — Act II: Scene 1

3. hint] stint Warburton.

5. masters] master Johnson. mistress Steevens conj. master’s Edd. conj.

6. of woe] om. Steevens conj.

11-99. Marked as interpolated by Pope.

11. visitor] ’viser Warburton.

him] om. Rowe.

15. one] F₁. on F₂ F₃ F₄.

16. entertain’d ... Comes] Capell. entertain’d, That’s offer’d comes] Ff. Printed as prose by Pope.

27. of he] Ff. of them, he Pope. or he Collier MS. See note (VII).

35. Seb. Ha, ha, ha!—So you’re paid] Theobald. Seb. Ha, ha, ha! Ant. So you’r paid Ff. Ant. So you’ve paid Capell.

81, 82. Seb. His ... too] Edd. Ant. His ... harp. Seb. He ... too Ff.

88. Ay.] I. Ff. Ay? Pope.

96. sir, my doublet] F₁. my doublet, sir F₂ F₃ F₄.

113. stroke] F₁ F₂ F₃. strokes F₄.

124. Weigh’d] Sway’d S. Verges conj.

at] as Collier MS.

125. o’ the] the Pope.

should] she’d Malone.

129. The fault’s your own] the fault’s your own (at the end of 128) Capell. the fault’s Your own Malone.

137. plantation] the plantation Rowe. the planting Hanmer.

139. on’t] of it Hanmer.

144. riches, poverty] wealth, poverty Pope. poverty, riches Capell.

145. contract, succession] succession, Contract Malone conj. succession, None id. conj.

146. none] olives, none Hanmer.

157. its] F₃ F₄. it F₁ F₂. See note (VIII).

162. ’Save] F₁ F₂ F₃. Save F₄. God save Edd. conj.

175. Enter ... invisible ... music.] Malone. Enter Ariel, playing solemn music. Ff. om. Pope. [Solemn music. Capell.

181. [All sleep ... Ant.] Stage direction to the same effect, first inserted by Capell.

182-189. Text as in Pope. In Ff. the lines begin Would ... I find ... Do not ... It seldom ... We two ... While ... Thank.

189. [Exit Ariel] Malone.

192. find not] Pope. find Not Ff.

211. so too, if heed] so too, if you heed Rowe. so, if you heed Pope.

212. Trebles thee o’er] Troubles thee o’er Pope. Troubles thee not Hanmer.

222. throes] Pope. throwes F₁ F₂ F₃. throws F₄.

Thus, sir] Why then thus Sir Hanmer.

226. he’s] he’as Hanmer. he Johnson conj.

227. Professes to persuade] om. Steevens.

234. doubt] drops Hanmer. doubts Capell.

241. she that from whom] Ff. she from whom Rowe. she for whom Pope. she from whom coming Singer. she that—from whom? Spedding conj. See note (IX).

242. all] om. Pope.

243. And ... to perform] May ... perform Pope. And by that destin’d to perform Musgrave conj. (And that by destiny) to perform Staunton conj.

244. is] F₁. in F₂ F₃ F₄.

245. In] Is Pope.

250. to] F₁. by F₂ F₃ F₄.

Keep] Sleep Johnson conj.

251. See note (X).

267. ’twere] it were Singer.

267-271. Pope ends the lines with that? ... slipper ... bosom ... Milan ... molest ... brother.

267. See note (XI).

269. twenty] Ten Pope.

270. stand] stood Hanmer.

candied] Discandy’d Upton conj.

271. And melt] Would melt Johnson conj. Or melt id. conj.

273, 274. like, that’s dead; Whom I, with] like, whom I With Steevens (Farmer conj.).

275. whiles] om. Pope.

277. morsel] Moral Warburton.

280, 281. business ... hour.] hour ... business. Farmer conj.

282. precedent] Pope. president Ff.

287. O] om. Pope.

[They talk apart] Capell.

Re-enter Ariel invisible.] Capell. Enter Ariel with music and song. Ff.

289. you, his friend,] these, his friends Steevens (Johnson conj.).

289, 290. friend ... project dies ... them] friend ... projects dies ... you Hanmer. friend ... projects die ... them Malone conj. friend ... project dies ... thee Dyce.

298. [They wake.] Rowe.

300. this] thus Collier MS.

307. Gonzalo] om. Pope.

312. verily] verity Pope.

upon our guard] on guard Pope.