Volume 1 / Act 3 — Act III: Scene 3
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2. ache] ake F2 F3 F4. akes F1.
3. forth-rights] F2 F3 F4. fourth rights F1.
8. flatterer] F1. flatterers F2 F3 F4.
17. Prospero above] Malone. Prosper on the top Ff. See note (XIV).
20. were] F1 F2 F3. are F4.
26. ’tis true] to ’t Steevens conj.
did lie] lied Hanmer.
29. islanders] F2 F3 F4. islands F1.
32. gentle-kind] Theobald. gentle, kind Ff. gentle kind Rowe.
36. muse] F1 F2 F3. muse, F4. muse; Capell.
48. of five for one] Ff. on five for one Theobald. of one for five Malone, (Thirlby conj.) See note (XV).
49-51. I will ... past] Mason conjectured that these lines formed a rhyming couplet.
53. Scene iv. Pope.
54. instrument] instruments F4.
56. belch up you] F1 F2 F3. belch you up F4. belch up Theobald.
60. [... draw their swords] Hanmer.
65. dowle] down Pope.
plume] Rowe. plumbe F1 F2 F3. plumb F4.
67. strengths] strength F4.
79. wraths] wrath Theobald.
81. heart-sorrow] Edd. hearts-sorrow Ff. heart’s-sorrow Rowe. heart’s sorrow Pope.
82. mocks] mopps Theobald.
86. life] list Johnson conj.
90. now] om. Pope.
92. whom] who Hanmer.
93. mine] my Rowe.
[Exit above] Theobald.
94. something holy, sir,] something, holy Sir, F4.
99. bass] Johnson. base Ff.
106. do] om. Pope.