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The Tempest

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.

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