Act 5 — 000 Scene IV. A room in Leonato’s house.

000 Scene IV. A room in Leonato’s house.

MAAN V. 4 Enter Leonato, Antonio, Benedick, Beatrice, Margaret, Ursula, Friar Francis, and Hero.

Bene. A miracle! here’s our own hands against our hearts. Come, I will have thee; but, by this light, I take thee for pity.

094 Beat. I would not deny you; but, by this good day, I 095 yield upon great persuasion; and partly to save your life, 096 for I was told you were in a consumption.

097 Bene. Peace! I will stop your mouth. [Kissing her.

D. Pedro. How dost thou, Benedick, the married man?

099 Bene. I’ll tell thee what, prince; a college of wit-crackers 100 cannot flout me out of my humour. Dost thou think I care for a satire or an epigram? No: if a man will be beaten 102 with brains, a’ shall wear nothing handsome about him. In 103 brief, since I do purpose to marry, I will think nothing to any purpose that the world can say against it; and therefore 105 never flout at me for what I have said against it; for man is a giddy thing, and this is my conclusion. For thy part, Claudio, I did think to have beaten thee; but in that thou art like to be my kinsman, live unbruised, and love my cousin.

Claud. I had well hoped thou wouldst have denied Beatrice, 110 that I might have cudgelled thee out of thy single life, to make thee a double-dealer; which, out of question, thou 112 wilt be, if my cousin do not look exceeding narrowly to thee.

Bene. Come, come, we are friends: let’s have a dance ere we are married, that we may lighten our own hearts, 115 and our wives’ heels.

116 Leon. We’ll have dancing afterward.

117 Bene. First, of my word; therefore play, music. Prince, 118 thou art sad; get thee a wife, get thee a wife: there is no staff more reverend than one tipped with horn.

Enter a Messenger.

122 Bene. Think not on him till to-morrow: I’ll devise thee brave punishments for him. Strike up, pipers. [Dance. [Exeunt.

NOTES.

MAAN TOC

Note I.

Dramatis Personæ. Rowe and Pope included in the list of Dramatis Personæ, ‘Innogen, wife to Leonato.’ At the beginning of the first scene the Quarto and the Folios have, ‘Enter Leonato Governour of Messina, Innogen his wife, &c.’ and at the beginning of Act ii. Sc. i, ‘Enter Leonato, his brother, his wife, &c.’ But as no reference is made to such a character throughout the play, Theobald was doubtless right in striking the name out. The author probably, as Theobald observed, had designed such a character in his first sketch, and afterwards saw reason to omit it. It is impossible to conceive that Hero’s mother should have been present during the scenes in which the happiness and honour of her daughter were at issue, without taking a part, or being once referred to.

Note II.

i. 1. 124. The punctuation which we have adopted seems to be the only one which will make sense of this passage without altering the text. We must suppose that, during the ‘skirmish of wit’ between Benedick and Beatrice, from line 96 to 123, Don Pedro and Leonato have been talking apart and making arrangements for the visit of the Prince and his friends, the one pressing his hospitable offers and the other, according to the manners of the time, making a show of reluctance to accept them.

Note III.

i. 1. 182, 183. Johnson was not satisfied with his own conjecture, and supposed something to be omitted relating to Hero’s consent or to Claudio’s marriage; ‘something which Claudio and Pedro concur in wishing.’

Note IV.

i. 2. 1. We take this opportunity of reminding the reader that when no authority is given for the place of the scene, we generally follow the words of Capell. He, however, more frequently expands than alters the directions given by Pope. At the beginning of the next scene he puts, unnecessarily, ‘Another room in Leonato’s house.’ The stage was left vacant for an instant, but there is nothing to indicate a change of place.

Note V.

ii. 1. 1. Mr Spedding, in The Gentleman’s Magazine, June 1850, proposed to rearrange the Acts thus:

Act ii. to begin at what is now Act i. Sc. 2,

Act iii. . . . . . . . . . . . . Act ii. Sc. 3,

Act iv. . . . . . . . . . . . . Act iii. Sc. 4,

Act v. remaining as it is.

We have not felt ourselves at liberty in such cases as this to desert the authority of the Folio.

Note VI.

ii. 1. Scene, a hall in Leonato’s house. It may be doubted whether the author did not intend this scene to take place in the garden rather than within doors. The banquet, of which Don John speaks, line 150, would naturally occupy the hall or great chamber. Don Pedro at the close of the scene says, ‘Go in with me, &c.’ If the dance, at line 135, were intended to be performed before the spectators, the stage might be supposed to represent a smooth lawn as well as the floor of a hall. On the other hand, the word ‘entering,’ at line 70, rather points to the scene as being within doors.

Note VII.

ii. 1. 67. The conjecture of the MS. corrector of Mr Collier’s Folio, which seems to have suggested itself independently to Capell (Notes, Vol. ii. p. 121), is supported by a passage in Marston’s Insatiate Countesse, Act ii. (Vol. iii. p. 125, ed. Halliwell):

Note VIII.

ii. 1. 87. Mr Halliwell mentions that Mar. is altered to Mask. in the third Folio. This is not the case in Capell’s copy of it.

Note IX.

ii. 1. 218. In the copy before us of Theobald’s first edition, which belonged to Warburton, the latter has written ‘Mr Warburton’ after the note in which the reading ‘impassable,’ adopted by Theobald, is suggested and recommended, thus claiming it as his own. We have accepted his authority in this and other instances.

Note X.

ii. 1. 237. bring you the length of Prester John’s foot: fetch you a hair off the great Cham’s beard. Though ‘of’ and ‘off’ are frequently interchanged in the old copies, yet, as in this place both Quarto and Folios are consistent in reading ‘of’ in the first clause and ‘off’ in the second, we follow them.

Note XI.

ii. 1. 284. The old copies here give us no help in determining whether Beatrice is meant to cry, ‘Heigh-ho for a husband,’ or merely, ‘Heigh-ho,’ and wish for a husband. Most editors seem by their punctuation to adopt the latter view. We follow Staunton in taking the former. It probably was the burden of a song. At all events it was so well-known as to be almost proverbial. It is again alluded to iii. 4. 48.

Note XII.

ii. 2. 39. The substitution of ‘Borachio’ for ‘Claudio’ does not relieve the difficulty here. Hero’s supposed offence would not be enhanced by calling one lover by the name of the other. The word ‘term,’ moreover, is not the one which would be used to signify the calling a person by his own proper name. It is not clearly explained how Margaret could, consistently with the ‘just and virtuous’ character which Borachio claims for her in the fifth act, lend herself to the villain’s plot. Perhaps the author meant that Borachio should persuade her to play, as children say, at being Hero and Claudio.

Note XIII.

ii. 3. 27–30. wise, or I’ll none; virtuous, or I’ll never cheapen her; fair, or I’ll never look on her. Pope erroneously remarks, ‘these words added out of the edition of 1623.’ They are found in the Quarto, all the Folios, and Rowe. Warburton enhances the blunder by including the next clause also, ‘mild, or come not near me.’

Note XIV.

ii. 3. 81. We have adhered to the old stage direction in this place, because it is not certain that any musicians accompanied Balthasar. The direction of the Quarto at line 38, ‘Enter Balthasar with musicke,’ may only mean that the singer had a lute with him. In the direction of the Folios, at line 33, only ‘Jacke Wilson’ is mentioned.

Note XV.

ii. 3. 225. Mr Halliwell says that we ought to change ‘dinner’ to ‘supper’ here and at line 235, in order to make the action consistent, as we find from line 34 that it is evening: ‘How still the evening is, &c.’ Such inaccuracies are characteristic of Shakespeare, and this cannot well have been due to the printer or copier.

Note XVI.

iii. 3. 10. George Seacole. For ‘George’ Mr Halliwell reads ‘Francis.’ But ‘Francis Seacole,’ mentioned iii. 5. 52, is the sexton, and, as it would appear, town-clerk also, too high a functionary to be employed as a common watchman. If the same person had been intended, the error would have been analogous to that in the Merry Wives of Windsor, where Master Page is christened ‘Thomas’ in one place and ‘George’ in another.

Note XVII.

iii. 3. 115, 116. Here Rowe, contrary to his custom, does not alter ‘a’ into ‘he.’ We do not in all cases notice these perpetually recurring variations.

Note XVIII.

iii. 3. 119. Mr Halliwell says that he has found ‘raine’ for ‘vaine’ in one copy of the first Folio.

Note XIX.

iii. 4. 8, 17. The recurrence of this phrase makes it almost certain that the omission of ‘it’ is not a printer’s error, but an authentic instance of the omission of the third personal pronoun. So the first, or second, is omitted in iii. 4. 51; ‘What means the fool, trow?’ For other instances, see Sidney Walker’s Criticisms, Vol. i. p. 77 sqq. And compare note xi, Measure for Measure.

Note XX.

iii. 4. 29. say, ‘saving your reverence, a husband.’ The Quarto and Folios punctuate thus: say, saving your reverence a husband. Modern editions have say, saving your reverence, ‘a husband.’ But surely Margaret means that Hero was so prudish as to think that the mere mention of the word ‘husband’ required an apology.

Note XXI.

iv. 1. 154–157. Hear me...mark’d. This commencement of the Friar’s speech comes at the bottom of page, sig. G. i. (r) of the Quarto. The type appears to have been accidentally dislocated, and the passage was then set up as prose. The Folio follows the Quarto except that it puts a full stop instead of a comma after ‘markt.’ Some words were probably lost in the operation, giving the Friar’s reason for remaining silent, viz. that he might find out the truth. The whole passage would therefore stand as follows:

The usual punctuation:

makes but indifferent sense.

Note XXII.

iv. 2. 1. The Quarto and Folios agree, with slight differences of spelling, in the stage direction given in the note. The Town Clerk is clearly the same functionary as the Sexton mentioned in the second line.

The first speech is given in the Quarto and Folios to ‘Keeper’—a misprint for ‘Kemp’—the name of the famous actor who played Dogberry. All the other speeches of Dogberry throughout the scene, except two, are given to ‘Kemp,’ those of Verges to ‘Cowley’ or ‘Couley.’ Both Willam Kempt (i. e. Kempe or Kemp) and Richard Cowley are mentioned in the list of the ‘Principall Actors’ prefixed to the first Folio. The speech of Dogberry, line 4, is assigned to ‘Andrew,’ which is supposed to be a nickname of Kemp, who so often played the part of ‘Merry Andrew.’ That in lines 14, 15, is given in the Quarto to ‘Ke.’ and in the Folios to ‘Kee.’ or Keep.,’ a repetition of the error in line 1. The retention of these names in the successive printed copies, as well as that of ‘Jack Wilson’ in a former scene, shows the extreme carelessness with which the original MS. had been revised for the press in the first instance, and supplies a measure of the editorial care to which the several Folios were submitted. All that is known about these actors is collected in a volume edited by Mr Collier for the Shakespeare Society.

Note XXIII.

iv. 2. 63, 64. Verg. Let them be in the hands. Con. Off coxcomb! The reading of the Quarto is ‘Couley. Let them be in the hands of coxcombe.’ In the Folio, ‘Sex.’ is substituted for ‘Couley,’ without materially improving the sense. The first words may be a corruption of a stage direction [Let them bind them] or [Let them bind their hands].

Note XXIV.

v. 1. 143. We have introduced the words ‘[Aside to Claudio]’, because it appears from what Don Pedro says, line 149, ‘What, a feast, a feast?’ and, from the tone of his banter through the rest of the dialogue, that he had not overheard more than Claudio’s reply about ‘good cheer.’

Note XXV.

v. 2. 1. Scene, Leonato’s garden. It is clear from line 83, where Ursula says, ‘Yonder’s old coil at home,’ that the scene is not supposed to take place in Leonato’s house, but out of doors. We have therefore, in this case, deserted our usual authorities, Pope and Capell.

Note XXVI.

v. 2. 42. The same construction, i.e. the non-repetition of the preposition, is found in Marston’s Fawne, Act i. Sc. 2: (Vol. ii. p. 24, ed. Halliwell), “With the same stratagem we still are caught.”

Linenotes-Much Ado About Nothing

Much Ado About Nothing, I, 1.

Scene i. Before L.’s house] Capell. A court before L.’s house. Pope.

Enter...] See note (i).

1, 8: Peter] Q Ff. Pedro Rowe.

8: numbers] number F₄.

35: bird-bolt] Theobald. but-bolt Id. conj. burbolt Q Ff.

37: promised] promise F₄.

39: be] om. F₃ F₄.

meet] met Capell.

40: these] Q F₁. those F₂ F₃ F₄.

41: Beat.] Mes. F₂.

victual] Capell. vittaile Q. victuall F₁ F₂ F₃. victuals F₄.

eat] F₃ F₄. eate Q F₂. ease F₁.

42: he is] Q. he’s Ff.

50: stuffing,—well,] Theobald (Davenant’s version). stuffing well, Q Ff.

57: warm] from harm Warburton.

58: wealth] wearth Hanmer.

65, 161, 170 and passim. an] Theobald. and Q Ff. if Pope.

73: Benedick] Benedict Q F₁.

74: a’] a Q₁. he F₁. it F₂ F₃ F₄.

77: never] Q. ne’re Ff.

79: Enter ... Don John] Enter ... John the Bastard. Q Ff.

80: Scene ii. Pope.

80, 81: you are...trouble:] Ff. are you...trouble: Q. are you...trouble? Collier.

87: too] Q F₁. more F₂ F₃ F₄. most Rowe.

90: sir] Q. om. Ff.

92: we] you Rowe (ed. 2).

110: pernicious] pertinacious Grey conj.

116: were] om. Collier MS.

120: i’] Capell. a Q Ff. o’ Warburton.

124: That...all, Leonato.] That...all: Leonato, Q. This...all: Leonato, Ff. This...all: Don John, Hanmer. See note (ii).

126: tell him] Q F₁ F₂. tell you F₃ F₄.

131, 132: Q Ff place a comma after lord and a colon or semicolon after brother.

136: [Exeunt...] Exeunt. Manent ... Q. [Exeunt. Manet... Ff.

137: Scene iii. Pope.

143: their] her Capell conj.

144: pray thee] Q F₁ prethee F₂ F₃ F₄.

145: a high] a hie Q F₁ F₂. an high F₃ F₄.

154: into] in too Hanmer.

158, 159: ever I] I ever Pope.

162: with a] with such a Rowe (ed. 2).

167: this? In faith] Q Ff. this, in faith? Pope.

172: Re-enter Don Pedro.] Hanmer. Enter Don Pedro, John the bastard. Q Ff.

173: Scene iv. Pope.

174: Leonato’s] Rowe (ed. 2). Leonatoes Q F₁ F₂. Leonato F₃ F₄. Leonato’s house Pope.

177: can] cannot F₄.

180: With who?] Q F₁. With whom? F₂ F₃ F₄.

181: his] the Collier MS.

182, 183: Claud. If ... were it. Bene. Uttered like the old tale ... Johnson conj. See note (iii).

193: spoke] Q. speake F₁ F₂. speak F₃ F₄.

205: recheat] rechate Q Ff.

219: hits] first hits Collier MS.

248: Scene v. Pope.

249: to teach] to use S. Walker conj.

267: I will] I’ll Pope.

267, 268: and with her father, And thou shalt have her] Q. Omitted in Ff. restored by Theobald.

269: story] string Lettsom conj.

270: you do] Q. do you Ff.

275: grant] plea Hanmer. ground Collier MS.

grant is] garant’s Anon. conj.

is] Q F₁ F₂. in F₃ F₄.

the] to Hayley conj.

282: the] a F₄.

286: presently] instantly Capell conj. MS.

Much Ado About Nothing, I, 2.

Scene ii.] Capell.

A room in L.’s house] Capell. See note (iv).

Enter...] Enter L. and an old man brother to L. Q Ff. Re-enter A. and L. Pope.

4: strange] Q. om. Ff.

6: event] F₂ F₃ F₄ events Q F₁.

8: mine orchard] Q. my orchard Ff.

9: thus much] Q. thus Ff.

12: he meant] Q F₁ F₂ F₃. meant F₄.

18: withal] Theobald. withall Q F₁ F₂. with all F₃ F₄.

19: an]Q F₁. om. F₂ F₃ F₄.

20: Enter attendants] Edd. Several cross the stage here. Theobald. Enter several persons, bearing things for the Banquet. Capell.

23: cousin] cousins Steevens.

Much Ado About Nothing, I. 3.

Scene iii.] Capell. Scene vi. Pope.

1: good-year] good-yeere Q. good yeere F₁ F₂. good year F₃ F₄. good-jer Theobald. goujeres Hanmer. goujere Steevens.

4: breeds] breeds it. Theobald.

7: brings] Q. bringeth Ff.

8: at least] Q. yet Ff.

10: moral] morall Q F₁. mortall F₂ F₃ F₄.

16: the full] full S. Walker conj. who would print lines 16–21 as verses, ending this...controlement ... brother...grace...root...yourself...season...harvest.

17: of late] till of late Collier MS.

19: true] Q. om. Ff.

23: in his grace] by his grace Johnson conj. in his garden Id. conj. (withdrawn).

27: muzzle] mussell Q F₁ F₂ F₃. muzzel F₄.

33: I make] Q. I will make Ff.

36: came] come Capell conj.

47: on] Ff. one Q.

48: came] Q F₁. come F₂ F₃ F₄.

49: to this?] to know this? Johnson.

52: whipt me] Q. whipt Ff.

59: me?] Ff. me. Q.

Much Ado About Nothing, II. 1.

Act ii. See note (v).

Scene i. A hall...] Theobald. L.’s House. Pope. See note (vi).

Enter...] Enter L., his brother, his wife, Hero his daughter and Beatrice his niece and a kinsman. Q Ff. (and kinsman F₃ F₄). See note (i).

15: a’] Collier. a Q. he Ff.

26: the woollen] woollen Rowe (ed. 2).

27: on] Q. upon Ff.

34: bear-ward] Collier. Berrord Q F₁ F₂. Bearherd F₃ F₄.

35: hell?] Hanmer. hell. Q Ff. hell,—Theobald.

35–41: Put in the margin as spurious by Warburton.

37: horns] his horns F₄.

40: Peter for the heavens;] Pope. Peter: for the heavens, Q Ff. Peter. for the heavens! Staunton.

44, 47: courtesy] cursie Q. curtsie Ff.

45: Father] Q. om. Ff.

47: please] Q F₁. pleases F₂ F₃ F₄.

52: an account] Q. account Ff.

53: wayward] cold wayward F₃ F₄.

54: my] om. F₃ F₄.

59: important] importunate Rowe (ed. 2).

61: hear] here Q.

62: as] om. Rowe.

65: ancientry] aunchentry Q F₁ F₂. anchentry F₃ F₄.

67: sink] sincke Q. sinkes F₁ F₂. sinks F₃ F₄. sink apace Collier MS. See note (v).

72: All...masks] L. and his company mask. Capell.

73: Scene ii. Pope.

Enter...masked.] Enter Prince, Pedro, Claudio, and Benedicke, and Balthasar, or dumb John. Q. Enter...John, Maskers with a drum. Ff.

82–85: Printed as two verses by Grant White.

83: Jove] Q. Love F₁. love F₂ F₃ F₄.

84, 85: Hero...thatch’d. D. Pedro...love] Hero...thatch’d. Speak...speak, Jove. Anon. conj.

85: D. Pedro] Marg. Heath conj. [Drawing her aside] Capell.

86, 89, 91: These lines are given to Benedick in Q Ff. Theobald gives them to Balthasar.

87: Marg.] Mas. F₄. See note (viii.)

90: Marg.] Mask. F₄.

91: [Turning off in quest of another. Capell.

96: [Parting different ways. Capell.

101: ill-well] Theobald. ill well Q Ff. ill Will Rowe. ill, well Pope.

106: mum,] mumme, Q Ff. mummer, Anon. conj.

107: [Mixing with the company. Capell.

110: not tell] Q F₁. tell F₂ F₃ F₄.

116: Beat.] om. F₂.

121: impossible] impassible Warburton.

123: pleases] Q. pleaseth Ff.

131: [Music] Musick within. Theobald. [Musick begins: Dance forming. Capell.

135: [Dance......Claudio] Dance. Exeunt. Q. [Exeunt. Musicke for the dance. Ff. [Exeunt. Manent Don. J., B. and C. Warburton. [Dance: and exeunt D. Ped. and Leo. conversing...Capell.

136: Scene iii. Pope.

146: you] ye Theobald.

152: these] this F₃ F₄.

156: their] your Hanmer.

158: for] om. Pope.

161: therefore] then Pope.

167: county] Q. Count Ff.

of] Q F₄. off F₁ F₂ F₃.

168: an] a F₄.

172: drovier] Q Ff. drover Rowe (ed. 2)

176: Ho! now] Ho now Q F₁. Ho no! F₂ F₃. No no! F₄.

179: fowl] foule Q. fowle F₁. soule F₂. soul F₃ F₄.

181: Ha?] F₂ F₃ F₄. hah, Q. Hah? F₁.

182: Yea] Q F₁. you F₂. yet F₃ F₄.

182, 3: so...wrong;] so; (but...wrong) Capell.

183: base,] bare Anon. conj.

184: though bitter] the bitter Steevens (Johnson conj.). tough, bitter Jackson conj. through-bitter Anon. conj.

world] word F₃ F₄.

187: Scene iv. Pope.

Re-enter Don Pedro.] Enter the Prince. Ff. Enter the Prince, Hero, Leonato, John and Borachio, and Conrade. Q.

191: I told] Q. told Ff.

192: good] Q. om. Ff.

this] his S. Walker conj.

194: up] Q. om. Ff.

198, 205: birds’] birds Q Ff. bird’s Rowe (ed. 2).

214: but with] with but Capell conj.

217: that] Q. and that Ff.

218: impossible] impassable Theobald (Warburton). See note (ix). impetuous Hanmer. importable Johnson conj. imposeable Becket conj. unportable Collier MS. impitiable Jackson.

222: her terminations] Q. terminations Ff. her minations S. Walker conj.

223: to the north] the north Warburton conj.

225: left] lent Collier MS.

228: the infernal] in the infernal F₃ F₄.

233: follows] follow Pope.

235: Scene v. Pope.

240: off] of Collier. See note (x).

242: You have] Have you Collier MS.

245: my Lady Tongue.] Q. this Lady Tongue F₁. this lady’s tongue F₂ F₃ F₄.

249: his] Q. a Ff.

263: civil count] civil, count Theobald.

264: that jealous] Q. a jealous Ff. as jealous a Collier MS.

266: I’ll] Q F₁. I F₂ F₃ F₄.

268, 269: and his...obtained:] Pope. and his...obtained, Q Ff. and, his...obtained, Collier.

284: her] Q. my Ff.

287: to] through Jackson conj.

world] wood Johnson conj.

288: heigh-ho for a husband!] See note (xi).

299: of] Ff. a Q. o’ Edd. conj.

302: was I] Q F₁ F₂. I was F₃ F₄.

308: Scene vi. Pope.

pleasant-spirited] Theobald. pleasant spirited Q Ff.

311: ever] even Anon. conj.

312: unhappiness] an happiness Theobald.

320: County] Countie Q. Counte F₁. Count F₂ F₃ F₄.

326: my] Q. om. Ff. our Collier MS.

331: mountain] mooting Johnson conj.

mountain of affection] mounting affection of Becket conj.

331, 332: the...the] th’...th’ Q Ff.

333: but] om. Pope.

350: in] om. F₃ F₄.

Much Ado About Nothing, II. 2.

Scene ii.] Scene vii. Pope.

The same] Edd. Scene changes. Pope. Scene changes to another apartment in L.’s house. Theobald.

30: Don] Q. on Ff.

33: in love] Q. in a love Ff.

33–35: as,—in...maid,—that] Capell, (as in...match)...maid, that Q Ff.

36: scarcely] hardly Rowe.

39: Claudio] Borachio Pope, ed. 2 (Theobald). See note (xii).

41: so] om. F₃ F₄.

43: truth] Q. truths Ff. proofs Collier MS.

Hero’s] her Capell.

48: you] Q, Capell. thou Ff.

Much Ado About Nothing, II. 3.

Scene iii.] Scene viii. Pope.

Enter Benedick.] Collier. Enter Benedick alone. Q Ff. Enter B. and a Boy. Rowe. Enter B. and a Boy following. Staunton.

1: Enter Boy.] Collier, om. Q Ff.

7: [Exit Boy.] Exit. Q. Ff (after line 5).

18: orthography] Ff. ortography Q. orthographer Rowe (ed. 2). orthographist Capell conj.

22: an] and Q.

27–30: See note (xiii).

29: I] Q. om. Ff.

33: Scene ix. Pope.

Enter......Leonato] Capell. Enter prince, Leonato, Claudio, Musicke. Q. Enter Prince, L., C. and Jacke Wilson. Ff.

38: kid-fox] cade fox Hanmer. hid fox Warburton.

Enter...Music] Q. om. Ff.

40: tax] task Capell conj.

41, 42: F₁ repeats these lines in the turn of the page.

45–56: Put into the margin as spurious by Pope.

53: nothing] Q Ff. noting Theobald.

65: moe] Q F₁. more F₂ F₃ F₄.

66: Of] Or Collier MS.

67: fraud...was] Q. fraud...were Ff. frauds...were Pope.

68: leavy] leafy Pope.

72: no, no] ne no F₄.

no, faith;] no; faith, Collier.

74: An] Capell. And Q Ff. If Pope.

76: lief] live Q.

79: us] om. Rowe.

night] om. Pope.

82: [Exit B.] Exeunt Bal. and Musick. Capell. See note (xiv).

93, 94: it,...affection;] it,...affection, Q Ff. it;...affection, Pope. it;...affection,— Capell.

94: infinite] definite Warburton.

100: this] Q F₁. the F₂ F₃ F₄.

102: tell you] tell Capell.

124: paper] paper full Collier MS.

126: us of] of us Q.

127: was] om. F₃ F₄.

128: over] ever F₂.

sheet?] Capell. sheet. Q Ff. sheets. Collier MS.

133: for] om. Rowe.

136: prays, curses] prays, cries Collier MS. curses, prays Halliwell.

140: afeard] Q Ff. afraid Rowe.

144: make but] Q. but make Ff.

146: alms] alms-deed Collier MS.

156: daffed] Johnson. daft Q Ff. dofft Pope. dafft Theobald.

158: a’] a Q. he Ff.

166: contemptible] contemptuous Hanmer.

169: Before] Q. ’Fore Ff.

172: Claud.] Q. Leon. Ff.

174: say] Q. see Ff.

175: most] Q. om. Ff.

177–182: Leon. If he...make.] Put into the margin as spurious by Pope.

177: a’ must] a must Q Ff. he must Rowe.

183: seek] Q. see Ff.

184: wear] wait Rowe (ed. i).

190: see] shew Rowe (ed. i).

191: unworthy] Q. unworthy to have Ff.

196: gentlewomen] Q. gentlewoman Ff.

197: one an opinion of another’s] an opinion of one another’s Pope.

200: in to] Q F₄. into F₁ F₂ F₃. to Rowe (ed. i).

201: Scene x. Pope.

204: their] Q. the Ff.

214: have] to have Rowe.

215: remnants] Q F₁. remains F₂ F₃ F₄.

217: youth...age] age...youth Collier MS.

224: in to] into F₃.

225: dinner] See note (xv).

232: knife’s] Pope. knives Q Ff.

choke] not choke Collier MS.

235: in to] into F₁.

238: is] are Hanmer.

Much Ado About Nothing, III. 1.

Scene i. Enter... Ursula.] Enter H. and two Gentlewomen, M. and Ursley. Q.

1: to] into Pope.

4: Ursula] Ursley Q.

9: like] like to Pope.

12: listen our propose] Q. listen our purpose F₁. listen to our purpose F₂ F₃ F₄.

14: warrant you] Q F₁. warrant F₂ F₃ F₄.

23: Enter B. behind.] Steevens (after line 23). Enter B. Q (after line 25) Ff. Enter B. running towards the arbour. Theobald. Enter B. stealing in behind. Collier MS.

29: even] e’en Pope.

33: false sweet] false-sweet S. Walker conj.

34: she is] she’s Pope.

42: wrestle] wrastle Q Ff.

45: as full as] Q F₁ F₂. as full, as F₃ F₄.

51: eyes] Q F₁. eye F₂ F₃ F₄.

58: she] sheele Q.

62: She would] She’d Pope.

63: antique] Q. anticke F₁.

65: agate] agot Q Ff. aglet Theobald (Warburton).

72: not] for Rowe. nor Capell.

75: She would] she’d Pope.

air] an air Rowe (ed. i).

79: better death than] better death, then Q. better death, to F₁. better death, to F₂ F₃ F₄.

80: as die] as ’tis to die Pope.

89: swift] sweet Rowe.

91: Signior] om. Pope.

96: bearing, argument] F₄. bearing argument Q F₁ F₂ F₃.

for bearing, argument] forbearing argument Jackson conj.

101: every day] in a day Collier MS.

103: me to-morrow] me,—to-morrow! Anon. conj.

104: limed] Q. tane Ff. ta’en Rowe.

106: Cupid kills] Q F₁ F₂. Cupids kills F₃. Cupid kill F₄.

107: mine] my F₄.

110: behind the back] but in the lack Collier MS.

Much Ado About Nothing, III. 2.

Scene ii. A room...] Capell.

2: go I] I go F₃ F₄.

10: hangman] henchman Upton conj. twangman Becket conj.

15: be] is Pope.

21, 22: Omitted by Tieck.

21: Bene.] Leon. Anon. conj.

24: Where] Which Rowe.

25: can] Pope. cannot Q Ff.

30–33: or in the...doublet] Q. omitted in Ff, restored by Pope (ed. 2).

33: no doublet] all doublet Mason conj.

35: appear] Q. to appear Ff.

37: a’] a Q Ff. he Rowe.

o’ mornings] Pope (ed. i). a mornings Q Ff. a-mornings Pope (ed. 2).

45: a’] a Q Ff. he Rowe.

48: D. Pedro.] Prin. Ff. Bene. Q.

53: now governed] governed Anon. conj. new-governed S. Walker conj.

54: conclude, conclude] Q. conclude Ff.

61: face] heels Theobald. feet Mason conj.

upwards] downwards Grey conj.

70: Scene iii. Pope.

76: D. Pedro.] Claudio. Capell conj.

85, 86: brother,...heart hath] Rowe. brother (I think...heart) hath Q Ff.

90: has] Q. hath Ff.

99: to-night,] Q omits the comma.

101: her then,] Hanmer. her, then Q Ff.

110: her to-morrow,] Rowe. Q Ff. omit the comma. her; to-morrow, Capell.

115: midnight] Q. night Ff.

119, 120: so...sequel.] Printed as a verse by Rowe.

120: when you have] when have F₂.

Much Ado About Nothing, III. 3.

Scene iii.] Capell. Scene iv. Pope. om. Q Ff.

Enter D. and Verges...] Enter D. and his compartner... Q Ff.

8: desartless] disartless F₄.

10: George] Francis Halliwell. See note (xvi).

19: no] more Warburton.

21: lantern] lantherne Q F₁ F₂. lanthorn F₃ F₄.

24: a’] he Rowe.

32: to talk] Q. talk Ff.

34, 41, 50, 62, 81: Watch.] Watch 2. Rowe.

39: those] Q. them Ff.

55: your] Q F₁ F₂. his F₃ F₄.

66: he bleats] Q F₁ F₂. it bleats F₃ F₄.

71: a’] a Q F₁ F₂ F₃. I F₄. he Pope.

73: statues] F₁. statutes Q F₂ F₃ F₄.

79: fellows’] Hanmer. fellowes Q F₁ F₂. fellows F₃ F₄. fellow’s Rowe.

counsels] counsel F₄.

87: vigitant] Q F₁. vigilant F₂ F₃ F₄.

88: Scene v. Pope.

89: [Aside.] Rowe.

95: with] om. Rowe (ed. 1).

100: Don] Dun Q.

104: villany] villain Warburton.

rich] cheap Theobald conj.

115, 116: a’...a’] a...a Q Ff. he...he Pope. See note (xvii).

116: this seven year] Q. this seven years Ff. these seven years Warburton. these seven year Steevens.

119: vane] Q F₂ F₃ F₄. vaine F₁. rain S. Walker conj. See note (xviii).

122: sometimes] Q Ff. sometime Steevens.

123: reeky] rechie Q Ff.

123, 124: sometime] Q F₁ F₂. sometimes F₃ F₄.

124: god] the god Pope.

124, 125: sometime] Q F₁ F₃ F₄. somtime F₂. sometimes Rowe.

127: and I see] Q. and see Ff.

129: too] om. Rowe.

137: afar] far Pope.

139: they] Q. thy Ff.

147: saw] had seen Capell.

149: [Starting out upon them. Capell.

153: the] Q F₁ F₂. a F₃ F₄.

159–161: Con. Masters,—First Watch. Never...us.] Theobald. Con. Masters, never...us. Q Ff.

Much Ado About Nothing, III. 4.

Scene iv.] Capell. Scene vi. Pope.

Hero’s apartment.] Theobald.

6: rabato] Hanmer. rebato Q Ff.

8: troth’s] troth it’s Rowe (ed. 2).

17: troth’s] troth it’s Pope. See note (xix).

18: o’ gold] Capell. a gold Q Ff. of gold Pope.

19: pearls, down sleeves] pearls down the sleeves Steevens conj.

skirts, round] Q F₁ F₂. skirts, round, F₃ F₄. skirts round, Hanmer. skirts round Dyce.

29: say, ‘saving...husband:’] See note (xx).

an] and Ff. & Q. if Pope.

34: Scene vii. Pope.

38: Clap’s] Q. Claps Ff. Clap us Rowe (ed. 2).

38, 40: o’ love] Rowe (ed. 2). a love Q Ff.

40: Ye] Q Ff. Yes, Rowe. Yea, Steevens (Capell conj.).

41: see] Q. look Ff.

57: goodly] Q F₁ F₂. a goodly F₃ F₄.

65: this] the Capell conj.

76: of thinking] with thinking Pope. o’ thinking Capell.

79: eats] eats not Johnson conj.

83: that] om. F₄.

Much Ado About Nothing, III. 5.

Scene v.] Scene viii. Pope.

Enter...] Enter Leonato, and the Constable, and the Headborough. Q Ff.

4: it is] ’tis F₄.

9: off] Steevens (Capell conj.). of Q Ff.

11: honest] as honest Rowe (ed. 2).

23: an ’twere a thousand pound] Capell. and ’t twere a thousand pound Q. and ’twere a thousand times Ff. and twice a thousand times Pope.

30: ha’] ha Q. have Ff. hath Pope.

35: God’s] he’s Pope.

an] Pope. and Q Ff.

ride of a horse] Q F₁. ride of horse F₂. rides an horse F₃ F₄. ride an horse Rowe (ed 2).

42: our watch, sir,] om. sir F₄.

43: aspicious] auspicious Rowe (ed. 2).

46: it] Q. om. Ff.

47: [Exit Q Ff.

48: Enter...] Rowe.

51: [Exeunt L. and M.] Capell. [Ex. Leon. Pope.

54: examination] Q. examine Ff.

these] Q. those Ff.

56: you] om. Pope.

57: that] that [touching his forehead. Johnson.

57: to a noncome] Q Ff. to non-come Pope. to a non-com Capell.

Much Ado About Nothing, IV. 1.

Scene i. and attendants.] om. Q Ff. Guests and attendants. Grant White.

4: lady.] lady? Rowe (ed. 2).

6: her: friar,] Q F₁. her, friar, F₂ F₃ F₄. her, friar; Rowe (ed. 2).

9: count.] count? Rowe (ed. 2).

19: not knowing what they do!] Q. omitted in Ff.

42–44: S. Walker proposes to make four lines ending lord?...soul...lord,...proof.

43: Not to knit] Q F₁. Not knit F₂ F₃ F₄. Nor knit Steevens conj. Not to be...soul as one line, Steevens (Tyrwhitt conj.).

44: Dear] Dear, dear Capell.

proof] approof Theobald.

48: You will] You’ll Pope.

55: thee! Seeming] Grant White. thee seeming Q Ff. thy seeming Pope. the seeming Knight.

write] rate Warburton conj.

56: You...orb] Becket would put in inverted commas.

seem] seem’d Hanmer.

Dian] Diane Q F₁ F₂. Diana F₃ F₄.

60: rage] range Collier MS.

61: wide] wild Collier MS.

62: Leon.] Claud. Tieck.

75: do so] Q F₂. doe F₁. to do F₃ F₄.

78: F₂ F₃ F₄ give this line to Leonato; Theobald restored it to Claudio.

81: itself] herself Rowe.

86: are you] Q. you are Ff.

91: most like a liberal] like an illiberal Hanmer. like a most liberal Anon. conj.

94: Fie, fie] Fie Hanmer, dividing the lines, A thousand...are Not...spoke of.

95: spoke] Q. spoken Ff.

97: Thus] Thou Collier MS.

101: thy thoughts] Q Ff. the thoughts Rowe.

108: [Hero swoons] Hanmer.

111: [Exeunt...] Rowe. om. Q Ff.

112: Scene ii. Pope.

118: look up] still look up Steevens conj.

120: Why, doth not] Theobald. Why doth not Q Ff.

125: shames] shame’s F₃ F₄.

126: rearward] F₃ F₄. rereward Q. reward F₁. reareward F₂. hazard Collier MS. re-word Brae conj.

128: frame] ’fraine Warburton. hand Hanmer. frown Collier MS.

129: O,] Q F₁. om. F₂ F₃ F₄. I’ve Rowe.

131: I not] not I Rowe.

133: smirched] Q. smeered F₁ F₂ F₃. smeer’d F₄.

136, 137: and...and...And] as...as...As Warburton.

140: ink,] ink! Capell.

143: foul-tainted] foule tainted Q Ff. soul-tainted Collier MS.

143–145: Sir, sir...to say] Printed as prose in Q Ff, as verse by Pope.

152: Would the two princes lie, and Claudio lie] Q. Would the princes lie and Claudio lie F₁. Would the prince lie and Claudio would he lie F₂ F₃ F₄.

155–158: Hear me......mark’d] See note (xxi).

156: been silent] silent been Grant White.

157: course] cross Collier MS.

159, 160: apparitions To start into] Q F₁ F₂ F₃. apparitions To start in F₄. apparitions start Into Reed.

161: beat] beate Q. beare F₁ F₂. bear F₃ F₄.

165: observations] observation Hanmer.

167: tenour] Theobald. tenure Q Ff.

book] books Heath conj.

168: reverence, calling] reverend calling Collier MS.

170: biting] blighting Collier MS.

Friar] om. Hanmer.

185: princes] Q F₁. prince F₂ F₃ F₄.

186: bent] bend Becket conj.

188: lives] lies S. Walker conj.

189: frame of] fraud and Collier MS.

192: of it] it F₃ F₄.

197: kind] cause Capell conj. MS.

200: throughly] thoroughly F₄.

202: princes left for dead] Theobald. princesse (left for dead) Q Ff.

217: it so] so it F₄.

219: Whiles] Whilst Pope.

lack’d and lost] lost and lack’d Collier MS.

220: rack] reck Johnson (ed. 1).

222: Whiles] Whilst Rowe. Whist Warburton.

224: life] love Pope.

228: moving-delicate] Capell. moving delicate, Q F₁. moving, delicate, F₂ F₃ F₄.

249: I flow in grief] I flow In grief, alas, Hanmer. alas, I flow in grief Capell.

254: [Exeunt...] Exit. Q Ff.

255: Scene iii. Pope.

273: swear] Q. swear by it Ff.

289: it] Q. om. Ff.

290: [He seizes her. Halliwell.

299: he] Rowe. a Q Ff.

311: Beat—] Theolbald Beat? Q F₁. Bett? F₂ F₃. But? F₄. But— Rowe. But, Beatrice— Steevens conj.

312: counties] counts Rowe (ed. 2).

313: count, Count Comfect] counte, counte comfect Q. count, comfect F₁. count-comfect F₂ F₃ F₄. Count—confect Grant White.

316: courtesies] cursies Q F₁. curtsies F₂. curtesies F₃ F₄. courtesy Collier MS. curses Grant White conj.

317: tongue] tongues Hanmer.

328: I leave] Q. leave Ff.

329: a dear] Q F₁. dear F₂ F₃ F₄.

Much Ado About Nothing, IV. 2.

Scene ii.] Capell. Scene iv. Pope.

A prison] Theobald.

Enter...] Enter the Constables, Borachio, and the Towne Clearke in gownes. Q Ff. See note (xxi).

1: Dog.] Capell. Keeper Q Ff. Town-Clerk. Rowe. See note (xxi).

2: Verg.] Capell. Cowley. Q F₁ F₂ F₃. Cowly. F₄. Dog. Rowe. See note (xxi).

a cushion] Q F₁. cushion F₂ F₃ F₄.

4: Dog.] Capell. Andrew. Q Ff. Verg. Rowe. See note (xxi).

16–19: Yea, sir...villains] Omitted in Ff, restored by Theobald.

20: go] grow Rowe (ed. 2).

25: ear: sir,] ear sir, Q F₁ F₂ F₃. ear sir; F₄.

30: constable] Town Clerk Rowe.

31: forth] Q Ff. om. Rowe.

32: eftest] easiest Rowe. deftest Theobald.

39: constable] Town Clerk Rowe.

44: for accusing] for the accusing Rowe (ed. 2).

47: by mass] Q. by th’ masse Ff.

60: Leonato’s] Leonatoes Q. Leonato Ff.

63, 64: Verg. Let them be in the hands— Con. Off, coxcomb!] Malone. Couley. Let them be in the hands of Coxcombe Q. Sex. Let...coxcombe Ff. Conr. Let...coxcomb Theobald. Con. Let us...Coxcomb Hanmer. Sexton. Let them be in hand. Conr. Off, Coxcomb! Warburton. Ver. Let them be in bands. Con. Off, coxcomb! Capell. Let them be in band— Steevens. Let them bind their hands Tyrwhitt conj. (withdrawn). Ver. Let them be in the hands of— Con. Coxcomb! Malone conj. Ver. Let them be bound. Con. Hands off, Coxcomb! Collier MS. See note (xxii).

66, 67: bind them. Thou] bind them; thou F₃ F₄. bind them thou Q F₁ F₂.

68: Con.] Rowe. Couley. Q F₁ F₂ F₃. Cowley. F₄.

76: is] Q. om. Ff.

78: losses] leases Collier MS. lawsuits Anon. (N. and Q.) conj.

80: [Exeunt.] Pope. [Exit. Q Ff.

Much Ado About Nothing, V. 1.

Scene i. Before L.’s house] Pope.

6: comforter] Q. comfort F₁. comfort els F₂. comfort else F₃ F₄.

7: do] doe Q. doth Ff.

10: speak] speak to me Hanmer.

16: Bid sorrow wag, cry ‘hem!’] Capell. And sorrow, wagge, crie hem Q F₁ F₂. And hallow, wag, cry hem F₃. And hollow, wag, cry hem F₄. And sorrow wage; cry, hem Theobald. And sorrow waive, cry hem Hanmer. And, sorrow wag! cry; hem Johnson. And sorrow gagge; cry hem Tyrwhitt conj. And sorrowing, cry hem Heath conj. Cry, sorrow, wag! and hem Steevens (Johnson conj.). In sorrow wag; cry hem Malone. And sorry wag, cry hem Steevens conj. And, sorrow waggery, hem Ritson conj. And sorrow-wagg’d cry hem Becket conj. And—sorrow wag!—cry hem Dyce. Call sorrow joy, cry hem Collier MS. Say, sorrow, wag; cry hem S. Walker conj. And sorrow’s wag, cry hem Grant White. And sorrow away! cry hem Halliwell conj. At sorrow wink, cry hem Anon. conj.

18: candle-wasters] caudle-waters Jackson conj.

yet] you Collier MS.

21: speak] Q F₁ F₂. give F₃ F₄.

38: push] Q Ff. pish Rowe (ed. 2).

45: Scene ii. Pope.

52: wrongs him] wrongeth him Hanmer. wrongs him, sir? Capell.

53: Marry, thou] marry, Thou, thou Steevens. who? Marry thou S. Walker conj.

63: mine] Q. my Ff.

67: mine] my Pope.

78: daff] doffe Warburton.

83: come, sir boy, come, follow me] Q Ff. come boy, follow me Pope. come sir boy, follow me Capell.

91: braggarts, Jacks] Jacks, braggarts Hanmer.

94: monging] Q F₁. mongring F₂ F₃ F₄.

96: and] om. Spedding conj.

outward] an outward Rowe.

97: off] Theobald, of Q Ff.

102: wake] rack Hanmer. wrack Warburton. waste Talbot conj.

patience] passions Anon. conj.

105: what] om. F₂ F₃ F₄.

106–109: Printed as three lines ending No!...shall,...it. by Hanmer.

107: Enter Benedick. Ff.

108: No?] Capell. No Q F₁. No! F₂ F₃ F₄.

Come] om. Steevens.

109: Enter Ben. Q.

[Exeunt...] Exeunt ambo. Q Ff (after the preceding line).

110: we] he F₃ F₄.

114: almost] om. Rowe (ed. 2).

115: like] likt Q F₁.

120: a] om. F₃ F₄.

143: [Aside to Claudio] Edd. See note (xxiii).

149: a feast, a feast?] Q F₁. a feast? F₂ F₃ F₄.

150: I’ faith] Ay, faith, Capell conj.

a calf’s-head] Malone. a calves head Q F₁ F₂. calves heads F₃ F₄.

151: a capon] a cap-on Capell. capers Collier MS.

156: True] Right Rowe (ed. 2).

said] Q. saies F₁ F₂ F₃ says F₄.

157: Right] Just Rowe (ed. 2).

158: says she] said she Pope.

159: said she] says she Steevens.

160, 161: a wise gentleman] a wise gentle man Johnson conj.

164: there’s] theirs Q.

169: an] Hanmer. and Q Ff.

172: God] who Collier MS.

174: savage] Q F₁ F₂. salvage F₃ F₄.

175: on] one Q.

184: lady. For] lady: for Q F₁ F₂ F₃. lady, for F₄. lady for Rowe.

185: [Exit.] Rowe.

189: thee.] thee? Pope.

193: Scene iv. Pope.

195: let me be] Q F₁. let me see F₂ F₃ F₄. let be Capell.

let me be: pluck] let me pluck Malone conj.

197: Scene iv. Hanmer.

Enter...] Hanmer. Enter Constables, C. and B. Q (after 192). Enter Constable, C. and B. Ff (after 192).

198: weigh more] more weigh S. Walker conj.

an] if Pope.

211: you lay] lay you F₄.

215: Who] Q F₁. Whom F₂ F₃ F₄.

222: overheard] heard F₄.

232: whiles] while Rowe.

234: Yea, and...of it] Yea; And...on’t S. Walker conj.

and] om. Pope.

richly] rich F₂ F₃ F₄.

235: and framed] om. F₃ F₄.

240: reformed] informed F₃ F₄.

245: Scene v. Pope.

Re-enter...] Capell. Enter Leonato. Q Ff. Enter L. and Sexton. Theobald.

249: Art thou] Q. Art thou thou F₁. Art thou, art thou F₂ F₃ F₄.

259: Impose] Expose Hanmer.

me to] to me Capell conj.

264: to] too F₃ F₄.

265: I cannot bid you bid my daughter live] Q F₁. I cannot bid you daughter live F₂. I cannot bid your daughter live F₃. You cannot bid my daughter live F₄. You cannot bid my daughter live again Rowe. I cannot bid you cause my daughter live Collier MS.

285: pack’d] packt Q Ff. pact Collier.

306: arrant] errant F₄.

311: [Exeunt D. and V.] Edd. Exeunt D., V. and Watch. Capell. Exeunt. Ff (after line 312). om. Q.

315: [To the Watch.] Edd.

Much Ado About Nothing, V. 2.

Scene ii.] Capell. Scene vi. Pope.

Leonato’s garden.] Reed. L.’s house. Pope. See note (xxiv).

8, 9: me! why, shall...stairs?] me, why shal...staires. Q. me, why, shall...staires? Ff.

9: keep below] keep above Theobald. keep men below Steevens conj. keep them below Singer conj.

23: [Sings.] Pope.

23–26: Printed as prose in Q Ff, as verse by Capell.

29: names] Q F₃ F₄. name F₁ F₂.

31: over and over] Q F₁. over F₂ F₃ F₄.

32: it in] Q F₃ F₄. it F₁ F₂.

33: baby] babie Q F₁. badie F₂ F₃. bady F₄. baudy Rowe.

34: innocent] Q F₁. innocents F₂ F₃ F₄. innocent’s Rowe.

36: nor] Q. for Ff.

37: Enter Beatrice] Ff. Enter B. Q (after line 38).

38: Scene vii. Pope.

called] call Rowe.

42: came] came for Pope. See note (xxvi).

48: his] its Rowe.

54: all together] altogether Hanmer.

maintained] maintain Capell conj.

57: first] om. Rowe.

64: this] that Hanmer.

69: monument] Q. monuments Ff.

bell rings] Q. bells ring Ff.

71: Question:] Question, Q Ff. Question? Pope. om. Hanmer.

72: rheum] thewme F₃. thewm F₄.

is it] it is F₄.

74: myself. So] myself so Q Ff.

81: Enter U.] Q. Enter U. Ff (after line 79).

88: in thy lap] on thy lip Brae conj.

90: uncle’s] uncle Rowe.

Much Ado About Nothing, V. 3.

Scene iii.] Capell. Scene viii. Pope.

2: A Lord.] Lord. Q Ff. Atten. Rowe.

3: Claud. [Reading...] Capell. Epitaph. Q Ff.

3: by] with Capell (corrected in MS.).

9: [Affixing it. Capell.

10: dumb] Ff. dead Q.

13: thy] the Rowe.

knight] bright Collier MS.

15: they] we Collier MS.

20: Till] Until Hanmer.

21: Heavily, heavily] Q. Heavenly, heavenly Ff.

22: Claud.] Rowe. Lo. Q Ff.

23: rite] Pope. right Q Ff.

29: his several way] his way can tell Collier MS.

32: speed’s] Theobald (Thirlby conj.). speeds Q F₁ speed F₂ F₃ F₄.

33: whom] which Hanmer.

Much Ado About Nothing, V. 4.

Scene iv.] Scene ix. Pope.

...Margaret] om. Reed (1793).

7: sort] sorts Q.

10: you] Q F₁. yong F₂. young F₃ F₄.

12: [Exeunt Ladies.] Q Ff (after line 16). Capell (after line 17). Dyce (after line 14).

23: Leon.] Q F₁. Old. F₂ F₃ F₄. Ant. Rowe.

30: In the] Q F₁. I’th F₂ F₃ F₄.

state] estate Johnson.

31: friar,] om. F₃ F₄.

33: Here...Claudio] Q. omitted in Ff.

34: Scene x. Pope.

and...others] and...other. Q. with attendants. Ff.

45: all Europa] Q F₁ F₂. so all Europe F₃ F₄. all our Europe Steevens conj.

50: And got] Q F₃ F₄. A got F₁ F₂.

52: Scene xi. Pope.

comes] Q Ff. come Rowe.

Re-enter...] Enter brother, Hero, Beatrice, Margaret, Ursula. Q Ff.

54: This line is given to Leonato in Q Ff, to Antonio first by Theobald.

58: hand: before......friar,] Pope. hand before...friar, Q Ff.

60: [Unmasking.] Rowe.

63: defiled] Q. om. Ff. belied Collier MS.

69: you] thee F₃ F₄.

74: Why, no] Why F₃ F₄. No Steevens.

75, 76: Printed as Prose in Ff.

76: they swore] Q Ff. for they did swear Hanmer. for they swore Capell.

77: Troth] om. Steevens.

79: did swear] swore Collier MS.

80: that] Q. om. Ff.

81: that] Q. om. Ff.

82: such] Q. om. Ff.

94: not] yet Theobald, now Hanmer.

96: I was told] Q F₁ F₂ as I told F₃ F₄ as I was told Rowe.

97: Given to Leonato in Q Ff, corrected by Theobald.

[Kissing her.] Theobald.

99: wit-crackers] witte-crackers Q F₁ F₂. witty-crackers F₃ F₄.

102: a’] a Q Ff, Collier. he Rowe.

103: purpose] propose Reed (1803).

105: what] Q F₃ F₄. om. F₁ F₂.

112: do] no F₄.

116: afterward] Q F₂. afterwards F₂ F₃ F₄.

117: play,] Pope. play Q Ff.

118: there is no] No S. Walker conj., making a verse.

122: thee] the, F₄.