Note 4600 — Scene II. The same. The Presence chamber.
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but a crush'd] Ff. but a curst (Qq) Pope. but a 'scus'd Theobald (Warburton). not o' course a Hanmer. but a coward's Heath conj. but a crude Capell (Johnson conj.). not a curs'd Mason conj. not a crush'd Collier MS. but a craz'd Jervis conj. but accursed Anon. conj. but a shrewd Bullock conj.