Note 1269 — Scene II. A hall in the castle.
Reading edition
once ... wife] (Q1) Ff. once I be a widdow, ever I be a wife Q2 Q3 Q4 Q6 (bee Q4. widow Q6). once I be a widdow, ever I be wife Q5. once I widow be, and then a wife Q (1676). once I be a widow, 'ere a wife Anon. MS.