Volume 1 / Act 4 — Act IV: Scene 1

Scene i. The frontiers ... forest.] Capell. A forest. Rowe. A forest leading towards Mantua. Warburton.

2. shrink] shrinkd F₂.

4. sit] F₁ F₂. sir F₃ F₄.

5. Sir] O sir Capell.

6. do] om. Pope, who prints lines 5 and 6 as prose.

9. Peace!] Peace, peace! Capell.

11. little wealth] F₁. little F₂ F₃ F₄. little left Hanmer.

18. Whence] And whence Capell, who reads 16-20 as two lines ending came you? ... there?

35. I often had been] F₂. I often had been often F₁. often had been (om. I) F₃ F₄. I had been often Collier.

39, 40. it’s ... thievery] Printed as a verse in Ff. It is a kind of honourable thievery Steevens.

42. thing] F₁. things F₂ F₃ F₄.

46. awful] lawful Heath conj.

49. An heir, and near allied] Theobald. And heire and Neece, allide F₁ F₂. An heir, and Neice allide F₃. An Heir, and Neece alli’d F₄.

51. Who] Whom Pope.

60. Therefore] F₁ F₂. There F₃ F₄.

63. this] F₁. the F₂ F₃ F₄.

74. crews] F₄. crewes F₁ F₂ F₃. cave Collier MS. caves Singer. crew Delius conj. cruives Bullock conj.

76. all] shall Pope.