Chapter LXXIX: Act V

SC. 1. "Hath Bolingbroke depos'd
Thine intellect? hath he been in thy heart?"

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"For why, the senseless brands will sympathize
_With_ the heavy accent of thy moving tongue."

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"_And_ he shall think that thou, which knowest the way."

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"Sent back like Hallowmas, or shortest [of] day."

As, on account of the rime, we must read 'day,' it is evident that 'of' is a superfluous addition made by the printers. We have just the same in Meas. for Meas. iv. 4, and elsewhere.

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SC. 2. "If God prevent _me_ not, I purpose so."

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"Yea, lookest thou pale? Let me see the writing, _sir_."

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SC. 3. "Thy overflow of good converts to bad."

What follows might lead us to read '_the_ bad.'

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"But makes one pardon strong.--With all my heart
I pardon him.--A god on earth thou art."

This natural--I might almost say inevitable--transposition did not escape Pope; yet many subsequent editors have clung faithfully to the old printers!

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"Uncle, farewell, and, cousin _mine_, adieu."

This addition of Collier's folio is better than Theobald's of _too_, which makes an unpleasant jingle.

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SC. 5. "My brain I'll prove the female to my soul."

It might be better to read _will_ for 'I'll.'

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"Against the Word, as thus: _Come, little ones_, and then again."

The 'and' is most probably a printer's addition.

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"My thoughts are minutes, and with sighs they jar
Their watches on unto mine eyes, the outward watch."

As this is nonsense, and 'watches' was evidently suggested by 'watch,' I read _motions_ for 'watches on.' "To a minute, to a second; thou shalt set thy watch, and the bridegroom shall observe its _motions_" (Congreve, Love for Love, iii. 9).

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"What art thou? and how camest thou _in_ hither?"

KING HENRY IV.--PART I.