Chapter III: Act I: SCENE I. Elsinore. A platform before the castle (2)

[Exit Laertes. Anon. conj. Exit. (Q₁).

[143] _Hamlet, and_] _Hamlet.--Kind_ Warburton.

_son,--_] _son--_ Rowe. _sonne._ Qq. _sonne?_ Ff.

[144] [Aside] Warburton.

[145] _so_] Ff. _so much_ Qq.

_i' the sun_] _i' th' Sun_ Ff. _in the sonne_ Qq. _in the Sun_ Q (1676).

[146] _nighted_] Qq. _nightly_ Ff. _night-like_ Collier MS.

[147] _vailed_] Qq. _veyled_ F₁ F₂. _veiled_ F₃ F₄.

[148] _know'st 'tis_] _know'st--'tis_ Seymour conj.

_common;_] Theobald. _common,_ Ff. _common_ Qq.

_lives_] Qq F₁. _live_ F₂ F₃ F₄.

[149] _my inky_] _this mourning_ Q (1676).

_good mother_] Ff. _coold mother_ Q₂ Q₃. _could smother_ Q₄ Q₅ Q₆.

[150] _moods_] _modes_ Capell.

_shapes_] Q₄ Q₅ Q₆. _chapes_ Q₂ Q₃. _shewes_ F₁ F₂. _shews_ F₃ F₄.

[151] _denote_] Ff Q₆. _deuote_ Q₂ Q₃ Q₄. _deuoute_ Q₅.

_indeed_] _may_ Pope.

[152] _passes_] Qq. _passeth_ Ff.

[153] _'Tis_ ... _Hamlet,_] One line in Qq. Two in Ff.

_sweet and_] om. Seymour conj.

_Hamlet,_] om. Pope.

[154] _That_] _The_ F₄.

_lost, lost his_] _dead, lost his_ (Q₁). _his_ Pope.

[155] _sorrow_] _sorrowes_ Q₄ Q₅ Q₆.

_persever_] _persevere_ Q₆ F₄.

[156] _is a course Of_] _dares express An_ Q (1676).

[157] _'tis_] om. Pope.

[158] _a mind_] _or minde_ Qq.

[159] _absurd_] _absur'd_ F₂ F₃.

[160] _corse_] _course_ Q₂ Q₃ Q₄ Q₅. _coarse_ Ff Q₆.

[161] _unprevailing_] _unavailing_ Hanmer.

[162] _for let_] _and let_ Q (1676).

[163] _with_] _with't_ Theobald.

_no less nobility_] _nobility no less_ Badham conj.

[164] _with ... impart_] _still ... impart_ or _with ... my part_ Mason conj.

[165] _Do I_] _Mine do I_ Keightley.

_toward_] Qq. _towards_ Ff.

_you. For_] Ff. _you for_ Qq.

[166] _in Wittenberg_] _to Wittenberg_ Q₄ Q₅ Q₆.

[167] _retrograde_] F₁ Q₆ F₄. _retrogard_ Q₂ Q₃ Q₄. _retrograd_ Q₅. _retrogarde_ F₂ F₃.

[168] _bend_] _beg_ Anon. MS.

[169] _mother_] _Brother_ F₄.

_lose_] Ff Q₆. _loose_ The rest.

[170] _I pray thee_] Qq. _I prythee_ F₁. _I prethee_ F₂ F₃. _I prithee_ F₄.

[171] _I ... madam._] One line in Qq. Two in Ff.

[172] _Why_] om. Q (1676).

[173] _to_] _at_ Hanmer. _on_ Ritson conj.

[174] _tell_] _tell it_ Hanmer.

[175] _rouse_] _rowse_ Qq. _rouce_ Ff.

_heaven_] Qq. _heavens_ Ff.

_bruit_] Q₆ F₃ F₄. _brute_ Q₂ Q₃ Q₄ Q₅. _bruite_ F₁ F₂.

[176] Flourish.] Qq. om. Ff.

Exeunt....] Qq. Exeunt. Manet Hamlet. Ff.

[177] SCENE III. Pope.

_too too solid_] _too-too-solid_ Theobald.

_solid_] Ff. _sallied_ (Q₁) Qq. _sullied_ Anon. conj.

[178] _canon_] Q (1703). _cannon_ Qq Ff.

_self-slaughter_] _seale slaughter_ Q₂ Q₃ Q₄ Q₅.

_O God! God!_] _O God, O God!_ Ff. Om. Q (1676).

[179] _weary_] Ff Q₆. _wary_ The rest.

[180] _Seem_] _Seeme_ Qq. _Seemes_ F₁ F₂. _Seems_ F₃ F₄.

[181] _Fie on't! ah fie!_] om. Q (1676).

_ah fie_] Qq. _Oh fie,_ fie F₁ F₂. _Oh fie_ F₃. _O fie_ F₄.

[182] _merely. That_] Pointed as in Ff. _meerely that_ Q₂ Q₃ Q₄ Q₅. _meerly: that_ Q₆.

_come to this_] Ff. _come thus_ Qq.

[183] _that ... satyr:_] Omitted in Q (1676).

[184] _satyr_] F₄. _satire_ Q₂ Q₃ Q₄. _Satyre_ Q₅ F₁ F₂ Q₆ F₃.

[185] _he ... heaven_] _the beteened winds of heaven might not_ Becket conj.

_might not beteem_] _permitted not_ Q (1676) and Rowe. _would not let e'en_ Theobald (in text, ed. 1). _might not let e'en_ Theobald (in note, ed. 1, and text, ed. 2).

_beteem_] _beteeme_ Qq. _beteene_ F₁ F₂. _beteen_ F₃. _between_ F₄. _permit_ Southern MS.

[186] _Heaven ... remember?_] Omitted in Q (1676).

[187] _remember?_] Rowe. _remember,_ Qq. _remember:_ Ff.

_why, she would_] Pope. _why she would_ Ff. _why she should_ Qq. _she used to_ Q (1676).

_on_] _upon_ Anon MS.

[188] _and_] om. Pope.

[189] _on't_] om. Pope.

[190] _shoes_] _shoos_ F₃. _shooes_ The rest. _shows_ Ingleby conj.

_month, or_] Ff. _month or_ Q₂ Q₃. _month. Or_ Q₄ Q₅. _month: Or_ Q₆.

_or ere_] Qq Ff. _or e'er_ Rowe.

[191] _follow'd_] Rowe. _followed_ Qq Ff.

[192] _tears_] _in tears_ Anon. MS.

_tears:--why_] _teares, why_ Qq. _teares. Why_ Ff.

_even she,_] Ff. Omitted in Qq.

[193] _O God_] Qq. _O Heaven_ Ff.

_of reason_] _and reason_ Gifford conj.

[194] _with my_] Qq. _with mine_ Ff.

[195] _but_] om. Pope.

[196] _most unrighteous_] _moist and righteous_ Badham conj.

[197] _in_] Qq. _of_ Ff.

[198] _dexterity_] _celerity_ S. Walker conj.

[199] _break, my_] F₄. _breake my_ or _break my_ The rest.

Marcellus, and Bernardo.] Qq (Barnardo Q₆). Barnard, and Marcellus. Ff.

[200] SCENE IV. Pope.

_well_] om. Collier (Collier MS.)

[201] _I ... myself_] As in Ff. One line in Qq.

[202] _Horatio,--_] Theobald. _Horatio,_ Qq Ff. _Horatio?_ Pope.

_do_] om. Q (1676).

[203] _The ... ever._] One line in Qq. Two in Ff.

[204] _Sir, ... you:_] One line in Qq. Two in Ff.

[205] _Marcellus?_] Capell. _Marcellus._ Qq Ff. _Marcellus!--_ Rowe.

[206] _lord?_] Edd. _lord._ Qq Ff. _lord--_ Rowe. _lord!_ Keightley.

[207] _you. Good even, sir._] _you, (good even sir)_ Q₂ Q₃ Q₄. _you (good even sir_) Q₅ Q₆. _you: good even sir._ Ff (_even,_ F₄). _you good:--even, sir._ Jackson conj.

[To Ber.] Edd.

_even_] _morning_ Hanmer.

[208] _what_] om. F₄.

_in faith_] om. Q (1676).

[209] _good my_] _my good_ Q (1676).

[210] _hear_] _heare_ Qq. _have_ Ff.

[211] _my_] Qq. _mine_ Ff.

[212] _make_] _take_ F₂ F₃ F₄.

_make it truster_] _be a witness_ Q (1676).

[213] _Elsinore_] Malone. _Elsonoure_ Q₂ Q₃ Q₄ Q₅. _Elsenour_ F₁ F₂ Q₆ F₃. _Elsenoore_ F₄.

[214] _to drink deep_] (Q₁) Ff. _for to drinke_ Qq.

[215] _I prethee_] Qq. _I pray thee_ F₁. _I prythee_ F₂. _I prithee_ F₃ F₄.

_student_] _studient_ Q₂ Q₃.

[216] _see_] (Q₁) Ff. Omitted in Qq.

[217] _follow'd_] Q₆. _followed_ Q₂ Q₃ Q₄ Q₅ F₁. _followeth_ F₂ F₃ F₄.

[218] _Or ever I had_] Qq. _Ere I had ever_ Ff. _Ere ever I had_ (Q₁) Collier. _E're I had_ Q (1676).

[219] _O where_] Ff. _Where_ Qq.

[220] _He ... He_] Ff. _a ... A_ Qq.

[221] _for_] _from_ Theobald (ed. 1), a misprint.

[222] _I shall_] _I should_ F₂ F₃ F₄. _Eye shall_ Samwell apud Holt conj.

[223] _Saw? who?_] Ff. _Saw, who?_ (Q₁) Qq. _Saw who?_ Q (1676) and Singer (ed. 2). _Saw! whom?_ Johnson.

[224] _Season_] _Defer_ Q (1676).

_for_] _but_ Q (1676) and Theobald.

[225] _attent_] Q₂ Q₃ F₁ F₂. _attentive_ (Q₁) Q₄ Q₅ Q₆ F₃ F₄.]

_may_] om. Pope.

[226] _marvel_] _wonder_ Q (1676).

_For God's love,_] _Pray_ Q (1676).

_God's_] _Gods_ Qq. _Heavens_ Ff.

[227] _vast_] (Q₁) Q₅ Q₆. _wast_ Q₂ Q₃ Q₄ F₁. _waste_ F₂ F₃ F₄. _waist_ Malone.

[228] _Armed at point_] Qq (_poynt_ Q₂ Q₃ Q₄). _Armed to poynt_ (Q₁). _Arm'd at all points_ Ff.

_cap-a-pe_] _Capapea_ (Q₁) Q₂ Q₃. _Cap apea_ Q₄ Q₅. _Cap a Pe_ Ff. _Cap a pe_ Q₆.

[229] _stately by them: thrice_] _stately by them; thrice_ Qq. _stately: By them thrice_ Ff.

[230] _fear-surprised_] Hyphened in Ff.

[231] _his_] _this_ Q₄ Q₅ Q₆.

_distill'd_] Q₅ Q₆ _distilled_ (Q₁). _distil'd_ Q₂ Q₃ Q₄. _bestil'd_ F₁. _bestill'd_ F₂. _be still'd_ F₃ F₄. _bechill'd_ Collier (Collier MS). _dissolv'd_ or _both thrill'd_ or _bethrill'd_ Bailey conj.

[232] _the act of_] _their_ Q (1676). _th' effect of_ Warburton.

_act of fear,_] _act: Of fear_ Becket conj.

[233] _In ... did;_] _They did impart in dreadful secresie,_ Q (1676).

[234] _Where, as_] Q₆. _Where as_ (Q₁). _Whereas_ The rest.

_deliver'd, both in_] _deliver'd both, in_ Long MS.

[235] _apparition_] _apparision_ Q₂ Q₃ Q₄.

[236] _you not_] _not you_ Players' reading.

[237] _made it_] _it made_ Q₆.

[238] _its_] Q₅ Q₆ F₃ F₄. _his_ (Q₁) Staunton. _it_ Q₂ Q₃ Q₄ F₁ F₂.

[239] _like_] om. Q (1676).

[240] _honour'd_] _honourable_ F₂ F₄. _honorable_ F₃.

[241] _writ down in_] _then_ Q (1676).

[242] _of_] om. Q (1676).

[243] _Indeed, indeed_] (Q₁) Ff. _Indeede_ Qq. Seymour would read as Qq, and end the lines _but ... to-night?_

[244] Mar. Ber.] All. (Q₁) Qq. Both. Ff.

[245] _My lord,_] om. Q (1676).

[246] _My ... up._] As two lines, the first ending _not,_ in Steevens (1793).

[247] _face?_] _face._ Q₂ Q₃.

[248] _up_] _down_ Anon. ap. Hunter conj.

[249] _What, look'd he_] Pointed as in Ff. No stop in Qq. _How look'd he,_ Staunton, from (Q₁).

[250] Three lines ending _like, ... haste ... longer,_ in Capell.

[251] _Very like, very like_] (Q₁) Ff. _Very like_ Qq.

[252] _moderate_] _modern_ Knight, ed. 1 (a misprint).

_a_] _an_ Q₆.

_hundred_] _hundreth_ Q₂ Q₃ Q₄ Q₅.

[253] Mar. Ber.] Both. Qq. All. Ff.

[254] _grizzled? no?_] _grissl'd, no._ Qq. _grisly? no._ F₁. _grisly?_ F₂ F₃ F₄. _grizled?_ Q (1676). _grisl'd? no._ Warburton. _grizl'd? no?_ Capell.

[255] _no?_ Hor. _It was_] Hor. _No! It was_ Anon. conj. (Gent. Mag. LX. 403).

[256] _as_] om. F₃ F₄.

[257] _I will_] Qq. _Ile_ or _I'll_ Ff, reading _Ile ... againe_ as one line.

[258] _walk_] _wake_ F₁.

_warrant_] (Q₁). _warn't_ Qq. _warrant you_ Ff.

[259] _conceal'd_] _concealed_ F₃ F₄.

[260] _be tenable in_] _require_ Q (1676).

_tenable_] Qq. _tenible_ (Q₁). _treble_ F₁ F₄. _trebble_ F₂ F₃. _tabled_ Nicholson conj. (withdrawn).]

_tenable in your_] _in your treble_ Bailey conj.

_tenable ... still_] _treble ... now_ Warburton conj. (withdrawn).

[261] _whatsoever_] _what somever_ Q₂ Q₃. _else shall hap_] _shall befall_ Pope.

[262] _fare_] _farre_ Q₂ Q₃.

_you_] Qq. _ye_ Ff.

[263] _eleven_] _a leaven_ Q₂ Q₃.

[264] _duty_] _duties_ (Q₁) Grant White.

_honour_] _homor_ Q₄.

[265] _loves_] Qq. _love_ Ff.

_farewell._] _so fare you well._ Seymour conj.

[Exeunt ... Hamlet.] Exeunt. Manet Hamlet. Q (1676). Exeunt Hor. Mar. and Ber. Capell. Exeunt. (after line 252) (Q₁) Qq Ff.

[266] _spirit in arms!_] F₄. _spirit in armes?_ F₁ F₂ F₃. _spirit (in armes)_ Q₂ Q₃ Q₄ Q₅. _spirit in armes,_ Q₆. _spirit! in arms!_ Rann (Whalley conj.)

[267] _foul_] _fonde_ Q₂ Q₃.

_rise, Though ... them, to_] _rise, (Tho' ... them) to_ Pope. _rise Though ... them to_ Q₂ Q₃ Q₄ Q₅. _rise, Though ... them to_ Ff Q₆. _rise, Though ... them from_ Q (1676) and Long MS.

[268] SCENE III.] SCENE V. Pope.

A room....] An apartment.... Pope. Ophelia.] Ff. Ophelia his Sister. Qq.

[269] _embark'd_] _inbarekt_ Q₂ Q₃ Q₄. _imbarkt_ Q₅ Q₆. _imbark't_ F₁ F₂. _imbark'd_ F₃ F₄.

[270] _convoy is assistant,_] _convoy is assistant;_ Ff. _convay, in assistant_ Q₂ Q₃ Q₄. _convay, in assistant,_ Q₅. _convay in assistant,_ Q₆.

_sleep_] _slip_ Theobald conj. (withdrawn).

[271] _favour_] Qq. _favours_ Ff.

[272] _youth of primy_] _youth, a prime of_ Q (1676).

_primy_] _prime_ Q₆.

[273] _Forward_] Qq F₃ F₄. _Froward_ F₁ F₂.

_sweet, not_] _tho' sweet, not_ Rowe. _sweet, but not_ Capell.

[274] _perfume and_] Qq. om. Ff.

_suppliance_] _soffiance_ Johnson conj.

_minute;_] F₂ F₃ F₄. _minute_ Q₂ Q₃ Q₄ Q₅. _minute?_ F₁. _minute:_ Q₆.

[275] _No more._] As in Qq. At end of line 9, in Ff. _but no more_ Collier MS. See note (II).

_so?_] Rowe. _so._ Qq Ff.

_no more_] _mo more_ Q₄.

[276] _crescent_] F₄. _cressant_ The rest.

[277] _bulk_] _bulkes_ Qq.

_this_] Qq. _his_ Ff. _the_ Hanmer.

[278] _and_] om. Q₄.

[279] _soil nor_] _foyle nor_ F₂ F₃. _foil nor_ F₄. _soil of_ Warburton. _soil, or_ So quoted by Heath.

[280] _will_] Qq. _feare_ F₁ F₂. _fear_ F₃ F₄.

_fear,_] _feare,_ Q₂ Q₃ Q₄ Q₅. _feare_ F₁ F₂ Q₆. _fear_ F₃ F₄. _fear;_ Keightley.

[281] _weigh'd_] Ff. _wayd_ Q₂ Q₃. _waid_ Q₄ Q₅. _wai'd_ Q₆.

[282] _For ... birth:_] Ff. Omitted in Qq.

[283] _unvalued_] _inferior_ Q (1676).

[284] _Carve for_] _Crave for_ Q₄ Q₅ Q₆. _Bestow_ Q (1676).

[285] _safety_] Q₄ Q₆. _safty_ Q₂ Q₃. _safetie_ Q₅. _sanctity_ Ff. _sanity_ Hanmer (Theobald conj.)

_health_] _the health_ Warburton.

_this_] Qq. _the_ Ff.

_whole_] _weole_ F₁.

[286] _he is the_] _he's_ Pope.

[287] _particular act and place_] Qq. _peculiar sect and force_ Ff. _peculiar act and place_ Pope.

[288] _weigh_] _way_ Q₂ Q₃ Q₄.

_what_] _that_ F₃ F₄.

[289] _too_] _two_ F₂ F₃.

[290] _lose_] F₁ F₂ F₃. _loose_ Qq F₄.

[291] _unmaster'd_] _unmastred_ Qq F₁ F₂ F₃. _unmastered_ F₄.

[292] _keep you in_] Qq. _keepe within_ Ff.

[293] _galls_] _gaules_ Q₂ Q₃ Q₄ Q₅. _Galls,_ F₁.

_infants_] Q₂ Q₃ F₁. _infant_ Q₄ Q₅ F₂ Q₆ F₃ F₄.

[294] _their_] Qq. _the_ Ff.

[295] _effect_] _effects_ Pope.

[296] _As watchman to_] _About_ Q (1676).

_watchman_] Q₂ Q₃. _watchmen_ The rest.

_my_] om. Q (1676).

[297] _steep_] _step_ Q₂.

to heaven] of heaven Q₆.

[298] _Whilst, like a_] _Whilst like a_ Ff. _Whiles a_ Qq. _Whilst, he a_ Warburton. _While as a_ Seymour conj.

_puff'd and reckless_] om. Q (1676).

_reckless_] _careless_ Pope.

[299] _Himself ... treads_] _Thyself ... tread'st_ Seymour conj.

[300] _recks_] Pope, _reakes_ Qq F₂. _reaks_ F₁ F₃ F₄. _reck'st_ Seymour conj.

_his_] _thine_ Seymour conj.

_rede_] _reed_ Qq. _reade_ F₁ F₂. _read_ F₃ F₄. _tread_ Smyth conj. MS.

[301] SCENE VI. Pope.

Enter Polonius.] As in Capell. After _reed_ in Qq: after _not_ in Ff.

[302] [Kneeling to Polonius. Capell.

[303] _Aboard, aboard_] _Get aboard_ Pope.

[304] _stay'd_] _stayed_ Q₂ Q₃. _staied_ Q₄ Q₅.

_for. There; my_] Theobald, substantially. _for, there my_ (Q₁) Qq. _for there: my_ Ff.

_thee_] (Q₁) Qq. _you_ Ff.

[Laying his hand on Laertes's head. Theobald.

[305] _Look_] Qq. _See_ Ff.

[306] _Those_] (Q₁) Qq. _The_ Ff.

[307] _them to_] (Q₁) Ff. _them unto_ Qq. _unto_ Seymour conj.

_hoops_] _hooks_ Pope.

[308] _dull_] _stale_ S. Walker conj.

[309] _new-hatch'd_] _new hatcht_ Qq. _unhatch't_ Ff.

_comrade_] Ff. _courage_ (Q₁) Qq. _court-ape_ Badham conj.

[310] _opposed_] (Q₁) Q₂ Q₃ Ff. _opposer_ Q₄ Q₅ Q₆.

[311] _thy ear_] _thy eare_ Qq. _thine eare_ or _thine ear_ Ff.

[312] _Are ... that._] See note (III).

[313] _lender be_] Ff. _lender boy_ Qq.

[314] _loan_] F₃ F₄. _Loane_ F₂. _lone_ F₁. _loue_ Q₂ Q₃ Q₄ Q₅. _love_ Q₆.

_loses_] Ff Q₆. _looses_ Q₂ Q₃ Q₄ Q₅.

[315] _And_] Qq F₁. _A_ F₂ F₃ F₄.

_dulls the edge_] Ff Q₆. _dulleth edge_ Q₂ Q₃. _dulleth the edge_ Q₄ Q₅.

[316] _night_] _light_ Warburton.]

_the day_] _to day_ Q₆.

[317] _thee!_] Pope. _thee._ Qq Ff.

[318] _do I_] _I do_ Q (1676).

[319] _invites_] Ff. _invests_ Qq.

[320] _to you_] om. Pope.

_in_] om. F₃.

[321] [Exit.] Exit Laertes. Qq. Exit Laer. Ff.

[322] _hath_] om. F₃ F₄.

[323] _Lord_] Qq. _L._ Ff.

[324] _you? give ... truth._] Q₆. _you give ... truth,_ Q₂ Q₃. _you give ... truth._ Q₄ Q₅. _you, give ... truth?_ Ff.

[325] _pooh!_] _puh,_ Qq. _puh._ Ff.

[326] _Unsifted_] _Unsighted_ Becket conj.

[327] _I'll_] _Ile_ F₁ F₂. _I'le_ F₃ F₄. _I will_ Qq.

[328] _these_] Qq. _his_ Ff.

[329] _sterling_] Qq. _starling_ F₁ F₂ F₄. _startling_ F₃.

[330] _Running_] Dyce (Collier conj.) _Wrong_ Qq. _Roaming_ Ff. _Wronging_ Pope. _Wringing_ Theobald (Warburton). _Ranging_ Theobald conj. _Worrying_ Badham conj. _Urging_ or _Working_ Anon. conj. See note (IV).

[331] _call it_] _call't_ Pope.

[332] _to his_] _to it in his_ Collier MS. See note (II).

[333] _my lord ... heaven_] As in Rowe. One line in Qq Ff.

[334] _almost ... holy_] Qq. _all the_ Ff. _almost all the_ Rowe.

[335] _springes_] (Q₁) Q₅ F₁ F₂ Q₆. _springs_ Q₂ Q₃ Q₄ F₃ F₄.

[336] _prodigal_] _prodigally_ Q (1676).

[337] _Lends_] (Q₁) Qq. _Gives_ Ff.

_daughter_] _oh my daughter_ Pope. _gentle daughter_ Capell. See note (V).

[338] _both_] _birth_ Badham conj.

[339] _their_] _the_ Warburton.

[340] _take_] _take't_ Q₄ Q₅ Q₆.

_From this time_] Qq. _For this time daughter,_ Ff. _From this time daughter,_ Long MS.

[341] _something_] Qq. _somewhat_ Ff.

_your_] _thy_ Johnson.

[342] _entreatments_] Ff Q₆. _intreatments_ Q₂ Q₃ Q₄ Q₅. _intraitments_ Warburton.

[343] _parley_] Ff Q₆. _parle_ Q₂ Q₃ Q₄ Q₅.

[344] _tether_] Ff. _tider_ Q₂ Q₃. _teder_ Q₄ Q₅. _tedder_ Q₆.

_may he_] _he may_ Warburton.

[345] _that dye_] Q₆. _that die_ Q₂ Q₃ Q₄ Q₅. _the eye_ Ff. _that eye_ Grant White.

[346] _mere_] om. Seymour conj.

_implorators_] _imploratotors_ Q₂ Q₃. _implorers_ Pope.

[347] _bawds_] Pope, ed. 2 (Theobald). _bonds_ Qq Ff. _bans_ Becket conj. _lauds_ Anon. conj.

[348] _beguile_] _beguide_ Q₂ Q₃.

[349] _slander_] _squander_ Collier (Collier MS.)

_moment_] Q₂ Q₃ Ff. _moments_ Q₄ Q₅ Q₆. _moment's_ Pope. _moments'_ Collier (ed. 2).

[350] _come_] _and so come_ Seymour conj. _so now, come_ Collier MS.

_ways_] _wayes_ Q₂ Q₃ Q₄ F₁ Q₆. _waies_ Q₅. _way_ F₂ F₃ F₄.

[351] Oph. _I ... lord._] om. Seymour conj.

[352] SCENE IV.] Capell. om. Ff. SCENE III. Rowe. SCENE VII. Pope.

The platform.] The Platform before the Palace. Rowe.

and] om. Ff.

[353] _shrewdly_] F₁ Q₆. _shroudly_ Q₂ Q₃ Q₄ Q₅. _shrew'dly_ F₂ F₃ F₄.

_it is very cold._] Qq. _is it very cold?_ F₁ F₂. _it is very cold?_ F₃ F₄.

[354] _a_] om. Qq.

_an_] om. F₃ F₄.

[355] _is_] _ha's_ F₃ F₄. _has not_ Rowe (ed. 2).

_struck_] F₄. _strooke_ Qq F₁ F₂. _strook_ F₃.

[356] _Indeed? I_] Capell. _Indeed;_ I Q₂ Q₃ Q₄ Q₅. _Indeed I_ (Q₁) Ff. _Indeed, I_ Q₆. _I_ Rowe.

_it then_] Qq. _then it_ Ff.

[357] [A flourish....] Malone, after Capell. A florish of trumpets and 2. peeces goes of. Qq (goe Q₆. off Q₄ Q₅ Q₆). A flourish of Trumpets and Guns. Q (1676). Omitted in Ff. Noise of warlike Musick within. Rowe.

[358] _What ... my lord?_] Omitted in Steevens's reprint of Q₄.

[359] _wake_] _walke_ Q₄ Q₅ Q₆.

[360] _wassail_] _wassel_ (Q₁). _wassell_ Qq. _wassels_ Ff.

_up-spring reels_] _up-spring reeles_ (Q₁) Qq. _upspring reeles_ F₁ F₂. _upspring reels_ F₃ F₄. _upstart reels_ Pope. _upsy freeze_ Badham conj.

[361] _drains_] _takes_ Q (1676).

[362] _bray out_] _proclaim_ Q (1676).

[363] _Is it_] _It is_ F₂.

[364] _is't:_] _is it; of an antique date:_ Seymour conj.

[365] _But_] Qq. _And_ Ff.

_native_] _a native_ Hammer (ed. 2).

[366] _This ... fault._] Put in the margin by Pope.

[367] _This ... scandal._] Qq. Omitted in Ff.

[368] _revel_] _reueale_ Q₂ Q₃. _reuelle_ Q₄. _reuell_ Q₅ Q₆.

[369] _revel east and west Makes_] Pointed as in Qq. _revell, east and west: Makes_ Pope (ed. 1). _revell, east and west, Makes_ Pope (ed. 2). _revel east and west, Makes_ Warburton.

[370] _traduced_] _tradust_ Q₂ Q₃.

_tax'd_] Pope. _taxed_ Qq.

[371] _clepe_] Q₆. _clip_ Q₂ Q₃ Q₄ Q₅.

[372] _So, oft_] Theobald. _So oft_ Qq.

[373] _mole_] _mould_ Theobald conj. (withdrawn).

[374] _the_] Pope. _their_ Qq.

[375] _livery_] _levity_ Becket conj.

_star_] _starre_ Qq. _scar_ Pope, ed. 2 (Theobald).

[376] _Their_] Pope, ed. 2 (Theobald). _His_ Qq.

[377] _the ... scandal_] Omitted by Pope.

[378] _the dram of eale ... of a doubt_] Q₂ Q₃. _the dram of ease ... of a doubt_ Q₄ Q₅ Q₆. _the dram of base ... of worth out_ Theobald. _the dram of base ... oft eat out_ or _the dram of base ... soil with doubt_ Heath conj. _the dram of ill ... of worth out_ Capell conj. _the dram of base Doth eat the noble substance of worth out_ Id. conj. _the dram of base ... oft adopt_ Holt conj. _the dram of base ... oft work out_ Robertson and Davies conj. _the dram of ill ... of good out_ Jennens. _the dram of base ... of worth dout_ Malone. _the dram of base ... often dout_ Steevens (1793). _the dram of base ... oft do out_ Id. conj. (withdrawn). _the dram of base ... of't corrupt_ Mason conj. _the dram of doubt ... oft anneal_ Anon. conj. (1814). _the dream of ease, The noble substance of a doubt,--doth all_ Becket conj. _the dram of ale ... over dough or oft a-dough_ Jackson conj. _the dram of ill ... often dout_ Caldecott. _the dram of bale ... often doubt_ Singer (ed. 1). _the dram of base ... of a doubt_ Singer (ed. 2). _the dram of base ... oft adoubt_ Singer conj. _the dram of bale ... off and out_ Delius. _the dram of base ... derogate_ Ingleby conj. _the dram of lead ... of a ducat_ Id. conj. _the dram of ail ... of a doubt_ Nichols conj. _the dram of lead ... of a pound_ Staunton conj. _the dram of evil ... oft outdo_ Jervis conj. _the dram of base ... offer doubt_ Brae conj. (N. and Q.) _the dram of base Doth, all the noble substance o'er, a doubt_ Anon. conj. (N. and Q.) _the dram of eale Doth all the noble, substance of a doubt_ Corson conj. _the dram of vile Turns ... of a draught_ Leo conj. _the dram of evil ... out of doubt or the dram of evil ... of a courtier_ Keightley conj. (withdrawn). _the dram of base ... often draw_ Arrowsmith conj. _the dram of evil ... oft debase_ Dyce (ed. 2). _the dram of eale ... oft endoubt_ Nicholson conj. _the dram of calce ... so adapt_ Bullock conj. _the dram of earth ... so adapt_ Bullock conj. (withdrawn). _the dram of base ... overcloud_ Lloyd conj. _the dram of base ... often drown_ Taylor conj. MS. _the dram of ease ... oft work out_ Smyth conj. MS. See note (VI).

_the dram of leaven ... of a dough_ Cartwright conj. _the dram of evil ... oft weigh down_ Bailey conj.

[379] _To his_] _To its_ Steevens conj. _By his_ Malone conj. _By it's_ Anon. apud Rann conj.

Enter Ghost.] Enter Ghost armed as before. Collier MS.

[380] _it_] _where it_ Q (1676).

[381] Pause marked after this line in Collier MS.

[382] _intents_] Qq. _events_ Ff. _advent_ Warburton.

[383] _a questionable_] _unquestionable_ Becket conj.

[384] _father, royal Dane: O_] _father,--Royal Dane, O_ Anon. conj. (St James's Chronicle, Oct. 15, 1761).

_O_] Qq. _Oh, oh_ Ff.

[385] _tell ... death_] _tell why Heried and canoniz'd in death, thy bones_ Becket conj.

_tell Why thy_] _tell why Thy_ Lloyd conj.

[386] _canonized_] _canoniz'd_ Qq Ff.

_canonized ... death_] _bones hears'd in canonized earth_ Hanmer. _canoniz'd bones, hearsed in earth_ Warburton.

[387] _cerements_] Qq. _cerments_ F₁. _cearments_ F₂ F₃ F₄.

[388] _inurn'd_] F₂ F₃ F₄. _enurn'd_ F₁. _interr'd_ (Q₁) Qq. _immured_ Anon. conj.

[389] _Revisit'st_] F₄. _Revisitst_ F₂ F₃. _Revisits_ Qq F₁.

_thus the ... moon,_] _thus, the ... moon_ Becket conj.

[390] _we_] _us_ Pope, ed. 2 (Theobald).

[391] _horridly_] _horribly_ Theobald.

[392] _the reaches_] Qq. _thee; reaches_ Ff.

[393] [Ghost beckons Hamlet.] Ghost beckens Hamlet. Ff. Beckins. Q₂ Q₃. Beckons. Q₄ Q₅. Beckens. Q₆.

[394] _waves_] (Q₁) Qq. _wafts_ Ff.

_to a more_] _off to a_ Johnson.

_more removed_] _remote_ Q (1676). See note (VII).

[395] [Holding Hamlet. Rowe.

[396] _I will_] Qq. _will I_ Ff.

[397] _should_] _shall_ Q (1676).

[398] _fee;_] _fee?_ F₃ F₄.

[399] _as_] _like_ (Q₁) Q₆.

[400] _toward_] _towards_ Q₄ Q₅.

_flood_] _floods_ Q (1676).

_lord_] om. Q₂.

[401] _summit_] Rowe. _somnet_ Qq. _sonnet_ Ff.

_cliff_] F₃ F₄. _cleefe_ Qq. _cliffe_ F₁ F₂.

[402] _beetles_] Ff. _bettels_ Q₄ Q₅ Q₆.

[403] _assume_] Qq. _assumes_ Ff.

[404] _deprive_] _deprave_ Hanmer (Warburton).

_your ... reason_] _you of your soveraign reason_ Collier MS. See note (II).

_your ... reason_] _of sovereignty your_ Hunter conj.

[405] _draw_] _drive_ (Q₁) S. Walker conj.

_it:_] _it,_ Qq. _it?_ F₁. _it_. F₂ F₃ F₄.

[406] _The very ... beneath._] Qq. Omitted in Ff.

[407] _It ... thee._] As in Qq. One line in Ff.

[408] _waves_] Qq. _wafts_ Ff.

[409] _off_] _of_ Q₂ Q₃ Q₄.

_hands_] Qq. _hand_ Ff.

[410] Hor.] Mar. Theobald.

[They struggle. Collier MS. See note (II).

[411] _artery_] Q₆. _arture_ Q₂ Q₃. _artyre_ Q₄. _attire_ Q₅ F₄. _artire_ F₁ F₂ F₃.

_this_] _his_ F₃ F₄.

[412] _As hardy_] _Hardy_ Capell.

_Nemean_] Q₄ Q₅ Q₆ F₃ F₄. _Nemeon_ Q₂ Q₃. _Nemian_ F₁ F₂.

[Ghost beckons. Malone.

[413] _am I_] _I am_ Q (1676).

_call'd:_] _cald,_ Q₂ Q₃ Q₄ Q₅. _call'd;_ Q₆. _cal'd?_ F₁. _call'd?_ F₂ F₃ F₄.

[Breaking from them. Rowe.

[414] _on_] _one_ Q₄ Q₅.

[Exeunt....] Ff. Exit ... Qq.

[415] _imagination_] _imagion_ Q₂ Q₃.

[416] _Heaven_] _Heaven's_ Collier MS. See note (II).

_direct it_] _discover it_ Q (1676). _detect it_ Farmer conj.

[417] SCENE V.] Capell. SCENE VIII. Pope. Scene continued in Ff.

Another part ...] Capell. A more remote part ... Theobald.

Enter....] Re-enter ... Pope.

[418] _Whither_] (Q₁) Q₆. _Whether_ Q₂ Q₃ Q₄ Q₅. _Where_ Ff.

[419] _hour_] F₃ F₄. _houre_ Qq. _hower_ F₁. _honour_ F₂.

[420] _Pity ... unfold_] Prose in Q₄ Q₅.

[421] _thy_] _my_ Q₅.

[422] _hear._] _here,_ Q₄.

[423] _when_] _what_ Q (1676).

[424] _What?_] _Hear what?_ Keightley. _Revenge! what? how?_ Seymour conj.

[425] _confined to fast_] _confined fast_ Theobald conj. (withdrawn).

_to fast in_] _to roast in_ Theobald conj. (withdrawn). _too fast in_ Warburton. _to lasting_ Singer, ed. 2 (Heath conj.) _to waste in_ Steevens conj. (withdrawn). _to fasting_ Jackson conj. _fast to_ Anon. conj. ('Once a Week').

_And for_] _Tho' in_ Anon. MS.

[426] _that I am_] _being_ Seymour conj.

[427] _knotted_] (Q₁) Qq. _knotty_ Ff.

[428] _an end_] _on end_ (Q₁) Pope. _an-end_ Boswell.

[429] _fretful_] F₄. _fretfull_ (Q₁) F₁ F₂ F₃. _fearefull_ Qq.

_porpentine_] _porcupine_ Q (1676).

[430] _List, list_] Qq. _list Hamlet_ Ff (_Hamle_ F₂).

[431] _love--_] Rowe. _love._ Qq Ff.

[432] _God_] Qq. _Heaven_ Ff.

[433] _Murder!_] Q₆. _Murther_ Q₂ Q₃ Q₄ Q₅. _Murther?_ Ff.

[434] _Murder most_] _Most_ Seymour conj.

_in_] _at_ Long MS.

[435] _Haste me_] Rowe. _Hast me_ Qq. _Hast, hast me_ F₁. _Haste, haste me_ F₂ F₃ F₄.

_Haste ... swift_] One line in Qq. Two in Ff.

_know't_] Qq. _know it_ Ff. _know_ Pope.

_I_] om. F₁.

[436] _meditation_] _mediation_ Q₆.

[437] _sweep_] _flye_ Q (1676). _swoop_ Theobald conj. (withdrawn).

[438] _shouldst_] _shouldest_ Q₄ Q₅.

[439] _shouldst ... Wouldst_] _wouldst ... Shouldst_ Anon. conj. (Misc. Obs. on Hamlet, 1752).

[440] _roots_] Q₅ Q₆. _rootes_ (Q₁) Q₂ Q₃ Q₄. _rots_ Ff.

_itself ... wharf,_] _on Lethe's wharf: itself in ease,_--Becket conj.

_Lethe_] _Lethe's_ Q (1676) and Rowe.

[441] _'Tis_] Q₆. _Tis_ Q₂ Q₃ Q₄ Q₅. _It's_ Ff.

_my_] Qq. _mine_ Ff.

_orchard_] _garden_ Q (1676).

[442] _so_] om. Pope.

[443] _know, thou_] F₄. _knowe thou_ Q₂ Q₃ Q₄ F₁ F₂ Q₅ F₃. _know thou,_ Q₆.

[444] _life_] _heart_ Q (1676).

[445] _O my ... uncle!_] As in Dyce (S. Walker conj.) One line in Qq Ff.

[446] _My_] _my_ Qq. _mine_ Ff.

_uncle!_] Q₆. _uncle?_ Q₂ Q₃ Ff. _uncle:_ Q₄. _uncle._ Q₅.

[447] _Ay,_] _Ay, Ay_ S. Walker conj., ending line 41 _Ay._

_Ay, ... that adulterate_] _Incestuous, adulterate_ Seymour conj.

[448] _witchcraft_] _witchraft_ F₂.

_wit_] Pope. _wits_ Qq Ff.

_with_] Qq. _hath_ F₁ F₂ F₃. _and_ F₄.

_gifts,--_] _gifts,_ Qq F₃. _guifts._ F₁. _gifts._ F₂. _gifts_ F₄.

[449] _wit_] _wits_ Q₆.

[450] _to his_] Qq F₃ F₄. _to to this_ F₁. _to this_ F₂.

[451] _seeming-virtuous_] Hyphen inserted by Theobald.

[452] _a_] Ff Q₆. om. Q₂ Q₃ Q₄ Q₅.

[453] _marriage; and to_] _marriage, to_ Ingleby conj.

[454] _To those ... moved,_] As in Pope. One line in Qq Ff.

[455] _mine!_] _mine, surpasses, almost, thinking._ Seymour conj.

[456] _lust,_] (Q₁) Ff. _but_ Qq.

_angel_] F₄. _angell_ F₁ F₂ F₃. _angle_ Qq.

[457] _Will ... garbage._] Arranged as in Qq. One line in Ff.

[458] _sate_] F₁ F₂. _sort_ Qq. _seat_ F₃ F₄.

[459] _prey_] _pray_ Q₂ Q₃ Q₄.

_on_] _in_ F₃ F₄.

[460] _scent_] _sent_ Q₂ Q₃ F₁ Q₆.

_morning_] Qq. _mornings_ Ff.

[461] _within my orchard_] _in my garden_ Q (1676).

_my_] Qq. _mine_ Ff.

[462] _of_] Qq. _in_ (Q₁) Ff.

[463] _secure_] _secret_ Johnson.

_stole_] _to me stole_ Q (1676).

[464] _hebenon_] Ff. _hebona_ (Q₁) Qq. _hebon_ or _hemlock_ Elze conj.

_vial_] _viall_ Qq. _violl_ F₁ F₂. _viol_ F₃ F₄.

[465] _my_] Qq. _mine_ Ff.

[466] _effect Holds_] _effects Hold_ Q (1676).

[467] _alleys_] Hanmer. _allies_ (Q₁) Qq Ff.

[468] _vigour_] _rigour_ Staunton conj.

_posset_] Ff. _possesse_ Qq.

[469] _eager_] (Q₁) Qq. _Aygre_ Ff.

[470] _bark'd_] _barckt_ Q₂ Q₃. _barkt_ Q₄ Q₅ Q₆. _bak'd_ Ff. _barked_ (Q₁).

[471] _of queen_] _of queene_ Qq. _and queene_ Ff (_queen_ F₃ F₄).

_dispatch'd_] _dismatch'd_ Becket conj. _despoil'd_ Collier MS.

[472] _blossoms_] _blossom_ Dyce conj.

[473] _Unhousel'd_] Theobald. _Unhuzled_ Q₂ Q₃. _Unnuzled_ Q₄ Q₅ Q₆. _Unhouzzled_ Ff.

_disappointed_] _unanointed_ Pope. _unappointed_ Theobald.

_unanel'd_] Pope. _unanueld_ Q₂ Q₃. _un-anneld_ Q₄ Q₅ Q₆. _unnaneld_ Ff. _unaneal'd_ Theobald. _unanoil'd_ Jennens. _and unknell'd_ Anon. conj. (Gent. Mag. XLVI. 267). _unassoiled_ Boucher conj.

[474] _With all_] _Withall_ Q₂ Q₃.

[475] See note (VIII).

[476] _howsoever_] Ff. _howsomever_ Qq.

_pursuest_] Ff Q₆. _pursues_ Q₂ Q₃ Q₄ Q₅.

[477] _Taint_] _Tain't_ Q₂ Q₃ Q₄.

_contrive_] _design_ Q (1676).

[478] _matin_] _morning_ Q (1676). _matins_ so quoted in Drake's _Shakespeare and his Times_, II. 414.

[479] _Adieu, adieu, adieu!_] _Adiew, adiew, adiew,_ Qq (_Adieu_ Q₆). _Adue, adue, Hamlet:_ F₁ F₂. _Adieu, adieu, Hamlet:_ F₃ F₄. _Farewel_, Q (1676).

[Exit.] Ff. om. Qq.

[480] _O fie! Hold, hold, my_] _Oh hold, my_ Pope. _Hold, hold, my_ Capell. _O fie! Hold,_ Collier MS.

_Hold, hold, my_] _hold, hold my_ Q₂ Q₃. _hold, my_ Q₄. _hold my_ Q₅ Ff Q₆.

[481] _stiffly_] Ff. _swiftly_ Qq. _strongly_ Q (1676).

[482] _thee!_] Q₆. _thee,_ Q₂ Q₃ Q₄ Q₅. _thee?_ Ff.

[483] _while_] Ff. _whiles_ Qq.

[484] _saws_] _sawe_ Q₄. _saw_ Q₅ Q₆. _registers_ Q (1676).

_all pressures_] _and pressures_ Q (1676).

[485] _yes_] Qq. _yes, yes_ Ff.

[486] _pernicious_] _prenicious_ Q₄. _pernicious and perfidious_ Collier (Collier MS.)

[487] _My tables,--_] Pope. (_My tables_) (Q₁). _My tables,_ Qq. _My Tables, my Tables;_ Ff.

_set it_] _set_ Q₆.

[488] _down, ... villain; ... me.' ... sworn't._] _down.-- ... villain!... me.'_ [Writing _... sworn it._ [Having kissed the tables. Brae conj.

[489] _I'm_] Ff. _I am_ Qq.

[Writing.] Rowe. om. Qq Ff. Opposite line 111, Keightley.

[490] _It ... sworn't._] Two lines in Qq. One in Ff. Capell puts _It is_ in a separate line.

[491] _It is_] _Its--_ Jackson conj.

[492] _I have sworn't._] _I've sworn it--_ Pope.

[493] SCENE IX. Pope.

Hor. Mar. [Within] Ff. Hora. Qq. See note (IX).

[494] _Heaven_] Ff. _Heavens_ (Q₁) Qq.

[495] Ham.] Qq. Mar. Ff. Mar. [within. Knight.

[496] Mar.] Qq. Hor. Ff.

[497] _bird,_] Ff. _and_ Qq. _boy,_ (Q₁) Pope.

[498] Hor. _What news, my lord?_] Omitted in Q₄ Q₅ Q₆.

[499] Ham.] Hora. Q₄ Q₅.

[500] _you will_] Qq. _you'l_ F₁. _you'll_ F₂ F₃ F₄.

[501] _it?_] (Q₁) Ff Q₆. _it,_ The rest.

[502] _secret?_] Ff. _secret._ Qq. _secret--_ Theobald.

Hor. Mar.] Booth. Q₂ Q₃. Both. Q₄ Q₅ Ff Q₆.

_my lord._] (Q₁) Ff. Omitted in Qq.

[503] _There's ... Denmark_] One line in (Q₁) Ff. Two in Qq.

_ne'er_] F₂. _nere_ F₁. _ne're_ F₃ F₄. _never_ Qq.

[504] _Denmark But_] _Denmark--But_ Seymour conj.

[505] _But_] _Bate_ Becket conj.

[506] _There ... this._] As in Qq. Prose in Ff.

[507] _i' the_] _i' th'_ Ff. _in the_ Qq.

[508] _desire_] Qq. _desires_ (Q₁) Ff.

[509] _hath_] Qq. _ha's_ F₁. _has_ F₂ F₃ F₄.

[510] _my_] Qq. _mine_ Ff.

[511] _Look you, I'll_] Ff. _I will_ Qq. _Look you, I will_ Capell.

[512] _whirling_] Theobald. _wherling_ (Q₁) _whurling_ Qq. _hurling_ Ff. _windy_ Q (1676). _hurting_ Collier MS. See note (II).

[513] _I'm_] Ff. _I am_ Qq.

_offend_] _offended_ F₃ F₄.

[514] _Yes, faith,_] _Yes,_ Pope. _'Faith,_ Capell.

[515] _Horatio_] (Q₁) Qq. _my Lord_ Ff.

[516] _too. Touching_] _too: touching_ Q₆. _too, touching_ (Q₁) Ff. _to, touching_ Q₂ Q₃ Q₄ Q₅.

_here,_] _heere,_ or _here,_ Qq. _heere:_ or _here:_ Ff.

[517] _O'ermaster't_] _Oremastret_ Q₂ Q₃. _O'er-master_ Rowe (ed. 2).

[518] _we will_] om. (Q₁) Pope. Mar. _We will_ Collier MS. See note (II).

[519] Hor. Mar.] Booth. Q₂ Q₃. Both. The rest.

[520] _In faith, ... I._] Arranged as by Capell. One line in Qq Ff.

[521] _We have_] _We've_ Pope.

[522] _Indeed ... indeed._] _In deed ... in deed_ Staunton.

[523] Ghost. [Beneath] _Swear._] Capell. Ghost cries under the Stage.

Ghost. _Sweare._ Qq. Gho. _Sweare._ Ghost cries under the Stage. Ff.

[524] _Ah, ha, ... cellarage_] Arranged as in Qq. Prose in Ff.

[525] _Ah_] Ff. _Ha_ Qq.

_so?_] Q₆. _so,_ Q₂ Q₃ Q₄ Q₅. _so._ Ff.

[526] _on: you hear_] _one you here_ F₁.

[527] _the oath_] _my oath_ F₃ F₄.

[528] _seen,_] _seene_ Q₂ Q₃. _seene,_ Q₄ Q₅ Q₆. _seene._ F₁ F₂. _seen._ F₃ F₄.

[529] [Beneath] Capell. om. Qq Ff.

[530] _Hic_] _Hie_ Q₄ Q₅.

_ubique?_] Ff. _ubique,_ Qq.

_our_] Qq. _for_ Ff.

[531] See note (X).

[532] _this that_] _this which_ Rowe (ed. 2).

[533] _Swear._] (Q₁) Ff. _Sweare by his sword._ Qq.

[534] _canst_] _canst thou_ Q₆.

_earth_] (Q₁) Qq. _ground_ Ff.

[535] _good friends_] om. Seymour conj.]

_friends_] Qq F₁. _friend_ F₂ F₃ F₄.

[536] _give_] _bid_ F₃ F₄.

[537] _your_] (Q₁) Qq. _our_ Ff.

[538] _Than ... come;_] As in Hanmer. One line in Qq Ff.

[539] _But come; Here_] _But_ Seymour conj.

[540] _Here_] _Swear_ Pope (ed. 2). _swear here_ Keightley, reading _But ... mercy!_ as one line.

[541] _How ... on_] Put in parentheses in Pope. (ed. 1).

[542] _How ... note_] Put in parentheses in Qq.

[543] _soe'er_] _so ere_ Ff Q₆. _so mere_ Q₂ Q₃ Q₄ Q₅.

[544] _As ... on_] Put in parentheses in Ff.

[545] _meet_] _fit_ So quoted by Theobald ('Shakespeare Restored').

[546] _times_] (Q₁) Qq. _time_ Ff.

[547] _this head-shake_] Theobald. _this head shake_ (Q₁) Q₂ Q₃ Q₄ Q₅. _thus, head shake_ Ff. _head thus shak't_ Q₆.

[548] _Or_] _Nor_ Malone conj.

[549] _Well, well,_] Qq. _well,_ Ff.

[550] _an if ... an if_] Hanmer. _and if ... and if_ Qq Ff. _and if ... or if_ Q (1676). _an ... those; An if_ Seymour conj.

[551] _they_] (Q₁) Qq. _there_ Ff.

[552] _giving_] _givings_ Warburton.

_out, to note_] Steevens, 1793. (Malone conj.) _out, to note)_ Qq. _out to note,_ Ff. _out to note_ Malone.

_to note_] _denote_ Pope, ed. 2 (Theobald). _to-note_ Porson conj. MS.

[553] _this ... Swear._] _this ... doe: So ... you: Sweare._ Ff. _this doe sweare, So ... you._ Qq. _this you must swear. So ... you._ Q (1676). _this do ye swear. So ... you. Swear._ Pope. _This do you swear, So ... you!_ Capell. _This not to do, swear; So ... you!_ Boswell.

[554] _Rest, rest,_] _Rest,_ Seymour conj.

[They swear.] Edd. (Globe ed.) om. Qq Ff.

[555] _I do_] om. F₂ F₃ F₄. _do I_ Theobald.

[556] _friending_] _friendship_ Q (1676).

[557] _God ... lack._] _Shall never fail,_ Q (1676).

_Let us go in_] _Let's go_ Anon. conj.

_together_] om. Hanmer.

[558] _pray._] Rowe. _pray,_ Qq Ff.

[559] _set_] see F₃ F₄.