The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [Vol. 2 of 9]

Much Ado About Nothing, V. 1.

Scene i. Before L.’s house] Pope.

6: comforter] Q. comfort F₁. comfort els F₂. comfort else F₃ F₄.

7: do] doe Q. doth Ff.

10: speak] speak to me Hanmer.

16: Bid sorrow wag, cry ‘hem!’] Capell. And sorrow, wagge, crie hem Q F₁ F₂. And hallow, wag, cry hem F₃. And hollow, wag, cry hem F₄. And sorrow wage; cry, hem Theobald. And sorrow waive, cry hem Hanmer. And, sorrow wag! cry; hem Johnson. And sorrow gagge; cry hem Tyrwhitt conj. And sorrowing, cry hem Heath conj. Cry, sorrow, wag! and hem Steevens (Johnson conj.). In sorrow wag; cry hem Malone. And sorry wag, cry hem Steevens conj. And, sorrow waggery, hem Ritson conj. And sorrow-wagg’d cry hem Becket conj. And—sorrow wag!—cry hem Dyce. Call sorrow joy, cry hem Collier MS. Say, sorrow, wag; cry hem S. Walker conj. And sorrow’s wag, cry hem Grant White. And sorrow away! cry hem Halliwell conj. At sorrow wink, cry hem Anon. conj.

18: candle-wasters] caudle-waters Jackson conj.

yet] you Collier MS.

21: speak] Q F₁ F₂. give F₃ F₄.

38: push] Q Ff. pish Rowe (ed. 2).

45: Scene ii. Pope.

52: wrongs him] wrongeth him Hanmer. wrongs him, sir? Capell.

53: Marry, thou] marry, Thou, thou Steevens. who? Marry thou S. Walker conj.

63: mine] Q. my Ff.

67: mine] my Pope.

78: daff] doffe Warburton.

83: come, sir boy, come, follow me] Q Ff. come boy, follow me Pope. come sir boy, follow me Capell.

91: braggarts, Jacks] Jacks, braggarts Hanmer.

94: monging] Q F₁. mongring F₂ F₃ F₄.

96: and] om. Spedding conj.

outward] an outward Rowe.

97: off] Theobald, of Q Ff.

102: wake] rack Hanmer. wrack Warburton. waste Talbot conj.

patience] passions Anon. conj.

105: what] om. F₂ F₃ F₄.

106–109: Printed as three lines ending No!...shall,...it. by Hanmer.

107: Enter Benedick. Ff.

108: No?] Capell. No Q F₁. No! F₂ F₃ F₄.

Come] om. Steevens.

109: Enter Ben. Q.

[Exeunt...] Exeunt ambo. Q Ff (after the preceding line).

110: we] he F₃ F₄.

114: almost] om. Rowe (ed. 2).

115: like] likt Q F₁.

120: a] om. F₃ F₄.

143: [Aside to Claudio] Edd. See note (xxiii).

149: a feast, a feast?] Q F₁. a feast? F₂ F₃ F₄.

150: I’ faith] Ay, faith, Capell conj.

a calf’s-head] Malone. a calves head Q F₁ F₂. calves heads F₃ F₄.

151: a capon] a cap-on Capell. capers Collier MS.

156: True] Right Rowe (ed. 2).

said] Q. saies F₁ F₂ F₃ says F₄.

157: Right] Just Rowe (ed. 2).

158: says she] said she Pope.

159: said she] says she Steevens.

160, 161: a wise gentleman] a wise gentle man Johnson conj.

164: there’s] theirs Q.

169: an] Hanmer. and Q Ff.

172: God] who Collier MS.

174: savage] Q F₁ F₂. salvage F₃ F₄.

175: on] one Q.

184: lady. For] lady: for Q F₁ F₂ F₃. lady, for F₄. lady for Rowe.

185: [Exit.] Rowe.

189: thee.] thee? Pope.

193: Scene iv. Pope.

195: let me be] Q F₁. let me see F₂ F₃ F₄. let be Capell.

let me be: pluck] let me pluck Malone conj.

197: Scene iv. Hanmer.

Enter...] Hanmer. Enter Constables, C. and B. Q (after 192). Enter Constable, C. and B. Ff (after 192).

198: weigh more] more weigh S. Walker conj.

an] if Pope.

211: you lay] lay you F₄.

215: Who] Q F₁. Whom F₂ F₃ F₄.

222: overheard] heard F₄.

232: whiles] while Rowe.

234: Yea, and...of it] Yea; And...on’t S. Walker conj.

and] om. Pope.

richly] rich F₂ F₃ F₄.

235: and framed] om. F₃ F₄.

240: reformed] informed F₃ F₄.

245: Scene v. Pope.

Re-enter...] Capell. Enter Leonato. Q Ff. Enter L. and Sexton. Theobald.

249: Art thou] Q. Art thou thou F₁. Art thou, art thou F₂ F₃ F₄.

259: Impose] Expose Hanmer.

me to] to me Capell conj.

264: to] too F₃ F₄.

265: I cannot bid you bid my daughter live] Q F₁. I cannot bid you daughter live F₂. I cannot bid your daughter live F₃. You cannot bid my daughter live F₄. You cannot bid my daughter live again Rowe. I cannot bid you cause my daughter live Collier MS.

285: pack’d] packt Q Ff. pact Collier.

306: arrant] errant F₄.

311: [Exeunt D. and V.] Edd. Exeunt D., V. and Watch. Capell. Exeunt. Ff (after line 312). om. Q.

315: [To the Watch.] Edd.

Much Ado About Nothing, V. 2.

Scene ii.] Capell. Scene vi. Pope.

Leonato’s garden.] Reed. L.’s house. Pope. See note (xxiv).

8, 9: me! why, shall...stairs?] me, why shal...staires. Q. me, why, shall...staires? Ff.

9: keep below] keep above Theobald. keep men below Steevens conj. keep them below Singer conj.

23: [Sings.] Pope.

23–26: Printed as prose in Q Ff, as verse by Capell.

29: names] Q F₃ F₄. name F₁ F₂.

31: over and over] Q F₁. over F₂ F₃ F₄.

32: it in] Q F₃ F₄. it F₁ F₂.

33: baby] babie Q F₁. badie F₂ F₃. bady F₄. baudy Rowe.

34: innocent] Q F₁. innocents F₂ F₃ F₄. innocent’s Rowe.

36: nor] Q. for Ff.

37: Enter Beatrice] Ff. Enter B. Q (after line 38).

38: Scene vii. Pope.

called] call Rowe.

42: came] came for Pope. See note (xxvi).

48: his] its Rowe.

54: all together] altogether Hanmer.

maintained] maintain Capell conj.

57: first] om. Rowe.

64: this] that Hanmer.

69: monument] Q. monuments Ff.

bell rings] Q. bells ring Ff.

71: Question:] Question, Q Ff. Question? Pope. om. Hanmer.

72: rheum] thewme F₃. thewm F₄.

is it] it is F₄.

74: myself. So] myself so Q Ff.

81: Enter U.] Q. Enter U. Ff (after line 79).

88: in thy lap] on thy lip Brae conj.

90: uncle’s] uncle Rowe.

Much Ado About Nothing, V. 3.

Scene iii.] Capell. Scene viii. Pope.

2: A Lord.] Lord. Q Ff. Atten. Rowe.

3: Claud. [Reading...] Capell. Epitaph. Q Ff.

3: by] with Capell (corrected in MS.).

9: [Affixing it. Capell.

10: dumb] Ff. dead Q.

13: thy] the Rowe.

knight] bright Collier MS.

15: they] we Collier MS.

20: Till] Until Hanmer.

21: Heavily, heavily] Q. Heavenly, heavenly Ff.

22: Claud.] Rowe. Lo. Q Ff.

23: rite] Pope. right Q Ff.

29: his several way] his way can tell Collier MS.

32: speed’s] Theobald (Thirlby conj.). speeds Q F₁ speed F₂ F₃ F₄.

33: whom] which Hanmer.

Much Ado About Nothing, V. 4.

Scene iv.] Scene ix. Pope.

...Margaret] om. Reed (1793).

7: sort] sorts Q.

10: you] Q F₁. yong F₂. young F₃ F₄.

12: [Exeunt Ladies.] Q Ff (after line 16). Capell (after line 17). Dyce (after line 14).

23: Leon.] Q F₁. Old. F₂ F₃ F₄. Ant. Rowe.

30: In the] Q F₁. I’th F₂ F₃ F₄.

state] estate Johnson.

31: friar,] om. F₃ F₄.

33: Here...Claudio] Q. omitted in Ff.

34: Scene x. Pope.

and...others] and...other. Q. with attendants. Ff.

45: all Europa] Q F₁ F₂. so all Europe F₃ F₄. all our Europe Steevens conj.

50: And got] Q F₃ F₄. A got F₁ F₂.

52: Scene xi. Pope.

comes] Q Ff. come Rowe.

Re-enter...] Enter brother, Hero, Beatrice, Margaret, Ursula. Q Ff.

54: This line is given to Leonato in Q Ff, to Antonio first by Theobald.

58: hand: before......friar,] Pope. hand before...friar, Q Ff.

60: [Unmasking.] Rowe.

63: defiled] Q. om. Ff. belied Collier MS.

69: you] thee F₃ F₄.

74: Why, no] Why F₃ F₄. No Steevens.

75, 76: Printed as Prose in Ff.

76: they swore] Q Ff. for they did swear Hanmer. for they swore Capell.

77: Troth] om. Steevens.

79: did swear] swore Collier MS.

80: that] Q. om. Ff.

81: that] Q. om. Ff.

82: such] Q. om. Ff.

94: not] yet Theobald, now Hanmer.

96: I was told] Q F₁ F₂ as I told F₃ F₄ as I was told Rowe.

97: Given to Leonato in Q Ff, corrected by Theobald.

[Kissing her.] Theobald.

99: wit-crackers] witte-crackers Q F₁ F₂. witty-crackers F₃ F₄.

102: a’] a Q Ff, Collier. he Rowe.

103: purpose] propose Reed (1803).

105: what] Q F₃ F₄. om. F₁ F₂.

112: do] no F₄.

116: afterward] Q F₂. afterwards F₂ F₃ F₄.

117: play,] Pope. play Q Ff.

118: there is no] No S. Walker conj., making a verse.

122: thee] the, F₄.