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The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [Vol. 4 of 9]

Chapter 152: FOOTNOTES:
By William Shakespeare
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This volume gathers a sequence of history plays that dramatize struggles over kingship, succession, and national identity in late medieval England. Rulers confront rebellions, papal and foreign pressure, and challenges to legitimacy, while a young prince evolves from license to wartime command. Scenes range from courtly intrigue and parliamentary deposition to battlefield councils and siege drama, intermixing solemn meditation on power and right with earthy comic relief provided by a boisterous companion. Recurring themes include the burdens of rule, honor versus expediency, the manipulation of law and ceremony, and the formation of leadership through conflict.

Arch. Hie, good Sir Michael; bear this sealed brief[3013]
 With winged haste to the lord marshal;[3014]
 This to my cousin Scroop, and all the rest
 To whom they are directed. If you knew[3015]
 How much they do import, you would make haste.[3015]5
Sir M. My good lord,[3016][3017]
 I guess their tenour.[3017]
Arch. Like enough you do.[3018]
 To-morrow, good Sir Michael, is a day
 Wherein the fortune of ten thousand men
 Must bide the touch; for, sir, at Shrewsbury,10
 As I am truly given to understand,
 The king with mighty and quick-raised power
 Meets with Lord Harry: and, I fear, Sir Michael,
 What with the sickness of Northumberland,
 Whose power was in the first proportion,15
 And what with Owen Glendower's absence thence,[3019]
 Who with them was a rated sinew too[3020]
 And comes not in, o'er-ruled by prophecies,[3021]
 I fear the power of Percy is too weak
 To wage an instant trial with the king.20
Sir M. Why, my good lord, you need not fear;[3022][3023]
 There is Douglas and Lord Mortimer.[3022][3024][3025]
Arch. No, Mortimer is not there.[3025]
Sir M. But there is Mordake, Vernon, Lord Harry Percy,[3026]
 And there is my Lord of Worcester and a head[3027][3028]25
 Of gallant warriors, noble gentlemen.[3027]
Arch. And so there is: but yet the king hath drawn
 The special head of all the land together:
 The Prince of Wales, Lord John of Lancaster,
 The noble Westmoreland and warlike Blunt;30
 And many moe corrivals and dear men[3029]
 Of estimation and command in arms.
Sir M. Doubt not, my lord, they shall be well opposed.[3030]
Arch. I hope no less, yet needful 'tis to fear;
 And, to prevent the worst, Sir Michael, speed:35
 For if Lord Percy thrive not, ere the king[3031]
 Dismiss his power, he means to visit us,
 For he hath heard of our confederacy,[3032]
 And 'tis but wisdom to make strong against him:
 Therefore make haste. I must go write again40
 To other friends; and so farewell, Sir Michael. [Exeunt.

FOOTNOTES:

[2867] Sc. I.: The....] Malone. At Shrewsbury. Pope. The rebel camp before Shrewsbury. Capell.

Enter Hotspur....] Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8. Omitted in Q1. Enter Harrie Hotspurre.... Ff.

[2868] Hot.] Per. Q1 (and throughout the scene).]

[2869] thought] through Q6 Q7 Q8.

[2870] God] Qq. heaven Ff.

do] Q1. The rest omit.

[2871] tongues] tongue Q7 Q8.

[2872] Thou] I doubt it not; thou Seymour conj.

[2873] ground But] ground.—But Staunton conj.

[2874] Do so] Do Pope.

[2875] Do so ... you.]Arranged as by Capell. As prose in Qq. As two lines, ending there?... you, in Ff.

[2876] Enter....] Enter one with letters. Qq. Enter a messenger. Ff (after beard him).

[2877] hast thou] Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 F2 F3 F4. have you Q6 Q7 Q8. hast F1.

[2878] These letters] These Pope. These letters, my good lord, Capell.

come] om. Steevens conj.

father.] father,— Malone.

[2879] Letters ... grievous sick.] As four lines in Ff.

[2880] he is] he's Pope.

[2881] 'Zounds! how has he] Qq (has Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8). How? haz he F1 F2. How? has he F3 F4. Heav'ns! how has he Pope.

sick] Qq. sick now Ff.

[2882] bear] beare Q7 Q8. beares Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 F1 F2 F3. bears F4.

not I, my lord] Capell. not I my mind Q1 Q2. The rest not I his mind (minde F1 F2 F3). not I. Hot. His mind! Hanmer (Warburton).

[Hotspur opens them and reads. Capell.

[2883] physicians] Phisitions Q1 Q3. Phisicions Q2. Phisition Q4 Q5 Q6. Physician Ff. Phisicion Q7. Physicion Q8.

[2884] time] times Q6.

[2885] inward] an inward Keightley conj.

sickness—] Rowe. sicknesse. Q6. sicknesse, the rest. sickness holds him; Capell. Malone supposes a line lost.

[2886] Arranged as by Capell. Qq Ff end line 32 at deputation.

[2887] it is not; his] it is not, his Q1. it is not his Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 F1 F2 Q7 Q8. 'tis not his F3. 'tis not, his F4.

[2888] Arranged as in Qq. Line 45 ends at finde it in Ff.

[2889] set ... set] S. Walker conjectures that one of these is corrupt.

[2890] main] mine F3 F4.

[2891] hour?] houre? Q7 Q8. houre, or hour, the rest.

[2892] read] reade Q3 F1 F2. risque or rend Johnson conj. tread Malone conj. reap Jackson conj. dare Mitford conj. reach Grant White conj.

[2893] read ... bottom] rend ... blossom Bullock conj.

[2894] soul] sound Staunton conj.

[2895] Of ... in] Keightley would read as three lines, ending now ... boldly ... in.

[2896] Faith] I' faith S. Walker conj. ending lines 52-55 at fortunes ... remains ... spend ... come in.

[2897] We may] We now may Pope. And we may Capell. We may thus Grant White. We Anon. conj. See note (XVIII).

[2898] We may ... come in:] As in Steevens. As one line in Qq. As two, the first ending hope, in Ff.

what Is] what tis Q1. What t'is Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6. what is Ff. What 'tis Q7. what's Q8.

[2899] retirement] retrievement Becket conj.

[2900] hair] haire Q1 Q2 Q3. heaire Q4. heire Q5 Q6 F1 F2 Q7 Q8. heir F3 F4. air Boswell conj. dare Staunton conj. hour Bubier conj. air Carleton conj.

[2901] it] if F2.

[2902] offering] offending Pope. ofterring Jackson conj.

[2903] father's] fathers Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4. The rest father.

[2904] of] upon Pope.

You] Come, you Capell.

[2905] dare] glare Pope.

our] Q1 Q2. The rest your.

[2906] a kingdom] Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4. The rest the kingdom.

[2907] shall o'erturn] shal oreturne Q1. shall or'eturne Q2. shall or turne Q3. shall, or turn Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8. shall o're-turne Ff (o'return F4). should o'erturn Collier MS.

[2908] As in Qq. As three lines, ending thinke: ... Scotland ... feare., in Ff.

[2909] term] tearme Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4. deame Q5 Q6. dreame F1 Q7 F2 Q8. dream F3 F4.

[2910] Scene II. Pope.

[2911] hitherwards] hitherward Q8. hither Pope.

with him Prince John] Q1. The rest with Prince John. with Prince John of Lancaster Pope.

[2912] is] Q1 Q2. The rest hath.

[2913] Or] And Keightley conj.

intended] intendeth Collier MS.

[2914] As two lines in Ff.

[2915] madcap Prince] Q1. The rest madcap, Prince.

[2916] daff'd] daft Qq Ff. daffe Hanmer.

[2917] furnish'd, ... arms;] furnisht? ... armes? Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8.

[2918] plumed] plumde Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5. plumpe Q6 Q7 Q8. plum'd Ff.

that with] that wing Rowe. and with Hanmer. that whisk Tyrwhitt conj.

wind] wind are fann'd Keightley conj.

[2919] plumed ... wind Baited] plum'd!... wind Bated: Johnson conj.

[2920] Baited] Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 F3 F4. Bayted Q5 Q6 F1 Q7 Q8 F2. Baiting Hanmer. Bated Malone. See note (XIX).

[2921] Wanton ... bulls] Placed by Capell after line 101.

[2922] on] up Hanmer (Warburton).

[2923] cuisses] Pope. cushes Qq Ff.

[2924] vaulted with such] vault with such an Capell. vault it with such Malone.

[2925] dropp'd] drop Q1. The rest dropt.

[2926] As two lines in Ff.

[2927] altar] altars Q1 Q2 Q3.

[2928] taste] Q2. tast Q1. The rest take. test Anon. conj.

[2929] to Harry shall, hot] Capell. to Harry shal hot Q1. to Harry, shall hot Q2. The rest to Harry, shall not. to Harry shall, and Rowe (ed. 2). to Harry shall (not ... horse) Theobald.

[2930] cannot] can Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4.

[2931] of yet] of it Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4.

[2932] powers] power Rowe.

[2933] take a muster] muster Q7 Q8. make a muster Reed (1803).

[2934] [Exeunt] Qq. Exeunt omnes. Ff.

[2935] Scene II.] Scene III. Pope. A ... Coventry. Theobald.

[2936] Co'fil] Edd. cophill or cop-hill Qq Ff. colfield Hanmer.

[2937] An if it do] Hanmer. And if it do Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Ff. And it do Q6 Q7 Q8. An it do Capell.

[2938] at] Qq. at the Ff.

[2939] not] Q1 Q2 Ff. The rest omit.

[2940] a hundred and fifty] Ff. 150. Qq.

three hundred] Ff. 300. Qq.

[2941] press ... inquire] pressed ... inquired Collier MS.

[2942] banns] Johnson. banes Qq Ff.

[2943] caliver] culverin Pope.

[2944] fowl] Rowe (ed. 2). foule Q1 Q2 Q3. The rest foole or fool. deer Hanmer. sorel Johnson conj. wolf Jackson conj.

wild-duck] wild fowl Hanmer.

pressed] prest Qq Ff. press Rowe (ed. 2).

[2945] bought] brought Q8.

[2946] licked] lick Anon. conj.

[2947] ostlers] ostlers, Q1 Ff Q7 Q8.

[2948] a long] Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4. The rest long.

ten] om. Q6 Q7 Q8.

dishonourable] dishonourably Pope.

[2949] old faced] Steevens. olde fazd Q1 Q2. old fazde Q3. olde fazde Q4. old faczde Q5. old fac'd Q6 Q7 Q8. old-fac'd Ff. old-feast Warburton. old pieced Collier MS. old patch'd Grant White conj.

[2950] that have] Ff. as have Qq.

[2951] that I had] I had Pope.

[2952] tattered] tottered Qq. totter'd F1 F2. tatter'd F3 F4.

[2953] through] thorow Q7 Q8.

[2954] betwixt] between Q6 Q7 Q8.

[2955] but] Rowe. not Qq Ff. not but Keightley conj.

[2956] at] Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4. The rest of.

[2957] red-nose] red nos'd Pope.

Daventry] F2. Davintry Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 F1. Daintry Q6 Q7 Q8. Dayntry F3 F4.

[2958] Westmoreland.] Lord of Westmerland. Qq Ff.

[2959] all night] Qq. all to night Ff.

[2960] me] tell me Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8.

[2961] better] a better Q2.

[2962] on the ribs] in the ribs Q1 Q2.

[2963] Sir John] John F2 F3 F4.

we shall] we'll or we S. Walker conj.

[2964] As prose in Qq Ff. As verse first by Pope.

[2965] To the] the Q8.

latter] later O4.

the beginning] beginning Pope.

[2966] Scene III.] Scene IV. Pope.

The Rebel....] Malone. At Shrewsbury.

[2967] So ... His is] And so ... His Anon. conj.

His] He Theobald.

[2968] You speak] Then speake Q6. Thou speak'st Q7 Q8.

and] and from Pope. and a Collier (Collier MS.).

[2969] Do me no] Do not Q6 Q7 Q8.

[2970] bid] bids Capell.

[2971] my lord] om. Capell.

this day] om. Pope.

[2972] Let ... fears] As one line in Qq.

[2973] it] om. Q2 Q3 Q4.

[2974] Doug.] om. Q3 Q4.

[2975] I wonder ... are] Arranged as by Pope. As one line in Qq Ff.

[2976] as you are] om. Steevens, 1793 (Ritson conj.), reading I wonder ... leading as one line.

[2977] horse] horses Q7 Q8.

[2978] horse] horses Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4.

[2979] half the half] half, half Pope. half half Theobald.

of himself] of him himselfe Q7 Q8. himself Steevens (1793).

[2980] ours] Q6 Ff Q7 Q8. The rest our.

[2981] Scene V. Pope.

offers] offer Q6 Q7 Q8.

[2982] God] Qq. Heaven Ff.

[2983] But ... know] As two lines in Ff.

[2984] breast] rest Capell conj.

[2985] teaching his] teaching's S. Walker conj.

[2986] Have] Hath Capell conj.

[2987] griefs] griefe Q7 Q8.

[2988] desires] desire Q7 Q8.

[2989] The king ... king] As two lines in Ff.

[2990] and my] Q1 Q2. The rest my. with my Collier MS.

[2991] but to be] Q1 Q2 Q3 Q5 F1. but to the Q4 Q6 Q7 Q8. to be but F2 F3 F4.

[2992] sue] sue out F3 F4.

[2993] With ... zeal] Capell proposed to insert after line 60.

innocency] innocence Pope.

[2994] pity moved] pity-moved Anon. conj.

[2995] him] his Q8.

[2996] The more] They more F4.

[2997] Attended] Attend Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8.

[2998] heirs, as pages] heirs, as pages, F4. heirs as pages; Rann (Malone conj.). heirs as pledges, Long MS.

follow'd] following Pope.

[2999] lie] Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4. The rest lay.

[3000] country's] Rowe. countries Q5 Q6 F1 Q7 F2 Q8. countreys F3 F4. country Q4. countrey Q1. countrie Q2 Q3.

[3001] Tut] om. Pope.

[3002] task'd] tax'd Johnson conj.

[3003] well] Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4. om. Q5 Q6 F1 Q7 F2 Q8. right F3 F4. due Collier MS.

[3004] engaged] encag'd Pope ed. 2, (Theobald).

[3005] mine] Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4. The rest my.

[3006] committed] committing F2 F3 F4.

[3007] title] title too Pope.

the which we find] which we find to be Keightley conj.

[3008] Not ... awhile] As two lines in Ff.

[3009] a safe] the safe Q7 Q8.

[3010] purposes] Q1 Q2 Q3. The rest purpose.

[3011] And] And't Ff Q7 Q8. It Pope.

God] Qq. Heaven Ff.

[3012] Scene IV.] Scene VI. Pope. York....] The Archbishop of York's palace. Theobald.

Sir Michael.] A gentleman. Capell.

[3013] Michael] Mighell or Mighel or Michell or Michael Qq Ff.

[3014] marshal] mareshal Pope.

[3015] If ... import] As one line in F1.

[3016] My good lord] My lord Pope; omitted by Capell.

[3017] My ... tenour] As in Steevens; as one line in Qq Ff.

[3018] you do] om. Pope.

[3019] with] Q1 Q2 Ff. The rest omit.

[3020] a rated sinew] Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4. rated firmely Q5 Q6 Ff Q7 Q8.

[3021] o'er-ruled] Pope. over-rulde Qq (over rulde Q1). over-rul'd Ff.

[3022] Why ... There is] Keightley would read as one line.

[3023] you need not fear] Omitted by Pope, reading as prose. I think, you need not fear Capell.

[3024] Douglas] the Douglas Capell, ending lines 21-23 at fear; ... No there. See note (XX).

Lord] om. Steevens.

[3025] Douglas ... there] As one line, Keightley conj.

[3026] Lord] L. Q6 Q7 Q8. om. Pope.

[3027] And ... gentlemen] As in Qq. As three lines in Ff, ending Worcester, ... warriors, ... gentlemen.

[3028] there is] there's Pope.

[3029] moe] Qq Ff. more Rowe.

corrivals] Ff. corivals Q1 Q2 Q3. corivales Q4 Q5 Q6. corrivales Q7 Q8.

[3030] they] Q1 Q2 Q3. The rest he.

[3031] not,] Q2 Q3. not The rest.

[3032] of] om. F2.