Love’s Labour’s Lost, III, 1.

Act iii.] Actus Tertius. F₁ Q₂. Actus Tertia. F₂ F₃ F₄. om. Q₁.

Scene i.] Rowe. Scene ii. Capell, following Theobald, who continues Act i.

Enter Armado and Moth.] Enter Braggart and his boy. Q₁. Enter Braggart and Boy: Song. Ff Q₂.

7: Master] Q₁. om. Ff Q₂.

11: your] Q₁. the Ff Q₂.

12: eyelids] Q₁. eye Ff Q₂.

sometime] something Rowe (ed. 1). sometimes Pope.

13: as if] Theobald. if Qq Ff.

singing love, sometime] Theobald. singing love sometime Q₁. singing, love sometime Ff Q₂.

14: through the nose] F₂ F₃ F₄. through: nose Qq F₁.

16, 17: thin-belly] F₃ F₄. thinbellies Q₁. thinbellie F₁ Q₂. thinebelly F₂.

thin-belly doublet] thin belly-doublet Steevens. thin belly’s doublet Collier.

19 complements] ’complishments Hanmer.

21: them men of note—do you note me?—that] Hanmer. them men of note: do you note men that Qq Ff. the men of note: do you note men, that Theobald. them men of note (do you note men?) that Malone.

24: penny] Hanmer. penne Q₁ F₁ F₂. pen Q₂ F₃ F₄. paine Collier MS. ken Becket conj.

37: and this,] Theobald, (and this) Qq Ff.

without] out of Pope.

38, 39: by heart...by her] omitted by Rowe.

45: Arm.] Boy. Q₂.

46: message] messenger Collier MS.

53: The] Q₁. Thy Ff Q.

ingenious] ingenuous Q₂.

57: so] so, so soon Johnson conj.

60: flee] fly Rowe.

61: volable] Q₁. voluble Ff Q₂.

free] fair Collier MS.

63: Most rude] moist-eyed Collier MS.

65: Scene ii. Pope.

65–121: Moth. A wonder...loose] Put in the margin by Pope.

66: come, thy] Qq F₁. no F₂ F₃ F₄.

66, 67: l’envoy; begin] Capell. lenvoy begin Qq Ff.

67, 68: in the mail] in thee male Qq F₁. in the male F₂ F₃ F₄. in the vale Johnson conj. in the matter Capell. à the mal Becket conj. in them all Knight (Tyrwhitt conj.).

68: O,] Q₁ F₃ F₄. Or F₁ Q₂ F₂.

plain] pline Q₁.

69: no salve] Qq F₁. or salve F₂ F₃ F₄.

71: my lungs] thy lungs Edd. conj.

73: word] Qq F₁. world F₂ F₃ F₄.

76: page] Moth Rowe (ed. 1).

77: sain] saine Q₁. faine F₁ Q₂ F₂. fain F₃ F₄.

78–86: I will...four] omitted in Ff Q₂.

86, 92: adding] making Collier MS.

91: Arm.] Qq F₁ Pag. F₂ F₃ F₄.

101: the] a F₃ F₄.

110: I Costard] Costard Warburton.

114: Sirrah Costard] Marry, Costard Knight conj. Sirrah Costard, marry, Collier MS.

118: immured] F₂ F₃ F₄. emured Qq F₁.

121: loose] be loose Collier MS.

122: set thee from] set thee free from Collier MS.

126: honour] Q₁. honours Ff Q₂.

128: Jew] jewel Warburton.

131: inkle] yncle Qq Ff.

One penny] i. d. Qq F₁ F₂. i. de. F₃ F₄. Five farthings Rowe (ed. 1). A penny Rowe (ed. 2).

132, 133: carries it. Remuneration!] Theobald, carries it remuneration Qq F₁ F₂. carries it’s remuneration F₃ F₄.

133: French] Q₁. a French Ff Q₂.

135: Scene iii. Pope.

138: What] O what Q₁.

140: three-farthing worth] Q₁. three farthings worth Ff Q₂.

140, 142, 146, 148, 163: Each of these lines begins with O in Qq Ff. See note (ix).

143: win] om. Q₂.

150: know] know it F₃ F₄.

154: princess] princes Q₂.

159: [Giving ...shilling] Edd.

161: a ’leven-pence] a levenpence Qq Ff. elevenpence Rowe.

162: in print] in point Anon. conj. ap. Halliwell.

Gardon] Qq F₁. guerdon F₂ F₃ F₄.

163–168: Q₁ prints as three lines ending whip...constable...magnificent; Ff Q₂ as six lines ending love...whip...criticke...constable...boy...magnificent.

165: a humorous] an amorous Hanmer.

168: so] more Rowe.

169: wimpled] whimp’ring Hanmer.

170: senior-junior] Hanmer (Anon. conj. apud Theobald), signior Junios Qq Ff. signior Juno’s Rowe (ed. 2). signior Junio Pope. Signior Julio’s Upton conj.

dwarf] dwarfe F₁.

Dan] Q₁. Don Ff Q₂.

177: field] file Theobald (Warburton).

179: What! I love! I sue!] What? I love! I sue! what? Hanmer. What? what? I love! I sue! Johnson. What? I! I love! I sue! Malone (Tyrwhitt conj.).

180: German clock] F₂ F₃ F₄. Jermane Cloake Q₁. Germane Cloake F₁. Germaine Cloake Q₂.

182: aright] right Capell.

being a] Qq F₁. being but F₂ F₃ F₄.

186: wightly] Edd. whitley Qq F₁ F₂. whitely F₃ F₄. witty Collier MS. whiteless Porson conj. See note (x).

194: sue and groan] F₂ F₃ F₄. shue, grone Q₁ F₁. sue grone Q₂. sue, watch, groan Lettsom conj.

Love’s Labour’s Lost, IV, 1.

Act iv.] Act iii. Theobald.

enter...] Enter the Princesse, a Forrester, her Ladyes, and her Lordes. Qq Ff.

2: uprising] unrising F₂ F₃ F₄.

3: Boy.] Ff Q₂. For. Q₂.

6: on] ore Q₁.

9: Hereby] Hardby Hanmer.

coppice] copse S. Walker conj.

11–40: I thank...lord] Put in the margin by Pope.

13: madam] om. F₃ F₄.

14: and again] Q₁ and then again F₁ Q₂. then again F₂ F₃ F₄.

22: fair] faith Collier MS.

23: fair] the F₃ F₄.

27: do’t] doote Q₁.

32: for praise] to praise F₂ F₃ F₄.

35: deer’s] Deere F₂.

that] tho’ Warburton conj.

40: a] her Rowe.

42–52: God...will] Put in the margin by Pope.

49, 50: your waist...my wit...your waist] my waste...your wit...my waste Warburton.

49: my wit] your wit Johnson conj.

64: illustrate] illustrious Q₂.

65: Zenelophon] Penelophon Collier.

66: annothanize] Qq F₁. anatomize F₂ F₃ F₄. annotanize Knight.

67: videlicet] is Capell.

saw] F₂ F₃ F₄. see Qq F₁.

saw] Rowe. see Qq Ff.

68: overcame] Q₂ F₃ F₄. covercame Q₁ F₁ F₂.

70: who overcame he?] Qq Ff. who overcame him? Rowe (ed. 1). whom overcame he? Hanmer.

71: the king’s] Q₂ F₃ F₄. the king Q₁ F₁.

captive] captivitie Q₂.

80: Adriano] Q₂. Adriana Q₁ Ff. Armado] F₂ F₃ F₄. Armatho Qq F₁.

87: feathers] feather F₂ F₃ F₄.

92: phantasime] Qq F₁. phantasme F₂ F₃ F₄. phantasma Capell conj.

Monarcho] monorcho Q₂.

Monarcho] mammuccio Hanmer. {Transcriber's Note: this linenote has been copied to this location from the original book's ADDENDA.}

99: lords] ladies Johnson conj.

100: Exeunt...] Exeunt. Ff Q₂. om. Q₁.

101–142: Who is... sola.] Put in the margin by Pope.

101: suitor...suitor] Steevens (Farmer conj.). shooter Qq Ff.

108: the] om. F₂ F₃ F₄.

119: [Exit. Q₁.

120: An] And Q₁. om. Ff Q₂.

121: [Exeunt R. and K.] Capell. [Exit. Ff. Q₂.

123: hit it] F₄. hit Qq F₁ F₂ F₃.

129: pin] F₂ F₃ F₄. is in Qq F₁.

137: Armado o’ th’ one] Rowe (ed. 2). Armatho ath toothen Q₁. Armathor ath to the F₁ Q₂. Armado ath to F₂ F₃ F₄. Armado o’ th’ to Grant White.

139: After this line Collier MS. inserts Looking babies in her eyes his passion to declare.

140: o’ t’ other] at other Qq Ff.

of wit] of small wit Collier MS.

141: a most] F₂ F₃ F₄. most Qq F₁.

142: [Shout within.] F₄. Shot within. Q₁. Shoote within. F₁. Shoote with him. Q₂. Showte within. F₂.

Love’s Labour’s Lost, IV, 2.

3: Hol.] Ped. Qq Ff.

sanguis, in blood] in sanguis, blood Capell.

4: the] Q₁. a Ff Q₂.

24: animal] animal, not to think Collier MS.

26, 27: Printed as prose in Qq Ff, first as verse by Hanmer.

27: Which we of taste and feeling are, for those...] See note (xi).

do] Q₁ Ff. om. Q₂.

28: indiscreet] indistreell Q₁.

29: see] set Collier MS.

32: me] Q₁. om. Ff Q₂.

34: Dictynna] Rowe. Dictisima Q₁ F₁ F₂ F₃. Dictissima Q₂ F₄. Doctissime...Dictynna Collier MS.

35: Dictynna] Dictinna F₂ F₃ F₄. Dictima Qq F₁.

36: title] tittle F₂.

38: raught] rought Q₁. wrought Ff Q₂.

44: pollusion] Q₂ F₃ F₄. polusion Q₁ F₁ F₂. pollution Rowe (ed. 2).

47: epitaph] epigram Capell conj. MS.

48: ignorant] ignorault Q₁.

49: call I] Edd. call’d Qq Ff. I have call’d Rowe. I will call Singer. I call Collier MS.

a] the Q₂.

51: scurrility] squirilitie Q₁.

54: preyful] prayfull Qq F₁. praysfull F₂.

54–59: Printed as twelve lines in Qq Ff.

56, 58: L] ell Qq Ff.

56: jumps] jumpt Pope.

58: one sorel] Edd. o sorell Q₁. O sorell Q₂ Ff. of sorel Warburton. O sore L Capell.

63: Hol.] Nath. Qq Ff. See note (xii).

66, 67: pia mater] Rowe. primater Qq Ff.

68: in whom] whom Q₁.

70: my] our Rowe (ed. i).

74: ingenuous] Q₂ F₃ F₄. ingenous Q₁. ingennous F₁ F₂. ingenious Capell.

76: sapit] Q₂ F₂ F₃ F₄. sapis Q₁ F₁.

78: parson] F₂ F₃ F₄. person Qq F₁.

79: pers-on] pers-one Steevens.

79–85: Put in the margin by Pope.

81: likest] Ff Q₂. liklest Q₁.

83: Piercing] Edd. Of persing Qq Ff. See note (xvii).

lustre] cluster F₃ F₄.

86: Parson] Qq Ff.

89: Fauste, precor gelida quando pecus omne] F₂ F₃ F₄. Facile precor gellida quando pecas omnia Q₁ F₁. Facile precor gleida quando peccas omnia Q₂.

92, 93: Venetia,.....ti.....ti pretia] Edd. (from Florio’s ‘Second Frutes.’) Vinegia...te...ei non te pregia Theobald. Vemchie, vencha, que non te vnde, que non te perreche Q₁ F₁. Vemchie, vencha...perroche Q₂. Vemchie, vencha...piaech F₂ F₃ F₄, Rowe, Pope.

95: loves thee not] Q₁. om. Ff Q₂.

99: stanze] F₁ Q₂. stauze Q₁. stanza F₂ F₃ F₄.

101: Ah] O ‘Passionate Pilgrim.’

102: faithful] constant Ib.

103: were] like Ib.

105: would] can Ib.

110: bears] seems Ib.

112: pardon love this] do not love that Ib.

113: That sings] To sing Ib. That sings the S. Walker conj.

115: canzonet] Theobald. cangenet Qq Ff.

115–122: Here...you] Theobald continues to Holofernes. In Qq Ff they are given to Nathaniel.

117: caret] carent Nicholson conj.

119: invention? imitari] Theobald. invention imitarie Qq Ff. invention? imitating Collier MS.

120: tired] tyred Qq Ff. try’d Theobald. ’tired Capell. trained Heath conj.

123, 124: one of the strange queen’s lords] to one of the strange queen’s ladies Theobald.

125–129: I will...Biron] given to Nathaniel in Qq Ff. See note (xii).

128: writing] Rowe. written Qq Ff.

129: in] it Q₂.

Sir Nathaniel] Capell. Sir Holofernes Qq Ff. om. Theobald.

129–135: Given to Dull by Rowe.

133: royal] om. Ff Q₂.

137: [Exeunt...] Exit. Qq Ff.

145: before] Q₁. being Ff Q₂.

repast] request Heath conj.

147: or] Qq F₁ F₂. and F₃ F₄.

148: ben venuto] Rowe (ed. 2). bien venuto Q₁ F₂ F₃ F₄. bien vonuto F₁ Q₂. bien venu too Edd conj.

Love’s Labour’s Lost, IV, 3.

Scene iii.] Scene iv. Pope. Act iv. Capell.

1: he] om. Rowe (ed. 2).

2: a pitch] pitch Hanmer.

3: set] Qq Ff. sit Hanmer.

5: and I the fool] and ay the fool Grant White, am I the fool Anon. conj.

6: I a sheep] ay a sheep Grant White.

9: love her] love Rowe (ed. 2).

12, 13: melancholy] mallichollie Qq Ff.

17: [Stands aside.] [retiring. Capell, and at line 21 [Gets up into a tree. id.

24: smote] smot Qq Ff.

25: night of dew] Qq Ff. dew of night Singer (Musgrave conj.).

34: wilt] will Q₁.

36: dost thou] Qq Ff. thou dost Singer (Collier MS.).

43: perjure] perjurd F₂.

49: triumviry] Rowe (ed. 2). triumphery Qq F₁ F₂. triumphry F₃ F₄. triumvirate Rowe (ed. 1).

55: slop] Theobald. shop Qq Ff. shape Egerton MS.

57: cannot] could not ‘Passionate Pilgrim.’

59: deserve] deserves Q₂.

62: earthly] earthy F₃ F₄.

64: Vows are but breath] My vow was breath ‘Passionate Pilgrim.’

65: which on my earth dost] that on this earth doth Ib.

66: Exhalest] Exhale Ib.

67: If broken then,] Q₁ Ff. If broken, then Q₂ ‘Passionate Pilgrim.’

69: lose] F₄. loose Qq F₁ F₂ F₃. breake ‘Passionate Pilgrim.’

71: idolatry] ydotarie Q₁.

72: God amend!] God amend us! Collier MS.

[Enter Dumaine. Qq Ff.

76: fools’] souls’ S. Walker conj.

77: [Enter Dumaine, with a paper.] Dyce.

81: wonder] woonder Q₁.

in] Q₁. of Ff Q₂.

82: not, corporal] but corporal Theobald. most corporal Collier MS.

83: hairs] hair Capell conj.

for foul...quoted] fourfold...coated] Jackson conj.

hath] have Rowe.

quoted] coted Qq Ff.

85, 86: Stoop...child. As one line in Qq Ff. Corrected by Theobald.

89: I] Johnson. om. Qq Ff.

97: [reads] reads his sonnet Qq Ff.

98: month is ever May] Q₁. month is every May Ff Q₂. every month is May Anon conj.

is] was ‘England’s Helicon.’

101: velvet leaves the] velvet, leaves the Qq F₁ F₂ F₃. velvet leaves, the F₄.

102: can] ’gan Theobald, gan ‘England’s Helicon’ and ‘the Passionate Pilgrim.’

103 lover] shepheard ‘England’s Helicon.’

104: Wish] Qq F₁. wish’d F₂ F₃ F₄. ‘Passionate Pilgrim.’

105: may blow] to blow F₃ F₄.

106: Air.] Ah! Johnson conj.

107: alack] alas ‘Passionate Pilgrim,’ and ‘England’s Helicon.’

is] hath Ib.

108: thorn] Rowe (ed. 2) (from ‘England’s Helicon’), throne Qq Ff, ‘Passionate Pilgrim.’

111, 112: Do...thee] om. ‘Passionate Pilgrim,’ and ‘England’s Helicon.’

113: Thou] Thee Singer.

whom Jove] whom ev’n Jove Rowe (ed. 2). whose love Jove S. Walker conj. (withdrawn). whom great Jove Collier MS.

118: fasting] fest’ring Theobald conj. lasting Capell.

126: o’erheard] ore-hard Q₁.

127: you blush;] do, blush; Capell conj. blush you: Collier MS. your blush: S. Walker conj.

128: chide] chid F₂.

129: Maria:] Maria? Qq F₁ F₂. Maria, F₃ F₄.

137: Ay] Ah Rowe (ed. 1).

138: One, her] One her Q₁. On her F₁ Q₂. Her F₂ F₃ F₄. One’s S. Walker conj.

139: [To Long.] Johnson.

140: [To Dum.] Johnson.

142: Faith] Qq F₁. A faith F₂ F₃ F₄. Of faith or Faith so, or Such faith S. Walker conj. Faiths Delius conj. See note (xiii).

zeal] a zeal F₂.

144: leap] geap Warburton.

145: I] eye Capell conj.

147: [Advancing.] Coming from his tree. Capell.

150: art] Qq F₁. are F₂ F₃ F₄.

151: coaches; in] Hanmer. coaches in Rowe (ed. 2). couches in Qq Ff. loaches in Grey conj.

157: mote...mote] Rowe. moth...moth Qq Ff.

162: gnat] knot Theobald. sot Johnson conj. knott Collins conj. quat Becket conj.

164: to tune] Q₁. tuning Ff Q₂.

166: toys] toyles Q₂.

170: caudle] Q₁. candle Ff Q₂.

172: to me...by you] Capell. by me...to you Qq Ff. by me...by you Theobald.

176: men like you, men of inconstancy] Dyce (S. Walker conj.). men like men of inconstancy Qq F₁. men, like men of strange inconstancy F₂ F₃ F₄ (strang F₂). vane-like men of strange inconstancy Hanmer (Warburton). moon-like men of strange inconstancy Steevens (Mason conj.). men, like men of such inconstancy Tieck conj. men-like women of inconstancy Collier conj. men like you, men all inconstancy Lettsom conj. men like women for inconstancy Anon. conj.

178: love] Love Q₁. (Duke of Devonshire’s copy). Ione Q₁. Ioane Qq F₁ F₂. Joan F₃ F₄. See note (xiv).

179–182: In pruning......limb?] Printed as prose in Qq Ff, corrected by Rowe (ed. 2).

185: present] presentment Singer. peasant Collier MS.

[Offering a paper. Capell.

188: away] om. F₂ F₃ F₄.

190: parson] person Qq Ff.

’twas] Q₁. it was Ff Q₂.

191: [Giving...paper.] Capell. [He reads the letter. Qq Ff.

195: [Biron...letter.] Capell.

196: is in] Qq F₁ F₂. mean F₃ F₄.

199: [Gathering...] Capell.

201: lord] liege Capell (corrected in MS.).

204: and you, and you] and you Reed (1803).

207, 208: True...gone?] Printed as one line in Qq Ff.

209: [Exeunt...] Exit. F₂. om. Q₁ F₁.

212: show] shew Q₁. will shew Ff Q₂.

214: were] Q₁ F₃ F₄. are F₁ Q₂ F₂.

217: quoth you] om. Capell.

220: strucken] F₄. strooken Qq F₁ F₂ F₃.

237: then] and Capell.

244: wood] Rowe (ed. 1). word Qq Ff. See note (xv).

250: Black is] Black as F₃ F₄.

251: school] F₃ F₄. schoole Qq F₁. F₂. scowl Theobald (Warburton). stole Hanmer (Theobald conj.). soul Thirlby conj. soil Dyce conj. shade Collier MS. scroll, shroud, or seal Halliwell conj. suit Edd. conj. See note (xvi).

252: Given to Biron by Hanmer.

crest] dress Hanmer. crete Warburton. craye Edwards conj. cresset Becket conj. best Collier MS.

254: brows] brow F₄.

255: and] F₄. om. Qq F₁. an F₂ F₃.

usurping] usurped Hanmer.

258: the days] these days Collier MS.

262: black] blake Q₁.

264: crack] Q₂ F₃ F₄. crake Q₁ F₁ F₂.

sweet] swart Anon. conj.

267: their] her Q₂.

276: lies] lyes? Qq Ff.

279: Nothing] F₂ F₃ F₄. O nothing Qq F₁. See note (ix).

285: ’Tis] S. Walker conj. O Id. conj. O tis Qq Ff. See note (xvii).

286: affection’s men] affections men Qq F₁ F₂. affections, men F₃ F₄.

289: ’gainst] against Q₂.

293: have] hath Rowe (ed. 2).

295: See note (xviii).

301: prisons] Theobald. poysons Qq Ff.

304: sinewy] sinnowy Qq Ff.

309: beauty] duty Warburton. learning Collier MS.

312, 313: eyes, Do] F₂ F₃ F₄. eyes With our selves Do Qq F₁.

318: numbers] notions Hanmer.

319: beauty’s] beautis Q₁. beauties Ff. Q₂. beauteous Hanmer.

332: head] hand Griffith conj. heed Anon. conj.

theft] thrift Theobald.

335: dainty Bacchus] F₂ F₃ F₄. dainty, Bacchus Qq. F₁.

336: valour] savour Theobald. flavour Griffith conj.

338: Sphinx] a Sphinx F₃ F₄.

339: This line printed twice in F₂.

340: speaks,......gods] speaks (the voice of all) the gods Tyrwhitt conj.

340, 341: the voice......heaven] the voice makes all the gods Of heaven Farmer conj.

341: Make] Makes Hanmer. Mark, Theobald (Warburton). Wakes drowsy heaven Becket conj. Wakes heaven, drowsy Jackson conj. See note (xix).

the] its Steevens conj.

343: sighs] tears Griffith conj.

345: humility] humanity Griffith conj.

354: that loves all men] that moves all men Hanmer. all women love Warburton. that joyes all men Heath conj. that leads all men Mason conj.

355: men’s] man’s Anon. conj.

authors] Capell. author Qq Ff.

women] words Farmer conj.

356: Or] For Warburton conj. transposing lines 355, 356.

women’s] womans F₄.

357: Let us] F₂ F₃ F₄. Lets us Q₁. Let’s F₁ Q₂.

357, 358: lose...lose] F₄. loose...loose Qq F₁ F₂ F₃.

363: standards] standars Q₁.

365: conflict] conflish F₂.

376: her] his Capell conj.

378: betime] Rowe (ed. 2) be time Qq Ff. betide Staunton conj.

379: Allons! allons] Theobald (Warburton). Alone, alone Qq Ff.