Love’s Labour’s Lost, V, 1.

Act v.] Actus Quartus Ff Q₂.

1: quod] Rowe. quid Qq Ff.

2: sir] om. Q₂.

4: affection] Qq F₁. affectation F₂ F₃ F₄.

8: hominem] F₃ F₄. hominum Qq F₁ F₂.

tanquam] tanquem Rowe.

11: picked] piqued Becket conj.

13: [Draws...] F₃ F₄. Draw... Qq F₁ F₂.

17: orthography] ortagriphie Q₁ F₁. ortographie Q₂. ortagriphy F₂. ortagraphy F₃ F₄.

21: he] we F₃ F₄.

abbominable] Q₁. abhominable F₁ F₂. abominable F₃ F₄.

22: me] Qq Ff. to me Hanmer. men Farmer conj. one Collier MS.

insanie] Theobald (Warburton conj.). infamie Qq Ff. insanity Warburton. insanire S. Walker conj. insania Collier MS.

ne] nonne Johnson conj.

22: make] be mad Johnson conj. wax Dyce conj.

24: bene] bone Theobald.

25: Bon, bon, fort bon, Priscian!] Edd. bome boon for boon prescian; Qq Ff. Bone?—bone for bene; Priscian Theobald. See note (xx).

scratched] scratcht Qq F₁. scarch F₂ F₃. search F₄. scratch Pope.

26: Scene ii. Pope.

34: stolen] stole F₂ F₃ F₄.

the] om. Q₂.

47: third] Theobald. last Qq Ff.

51: wave] wane Q₁.

57: disputest] F₄. disputes Qq F₁. disputes’t F₂ F₃.

59: circum circa] Theobald. unum cita Qq Ff. manu cita Anon. conj.

66, 67: dunghill...dunghill] dungil...dunghel Qq F₁ F₂ F₃. dunghil...dunghel F₄.

68: preambulate] Edd. preambulat Qq Ff. prœambula Theobald.

singuled] Q₁. singled Ff Q₂.

70: charge-house] church-house Theobald conj. large house Collier MS.

74: most] om. Q₂.

80: chose] Qq F₂. choise F₂. choice F₃ F₄.

you] om. Q₂.

83: very] my very Rowe.

84: remember] refrain Capell. remember not Malone.

thy] my Jackson conj.

86: important] importunt Q₁. importunate Ff Q₂.

95: secrecy] F₂ F₃ F₄. secretie Q₁. secrecie F₁ Q₂. secretly Rowe.

99: breaking out] breakings-out Capell.

103: Sir] Rowe. Sir Holofernes Qq Ff. Sir [To Nathaniel.] Hanmer. Sir Nathaniel Capell.

104: rendered] rended Q₁.

assistants] Qq Ff. assistance Heath conj.

105: at] om. Qq F₁. at F₂ F₃ F₄.

106: gentleman] gentleman’s Capell conj.

110: myself and] om. Rowe. myself or Capell. myself David Nicholson conj. See note (xxi).

gentleman] man Theobald.

112: pass] pass for Capell. pass as Edd. conj.

the page] and the page Rowe.

121: do] know Hanmer.

127: antique. I beseech you] antick, I beseech you, to Collier MS.

132: Allons] alone Qq Ff.

133, 134: Printed as verse first by Dyce (S. Walker conj.).

133: or I will] or will F₃ F₄.

Love’s Labour’s Lost, V, 2.

Scene ii.] Scene iii. Pope. Act v. Scene i. Capell.

3, 4: These two lines to be transposed. S. Walker conj.

3: A lady] All ladies Lettsom conj.

8: o’] a Q₁. on Ff Q₂.

11: years] yeare Q₁.

12: shrewd] shrowd Q₁.

13: ne’er] neare Q₁.

17: ha’] a Qq F₁ F₂. have F₃ F₄.

a grandam] Grandam Q₁.

28: cure...care] Theobald (Thirlby conj.). care...cure Qq Ff.

41: as] om. Rowe.

42: B] R Collier MS.

43: ’Ware] See note (xxii).

pencils] Rowe. pensalls Q₁. pensals F₁. pensils Q₂ F₂ F₃ F₄.

ho!] Hanmer. How? Qq Ff.

45: not so] Q₁. om. Ff Q₂.

46: Kath.] Theobald. Prin. QQ Ff.

I] om. Capell.

beshrew] beshrow Q₁.

47: Katharine,] om. S. Walker conj.

to you from fair] you from Ritson conj.

49: moreover] sent moreover Capell.

51: hypocrisy] apocrypha Warburton conj. (withdrawn).

53: pearls] pearle Q₁.

58: mock...so] make...sport Anon. conj.

so] for’t Theobald.

65: wholly to my hests] Dyce (S. Walker conj.). wholly to my device Qq F₁. all to my behests F₂ F₃ F₄.

65, 66: hests...jests] behest...jest Capell conj. MS.

66: that] Qq F₁. with F₂ F₃ F₄.

67: perttaunt-like] Q₁. pertaunt-like Ff Q₂. pedant-like Theobald. portent-like Hanmer. pageant-like Capell. scoffingly Douce conj. potent-like Singer. potently Collier MS. persaunt-like Grant White. pert-taunt-like Anon. conj.

70: fool:] Q₁ F₄. foole? F₁ Q₂ F₂ F₃.

72: own] one Q₂.

74: wantonness] F₃ F₄. wantonesse F₂. wantons be Qq F₁.

79: is] Q₁. om. Ff Q₂.

80: stabb’d] stable Q₁.

82: encounters] encounterers Collier MS.

88: their breath] the breach Collier MS.

89: sycamore] siccamone Q₁.

93: companions: warily] Ff Q₂. companions warely, Q₁.

96: they] thy Q₁.

103: shalt] shall F₂.

118: folly, passion’s solemn] Theobald. follie pashions solembe Q₁. folly passions solemne F₁ Q₂. folly passions, solemn F₂ F₃ F₄. folly, passions, solemn Pope. folly with passion’s solemn Hanmer. folly, passions sudden Collier MS. folly’s passion, solemn Staunton conj.

120: After this line S. Walker thinks a line may have been lost.

121: as] Qq F₁. or F₂. and F₃ F₄.

122: parle, to] Capell. parlee, to Qq F₁ F₂. parlee F₃ F₄.

123: love-feat] Q₁ Ff. love-seat Q₂. love-suit Dyce (S. Walker conj.).

134: you] Q₁. your Ff Q₂.

too] two Q₁.

139: mocking merriment] Ff Q₂. mockerie merement Q₁.

148: her] F₂ F₃ F₄. his Qq F₁.

149: speaker’s] Q₁. keepers Ff Q₂.

152: ne’er] ne’re F₂ F₃ F₄. ere Qq F₁.

156: Trumpets...] Sound Trom. Q₁. Sound. Ff Q₂.

157: Enter...] Enter Black-moores with musicke, the Boy with a speach, and the rest of the Lords disguysed. Qq Ff.

159: Boyet.] Theobald. Berow. Q₁. Ber. F₁ Q₂. Bir. F₂ F₃ F₄.

160: The Ladies...] This stage direction, printed in Roman type, comes after line 162 in Qq Ff.

163: ever] even Q₁.

164: Boyet.] Qq F₁. Bir. F₂ F₃ F₄.

165: spirits] Qq F₁. spirit F₂ F₃ F₄.

170: Boyet.] Qq F₁. Bir. F₂ F₃ F₄.

173: [Exit Moth.] Moth withdraws. Capell. om. Qq Ff.

174: strangers] stranges Q₁.

175: they] thy F₂.

177: would.] Pope. would? Qq Ff.

178: princess] F₄. princes Qq F₁ F₂ F₃.

181, 182: These two lines omitted in Rowe (ed. 1).

185: her on this] Q₁. you on the Ff Q₂.

187: this] the Rowe (ed. 2).

193: doth] do Johnson.

208: request’st] Theobald. requests Qq Ff.

209: do but vouchsafe] Q₁. vouchsafe but Ff Q₂.

212: Not yet! no dance!] Not yet no dance: QQ Ff. Not yet? no dance? Pope. Not yet? no dance: Hanmer.

215: King. Yet...man] omitted by Capell (Theobald conj.).

the man] to man it Jackson conj.

216: The music...] given to Rosaline in Qq Ff, corrected by Theobald.

220: we] Q₁. you Ff Q₂.

224: Prize] F₄. Prise Qq F₁ F₂ F₃. Price Rowe (ed. 1).

you yourselves] Q₁. yourselves F₁ Q₂. yourselves then F₂ F₃ F₄.

229, 237, 241: [They converse apart.] Capell.

232: an] Q₁ F₁. and Q₂ F₂ F₃ F₄. See note (xxiii).

237: Gall! bitter] Gall, bitter Q₁ Ff. Gall bitter Q₂. Gall’s bitter Hanmer.

240: Take that] Q₁. take you that Ff Q₂.

242, 244, 247, 248, 249, 253, 255: Kath.] Rowe. Mar. Qq Ff.

247: Veal] See note (xxiv).

251: butt] but to F₂ F₃ F₄.

257: invisible] invincible Theobald.

259: sense; so sensible] Punctuated thus by Pope. sence so sensible, Q₁ sence so sensible: Ff Q₂.

261: bullets] om. Capell.

263: pure] pure pure Capell.

264: Farewell] Adieu Capell.

265: Exeunt...] Exeunt. F₁, after line 264. om. Q₁.

269: wit, kingly-poor] wit, kingly poor Qq Ff. wit, kill’d by pure Collier MS. wit, stung by poor Singer. wit, poor-liking Staunton conj.

273: O] F₂ F₃ F₄. om. Qq F₁ I (for Ay) Edd. conj.

275: suit] sooth or truth Grey conj.

289: digest] Qq F₁ F₄. disgest F₂ F₃.

295: their] the Warburton.

296, 297: Dismask’d...blown] Or angel-veiling clouds: are roses blown, Dismaskt,...shewn Theobald (Warburton conj.). Or angels veil’d in clouds;...shewn Warburton.

297: Are...blown] Are angels, (val’d the clouds)...blown Becket conj. Are angels veil’d in clouds of roses blown Peck conj.

vailing] Ff Q₂. varling Q₁.

307: tent] tents Capell conj.

309: roes run o’er] roes runs ore Q₁. roes runnes ore F₁ Q₂ F₂. roes runs ore the F₃. roes run o’er the F₄. roes run over Steevens.

Scene vii. Pope. Act v. Theobald.

Re-enter...] Enter the King and the rest. Qq Ff.

312: thither], Q₁. om. Ff Q₂. See note (xxv).

315: pecks] Q₁. pickes Ff Q₂.

pigeons] pigeon Rowe.

316: God] Q₁. Jove Ff Q₂.

323: A’] A Q₁. He Ff Q₂.

324: his hand away] Q₁. away his hand Ff Q₂.

328: meanly] manly Rowe (ed. 2). mainly Pope.

331: flower that] fleerer Theobald conj. (withdrawn).

332: whale’s] whales Qq F₁. whale his F₂ F₃ F₄.

333: not] om. F₄.

334: due] Q₁. dutie F₁. duty Q₂. F₂ F₃ F₄.

337: it] he Collier MS.

337–342: See...leave] Put in the margin by Pope.

338: madman] man Theobald.

341: Construe...speeches] Consture...spaches Q₁.

343: Scene viii. Pope.

came] come Pope.

346: delights] delight Rowe.

348: must break] makes break Hanmer. made break Warburton conj.

350: men’s] F₃ F₄. mens Q₁. men F₁ Q₂ F₂.

352: unsullied] F₂ F₃ F₄. unsallied Qq F₁.

356: oaths] oath Q₂.

365: the days] these days Collier MS.

368: Russian] Q₁ F₂ F₃ F₄. Russia F₁ Q₂.

373: Fair] F₂ F₃ F₄. om. Qq F₁.

374: wit makes] F₂ F₃ F₄. wits makes Qq F₁. wits make Anon. conj.

379: for] but Capell conj.

385: was it] what it F₁.

390: Dum.] Duman. Q₁. Du. F₁ Q₂. Duk. F₂ F₃ F₄.

392: swound] F₂ F₃ F₄. sound Qq F₁. swoon Pope.

396: I: lady,] I, lady Qq F₁ F₂. I, lady, F₃ F₄. I, lady: Capell.

404: vizard] Qq F₁ F₂. vizards F₃ F₄.

405: rhyme] rime Qq Ff. time Rowe.

407: affectation] Rowe. affection Qq Ff.

415: sans] sance Q₁ (ital.).

421: it] om. Q₂.

433: not you] Q₁. you not Ff Q₂.

439: mine] my F₄.

446: thereto] Qq F₁. there F₂ F₃ F₄.

454: the] to th’ F₃ F₄.

463: slight zany] sleight saine Q₁.

465: smiles his] smiles, his Q₁. smites his Jackson conj.

years] jeers Theobald. fleers Hanmer. tears Jackson conj.

472: Much...and] Boyet. Much...Biron. And Johnson conj.

it is] F₂ F₃ F₄. tis Qq F₁.

[To Boyet.] Rowe.

474: not you] you not Q₂.

squier] Qq F₁ F₂ F₃. square F₄. squire Capell.

478: allow’d] F₃ F₄. aloude Q₁. alowd F₁ Q₂. allowd F₂.

481: merrily] merely Q₁.

482: Hath this brave manage] Theobald. hath this brave nuage Q₁. hath this brave manager Ff Q₂. Brave manager, hath this Pope.

484: part’st] prat’st F₃ F₄. partest Pope.

487: vara] very Rowe (ed. 2).

488: pursents] presents Rowe (ed. 2).

490: beg] bag Becket conj.

491: hope, sir] hope F₃ F₄.

501: they] thy Q₁.

parfect] Q₁. perfect Ff Q₂. persent Collier. pursent Grant White (S. Walker conj.).

in] e’en Malone.

504: Pompion] Rowe (ed. 2). Pompey Qq Ff.

510, 511: Printed as verse in Q₁, as prose in Ff Q₂.

511: king’s] king F₃ F₄.

514: least] Ff Q₂. best Q₁.

515, 516: contents Dies...presents] Qq Ff. content Dies...presents Rowe (ed. 1). content Dies in the zeal of that it doth present Hanmer. contents Die in the zeal of him which them presents Johnson conj. contents Die in the zeal of them which it presents Steevens. discontent Dies in the zeal of them which it present Staunton. content Lies in the zeal of those which it present Mason conj. contents Die in the zeal of them which it presents Malone. contents Lie in the fail of that which it presents Singer. contents Dyes with the zeal of that which it presents Keightley conj.

517: Their] There Capell. The Knight.

521: [Converses...] Capell.

524: He] Ff Q₂. A Q₁.

God’s] Ff Q₂. God his Q₁.

525: That is] Q₁. That’s Ff Q₂.

528: de la guerra] Theobald. delaguar Qq Ff. della guerra Hanmer. See note (xxvi).

529: couplement] complement Q₂.

534, 535: Printed as prose in Qq Ff, as verse in Rowe (ed. 2).

540: Abate] Qq F₁. A bare F₂ F₃ F₄. A fair Heath conj. Abate a Malone. A bait Jackson conj.

novum] novem Hanmer.

541: pick] Q₁. prick Ff Q₂.

in his] Q₁. in’s Ff Q₂.

[Seats brought forth.] Capell.

542: Flourish. Enter, arm’d and accouter’d, his Scutcheon born before him, Costard for Pompey. Capell.

543: [Costard prostrates himself. Staunton conj.

Boyet] F₂ F₃ F₄. Bero. Q₁. Ber. F₁ Q₂.

551: [Does his obeisance to the Princess. Capell.

553: Prin.] F₂ F₃ F₄. Lady. Q₁. La. F₁ Q₂.

562: this,] his Q₁. this Ff Q₂.

563: Alexander] Alisander Capell.

573: afeard] Q₁. afraid Ff Q₂.

574: [Nath. retires.] Capell.

576: faith] Q₁. insooth Ff Q₂.

578. ’tis,] Johnson. ’tis Q₁ Ff. it’s Q₂.

579: [Exit Curat. Q₁. Exit Cu. F₁ Q₂. Exit Clo. F₂ F₃ F₄ (after line 580).

580: Prin.] Quee. Q₁. Qu. F₁ Q₂. Clo. F₂ F₃ F₄.

581: Hercules is] Hercules’ S. Walker conj.

582: canis] Rowe. canus Qq Ff.

587: [Moth retires.] Exit Boy. Qq Ff. [Moth does his obeisance and retires. Capell.

593: proved] F₂. proud Q₁. prou’d F₁ Q₂.

600: out of] Q₁ Ff. of Q₂.

607: falchion] fauchion Q₁. faulchion Ff Q₂.

617: as he is an ass,] Q₂ F₃ F₄. as he is, an ass, Q₁ F₁ F₂.

623: hath he] he hath Pope.

626: by] to Hanmer.

628: Troyan] Qq Ff. Trojan Rowe, and line 664.

631: Hector’s] Q₁. Hector Ff Q₂.

633: in] with F₃ F₄.

638: A gilt nutmeg] Ff Q₂. A gift nutmeg Q₁ Gift! a nutmeg Capell.

642: Peace!] om. Ff Q₂.

645: fight; yea] Qq Ff. fight ye, Rowe (ed. 2).

647: mint] pink Capell conj.

653, 654: when he breathed...man] Q₁ om. Ff Q₂.

655: [Biron steps to Costard and whispers him. Capell.

661: The party is gone] Printed in italics as a stage direction by Qq Ff.

677: on! stir] Rowe. or stir Qq Ff.

683: bepray] Q₁. pray Ff Q₂.

687: [stripping. Capell.

688: [coming up to Arm. and whispering him. Capell.

699: Boyet.] Moth. (to the lords aside). Capell.

701: a’ wears] a wears Q₁. he wears Ff Q₂.

702: Marcade.] Qq Ff. Macard. Rowe. Mercade. Capell.

704: Marcade] good Mercade Capell, reading 703, 704 as a verse.

705: interrupt’st] interrupptest Q₁. interruptest Ff Q₂.

705–707: Printed as prose in Qq Ff.

706, 707: bring Is heavy in] bring; ’Tis heavy on Capell.

712: day] days Warburton’s note.

wrong] right Warburton.

718: entreat,] entreat: Q₁. entreats: Ff. intreats: Q₂.

725: not] but Collier MS.

a nimble] Theobald, a humble Qq F₁. an humble F₂ F₃ F₄.

726: too short] Q₁. so short Ff Q₂.

728: parts....forms] parts....form Rowe (ed. 1). past...forms Theobald. haste....forms Singer. dart....forms Staunton conj. parting time expressly forms Collier MS.

731: process] process of time F₃ F₄.

734: it would] would it Johnson conj.

738: wholesome-profitable] holdsome profitable Q₁.

740: are double] Qq Ff. are deaf Capell. are dull Collier MS. hear dully Staunton conj.

740–742: Prin. I...double. Biron. Honest...And by...] Prin. I...grief. King. And by... Johnson conj.

741: ear] care Q₁. ears F₁. eares Q₂ F₂. cares F₃ F₄.

748: strains] strangeness Collier MS.

751: strange] Capell. straying Qq Ff. stray Coleridge conj.

756: Have] ’T hath Capell.

misbecomed] misbecombd Q₁. misbecom’d Ff. misbecomm’d Q₂.

762: make] make them Pope.

763: a sin] so base Collier MS.

766: the] om. Q₁.

770: this in our] Hanmer. this our Q₁. these are our Ff Q₂. these are your Tyrwhitt conj. this (save our...) Warburton.

771: been] seen Tyrwhitt conj.

786: the] Q₁. their Ff Q₂.

793: me by] by F₃ F₄.

795: instant] Ff Q₂. instance Q₁.

800: intitled] F₁ F₂ F₃ Q₂. intiled Q₁. intituled F₄.

802: flatter] fetter Hanmer (Warburton).

804: Hence ever] Ff. Hence herrite Q₁.

805–810: Included in brackets by Theobald at the suggestion of Thirlby and Warburton, and omitted by Hanmer. See note (xviii).

806: rack’d] rank Rowe. reck’d Becket conj.

807: faults] fault F₂ F₃ F₄.

812: A wife?...] Dyce. Kath. A wife? a beard, faire health, and... Qq Ff. Kath. A wife, a beard (fair youth) and... Theobald. Kath. No wife: a beard, fair health, and... Hanmer.

828: thy] Q₁. my Ff. Q₂.

829: have] had Collier MS.

833: estates] estetes Q₁.

execute] exercise Collier MS.

835: fruitful] fructful Q₁.

852: dear] dere Johnson conj. drear Jackson conj. dire Collier MS.

853: then] them Collier MS.

860: [To the King] Breaking Converse with the King and curtsying. Capell.

868: not] om. Q₂.

872: years] yeare Q₁. year Capell.

877: Re-enter...] Enter all. Qq Ff.

882, 883: Theobald. In Ff Qq the order is 883, 882.

883: cuckoo-buds] cowslip-buds Farmer conj. crocus-buds Whalley conj.

884: with delight] much-bedight Warburton.

903: foul] full Q₁.

905, 906: Tu-whit; Tu-who] Qq Ff. Tu-who; Tu-whit, tu-who Capell.

917: Arm.] Brag. Ff Q₂. om. Q₁.

917, 918: The words...Apollo] In Q₁ printed in larger type.

918: You that way,—we this way.] om. Q₁.