A Midsummer-Night’s Dream, IV, 2.

Scene ii.] Scene iv. Pope.

1: Enter...] Enter Quince, Flute, Thisby, and the rabble. Qq. Enter Quince, Flute, Thisby, Snout, and Starveling. Ff.

3: Star.] Ff. Flute. Qq.

5, 6: goes not] Qq F₁ F₂. goes F₃ F₄.

11: Quin.] Snout. Halliwell conj.

13: Flu.] Quin. Anon. conj.

14: naught] F₂ F₃ F₄. nought Qq F₁.

19: scaped] scraped Grey conj.

27: no] Ff. not Qq.

28: right] Qq. om. Ff.

30: All that] all Rowe.

34: preferred] proffered Theobald conj.

38, 39: doubt but] Qq F₁ F₂. doubt F₃ F₄.

40: go, away!] go away Qq Ff.

A Midsummer-Night’s Dream, V, 1.

Enter...] see note (viii).

5, 6: apprehend More than] Theobald. apprehend more Than Qq Ff.

5–8: Printed in Q₁ as three lines, ending more...lunatic...compact.

6: cool] cooler Pope.

10: That is, the madman:] The madman. While Pope.

12, 13: Q₁ ends these lines with glance...and as, Q₂ F₁ with glance...heaven.

14–18: These five lines printed as four in Qq Ff, ending things...shapes...habitation...imagination.

16: shapes] shape Pope.

airy] Q₂. ayery Q₁. aire F₁ F₃. ayre F₂. air F₄.

19: if it would] if he would Rowe (ed. 2).

21: Or] So Hanmer.

21, 22: Or...bear!] Grant White conjectures that these lines are interpolated.

29: days of love] F₂ F₃ F₄. days Of love Qq F₁.

30, 31: More......bed!] Printed as prose in Qq F₁, as verse first in Q₂.

31: Wait in] Wait on Rowe.

33, 34: The lines end between...manager in Q₁. Corrected in Q₂.

34: our] Ff. or Qq.

38: Philostrate] Qq. Egeus Ff.

38, 42, 61: Phil.] Qq. Ege. Ff.

42: There] Here Anon. ap. Halliwell conj.

ripe] Q₁. rife Q₂ Ff.

43: [Giving a paper.] Theobald.

44: The. [reads] The. Qq. Lys. Ff. See note (ix).

Centaurs] centaur F₄.

58–60: Printed as prose in Qq Ff.

59: That is...snow] omitted by Pope.

ice] Ise Q₁.

and wondrous strange snow] and wond’rous scorching snow Hanmer. a wondrous strange shew Warburton. and wondrous strange black snow Capell (Upton conj.). and wonderous strong snow Mason conj. and wondrous seething snow Collier (Collier MS.). and wondrous swarthy snow Staunton conj. and wondrous staining snow Nicholson conj.

61: there is] it is Hanmer. this is Collier (Collier MS.).

66–70: Qq F₁ end the lines Pyramus,...saw...water...laughter...shed. Corrected in F₂.

75: nuptial] Qq F₁. nuptials F₂ F₃ F₄.

76, 77: Qq Ff end these lines hear it...heard. Corrected by Rowe (ed. 2).

79: Johnson supposes a line to be lost after intents.

80: conn’d] penn’d Kenrick conj.

81, 82: I...thing] As one line in Qq Ff. Corrected by Rowe (ed. 2).

91: poor duty] poor willing duty Theobald. poor duty meaning Spedding conj.

do] do aright Seymour conj. do, yet would Coleridge conj.

91, 92: noble respect Takes] Noble respect takes Theobald.

92: it in might, not] not in might, but Johnson conj. it in mind, not Spedding conj.

105: Re-enter...] Enter... Theobald. Enter Philomon. Pope.

106: Phil.] Qq. Egeus. Ff.

107: Flourish of trumpets.] Flor. Trum. Ff. om. Qq.

108: Scene ii. Pope.

Enter Quince for the Prologue] Rowe. Enter the Prologue. Qq. Enter the Prologue. Quince. F₁ F₂. Enter Prologue. Quince. F₃ F₄.

114–117: Pope alters the punctuation here.

118: points] his points Collier (Collier MS.).

120: A good] Dem. A good Edd. conj.

122: his] Ff. this Qq.

123: a recorder] Qq F₁. the recorder F₂ F₃ F₄.

124: chain] skein Anon. conj.

125: next] Qq F₁. the next F₂ F₃ F₄.

125: [Tawyer with a trumpet before them. Ff. See note (x).

Enter...] Enter... as in dumb show. Capell.

130: lime] loam Capell conj. MS.

131: that] Qq F₁. the F₂ F₃ F₄.

138: grisly] grizy F₁.

Lion hight by name] by name Lion hight Theobald.

139: Malone conjectures that a line has been lost after night.

141: did fall] let fall Pope.

144: trusty] Qq. om. F₁. gentle F₂ F₃ F₄.

147: And Thisby, tarrying] Qq Ff. And, Thisby tarrying Malone.

in] in the F₃ F₄.

150: [Exeunt...] Exit Lyon, Thisby, and Moonshine. Qq (after line 153). Exit all but Wall. Ff (which repeat the stage direction of Qq).

155: Snout] Ff. Flute Qq.

158: Pyramus] Pyr’mus Theobald.

Thisby] This-be Theobald.

160: loam] F₃ F₄. lome Qq. loame F₁ F₂. lime Reed. See note (xi).

172: O sweet, O] Qq. thou sweet and Ff. O sweet and Pope.

173: stand’st] Q₁. stands Q₂ Ff.

175: [Wall...fingers.] Capell.

183: now] Qq. om. Ff.

184: it will fall pat...comes Enter Thisbe.] Qq. it will fall. [Enter Thisbie.] Pat...comes Ff.

189: hair] hayire Q₁.

up in thee] Ff. now againe Qq.

190: see] Qq F₁. heare F₂ F₃ F₄.

191: hear] Qq F₁. see F₂ F₃ F₄.

193: love thou art, my love] Qq Ff. love! thou art, my love, Theobald.

195: Limander] Limandea Pope.

196: I] Qq F₂. om. F₁ F₃ F₄.

202: [Exeunt P. and T.] Dyce.

204: [Exit.] Exit Clow. Ff. om. Qq. [Exeunt Wall, P. and T. Capell.

205: The.] Duk. Qq Ff.

mural down] Pope (ed. 2). Moon used Qq. morall downe Ff. mure all down Hanmer. wall down Collier MS.

208: hear] rear Hanmer (Warburton). disappear Heath conj.

209: Hip.] Dutch. Qq Ff.

ever] Q₁. ere Q₂ Ff.

214: come] Qq. com F₁. comes F₂ F₃ F₄.

215: beasts in, a man] Rowe (ed. 2). beasts, in a man Qq Ff. beasts—in a moon Theobald conj. beasts in, a moon-calf Farmer conj. beasts in, a man in a lion Jackson conj.

220: one] Ff. as Qq.

221: A lion-fell] Singer. A lion fell Qq Ff. No lion fell Rowe. A lion’s fell Dyce (Barron Field conj.).

223: on] Qq. of Ff. o’ Capell conj. MS.

my] your Collier MS.

232: listen] Q₁. hearken Q₂ Ff.

moon] man Anon. conj.

235: no] not Collier (Collier MS.).

238: do] Qq. doth Ff.

244: aweary] Q₁. weary Q₂ Ff.

246: his] this Pope.

253, 254: for all these] Q₁. for they Q₂ Ff.

255: old...tomb] ould...tumbe Q₁.

Where is] wher’s Q₂.

256: [The Lion roares, Thisby runs off. Ff. om. Qq.

260: a] om. Rowe (ed. 1).

[The Lion......exit.] Capell. om. Ff Qq.

261: moused] mouz’d Qq Ff. mouth’d Rowe.

262, 263: And then...vanished] and so...And then the moon vanishes Steevens (Farmer conj.). Mr Spedding conjectures that these lines should be transposed.

266: gleams] Staunton (Knight conj.). streams F₂ F₃ F₄. beames Qq F₁.

267: take] Qq. taste Ff.

Thisby] Qq. Thisbies Ff.

273: dear] deare Qq. Deere F₁ F₂. Deer F₃ F₄.

276: ye] Qq. you Ff.

280, 281: Printed as verse in Ff, ending friend...sad.

280: and] on Collier MS.

284: dear] deare Qq. deere F₁ F₂. Deer F₃ F₄.

291: [Stabs himself.] om. Qq Ff.

296: Tongue] Sun Halliwell conj.

lose] Q₂ Ff. loose Q₁.

297: [Exit M.] Capell. om. Qq Ff.

298: [Dies.] Capell. om. Qq Ff.

303: and prove] Q₂ Ff. and yet prove Q₁.

304: Moonshine] the Moon-shine F₃ F₄.

before Thisbe] Rowe. before? Thisby Qq Ff.

310: mote] Steevens (Heath conj.). moth Qq Ff.

311, 312: he for a man...God bless us] Qq. omitted in Ff.

311: warrant] warnd Qq.

314: means] Qq Ff. moans Theobald.

320: thy] my F₃ F₄.

321, 322: These...nose] These lips lily, This nose cherry Farmer conj. This lily lip, This cherry tip Collier (Collier MS.).

321: lips] brows Theobald.

322: nose] nip Grant White conj.

330: Lay] Love Theobald.

332: his] this F₃ F₄.

335: [Stabs herself.] om. Qq Ff.

341: Bot.] Ff. Lyon. Qq.

[Starting up] Capell.

347: need] be Capell conj.

Marry] Mary Q₁.

348: hanged] Qq. hung Ff.

351: [A dance.] A dance and exeunt clowns. Capell. om. Qq Ff. Here a dance of clowns. Rowe.

360: Scene ii. Capell. Scene iii. Pope.

lion] Rowe. lions Qq Ff.

361: behowls] Theobald (Warburton). beholds Qq Ff.

363: fordone] foredoone Q₁. foredone Q₂ Ff.

365: screech-owl] scriech-owle Q₁. scritch-owle Q₂ Ff.

371: church-way] churchyard Poole’s Eng. Parnassus.

379: Enter...] Enter King and Queene of Fairies with all their traine. Q₁. Enter... with their traine. Q₂ Ff.

380: Through] Though Grant White.

the] this Warburton.

the house give] this house in Johnson conj.

386: your] Q₁. this Q₂ Ff.

389: [Song and dance.] Capell.

390–411: Given to Oberon in Qq. Called The Song in Ff and printed in italics. Restored to Oberon by Johnson. See note (xii).

403, 404: be. With...consecrate,] Qq Ff. be, With...consecrate. Collier MS.

408: Ever shall in safety] Qq Ff. Ever shall it safely Rowe (ed. 2). E’er shall it in safety Malone. See note (xiii).

408, 409: These lines are transposed by Staunton.

410: away;] away, then Hanmer.

411: Exeunt...] Capell. om. Qq Ff.

415: these] this Q₂.

420: I am] I’m Capell.

an] om. F₃ F₄.