Linenotes-As You Like It

As You Like It, I, 1.

1: fashion] Ff. my father Hanmer (Warburton). fashion; my father Heath conj. fashion. He Malone (Blackstone conj.). fashion he Ritson conj.

2: me by] me. By Johnson.

poor a] F1. a poor F2 F3 F4.

3: charged my brother] my brother charged Seymour conj.

7: stays] Ff. stys Warburton.

10: fair] fat Anon. conj.

15, 16: countenance] discountenance Warburton.

23: Scene ii. Pope.

25: Enter...] Ff (after line 23).

26: here] F3 F4. heere F1. heare F2.

31: be naught] do aught Hanmer. be wrought Jackson conj.

34: prodigal] prodigal’s Seymour conj.

39: him] he Pope.

46: reverence] revenues Anon MS. conj. revenue Hanmer (Warburton). See note (ii).

52: Boys] F1. Boyes F2 F3 F4.

57: masters] F1. master F2 F3 F4.

63: from me Ff. me from Pope.

77: Scene iii. Pope.

grow] growl Anon. ap. Collier conj.

81: wrestler] wrastler F1 F3 F4. wrastle F2.

85: [Exit...] Johnson.

88: Monsieur] morrow, Monsieur S. Walker conj. morrow, Anon. conj.

96: Duke’s] old Duke’s Hanmer.

98: Duke’s] new Duke’s Hanmer.

100: she] F3 F4. he F1 F2.

101: her] F1 F2. their F3 F4.

111: came] come F4.

139: anatomize] F3 F4. anatomise F1 F2.

145: Oli.] om. F1.

[Exit C.] Exit. Rowe (after line 144). om. Ff.

147: he] him Seymour conj.

As You Like It, I, 2.

Scene ii.] Scene iv. Pope.

Lawn...] Capell. Open walk Theobald.

3: I were] Rowe (ed. 2). were Ff.

14: I] me Hanmer.

36: ill-favouredly] ill-favoured Rowe (ed. 2).

40: No?] Hanmer. No; Ff.

43: the] F1 F2. this F3 F4.

44: there is Fortune] F1 F2. Fortune is there F3 F4.

48: perceiveth] F1. perceiving F2 F3 F4.

49: and hath] Malone. hath Ff.

51: the wits] his wits Reed. the wise Spedding conj.

wit] om. Rowe.

whither] F2. whether F1 F3 F4.

64: your] you F2.

73: is’t that] F1 F2 F3. is that F4.

74: One that old Frederick] One old Frederick that Collier conj.

Frederick] Ferdinand Capell conj. See note (iii).

75: Cel.] Theobald. Ros. Ff.

him: enough!] Hanmer. him enough; Ff.

79: wise men] F3 F4. wisemen F1 F2. See note (iii).

83: Le Beau] the Beu F1. Le Beu F2 F3 F4.

84: Scene v. Pope.

87: Enter Le Beau] F1. Enter Le Beu. F2 F3 F4 (after line 83).

88: Bon] Boon Ff.

what’s the] F1. what the F2. what F3 F4.

89: good] om. F3 F4.

90: Sport!] Spot? Collier (Collier MS.).

93: decrees] Ff. decree Pope.

106–108: Le Beau. Three...presence. Ros. With...presents.] Ff. Le Beau. Three...presence. Ros. With...necks. Clo. Be it...presents. Warburton. Le Beau. Three...necks. Ros. Be it...presents. Dyce (Farmer conj.).

122: breaking] of breaking F4.

125–127: Ros. But......cousin?] Touch. But...rib-breaking? Ros. Shall...cousin? Anon. conj.

125: see] set Theobald (Warburton). feel Johnson conj. get Heath conj. seek Jackson conj.

129: for the] F1. for F2 F3 F4.

132: ...Frederick...] Rowe.

133: Scene vi. Pope.

142: in] on Anon. conj.

man] Ff. men Hanmer.

145: Cel.] Cel. and Ros. Lettsom conj.

147: princess calls] F4. Princesse cals F1. Princesse calls F2 F3. princesses call Theobald. princess’ call Dyce (S. Walker conj.). See note (iv).

149: them] her Rowe.

153: but in] F1. but F2 F3 F4. but e’en Edd. conj.

157, 158: your eyes...your judgement,] our eyes...our judgement Hanmer (Warburton).

165: thoughts; wherein] thoughts. Herein Mason conj. thoughts. Therein Johnson conj. thoughts; Spedding conj.

guilty,] guilty, is Jackson conj.

174: that] om. Rowe.

181: in it] it in Boswell.

187: You] An you Theobald conj. If you Mason conj. See note (v).

188: me] om. F3 F4.

191: [They wrestle] F3 F4. [Wrastle. F1 F2.

194: [Shout. Charles is thrown.] Rowe. [Shout. Ff.

209: [Exeunt...] Capell. [Exit Duke. Ff.

210: Scene vii. Pope.

223: as you have exceeded all] as you’ve here exceeded Hanmer. as you have exceeded Capell. as you have excell’d all S. Walker conj.

promise] F1. in promise F2 F3 F4.

224: [Giving...] Theobald.

225: out of suits with fortune] out of fortune’s suite Becket conj. out of sorts with fortune Anon. ap. Halliwell conj.

226: could] would Becket conj.

means] meane F2.

230: lifeless] Rowe (ed. 2). liveless Ff.

236: [Exeunt...] Exit. Ff.

239: Re-enter...] Enter Le Beu. Ff (after line 237).

244: misconstrues] misconsters Ff.

246: I] me Rowe.

249: was] were Hanmer.

251: taller] Ff. shorter Rowe (ed. 2). smaller Malone. lower Staunton. lesser Spedding conj.

252: other is] Ff. other’s Pope.

259: her virtues] virtues F2.

265: [Exit...] om. Ff.

As You Like It, I, 3.

Scene iii.] Scene viii. Pope.

A room...] Capell. An apartment... Theobald.

Enter...] Re-enter... Pope.

7: there were] were there Anon. conj.

11: child’s father] Ff. father’s child Rowe (ed. 2).

26: strong] F1 F2. strange F3 F4.

32: not] nor F2.

33: I not] I hate Theobald conj.

he not] F1 F2. not he F3 F4.

34: Scene ix. Pope.

36: Enter......] Enter Duke with Lords Ff (after line 33).

37: safest] fastest Collier MS. swiftest Singer conj.

39: ten] two Anon. conj.

44: mine] my Rowe.

53: likelihood] F2 F3 F4. likelihoods F1.

66: It...remorse] omitted in Rowe (ed. 1).

72: inseparable] inseparate Collier MS.

77: seem] shine Warburton.

86: Scene x. Pope.

whither] where Pope.

87: fathers] F1. father F2 F3 F4.

89: Thou] Indeed, thou Steevens conj.

92: No, hath not?] Ff. No? hath not? Rowe (ed. 2). No hath not? Singer. No ‘hath not.’ Halliwell conj. See note (vi).

93: thee] me Theobald (Warburton).

am] are Theobald.

98: your change] F1. your charge F2 F3 F4. the charge Singer conj.

103: in...Arden] omitted by Steevens, reading Why...uncle as a verse.

105: forth so far] F1 F3 F4. for farre F2.

108: smirch] F1. smitch F2. smutch F3 F4.

120: worse a] Ff. worser Collier MS.

122: be] by F1.

133: we in] F2 F3 F4. in we F1. away or in true Anon. conj.

As You Like It, II, 1.

1: brothers] F1. brother F2 F3 F4.

5: but] Theobald. not Ff. yet Staunton conj.

6: as] or Collier MS. at Staunton conj.

18: I would not change it. Ami. Happy] Dyce (Upton conj.). Amien. I would not change it, happy Ff.

31: root] roote F1. roope F2. roop F3 F4.

42: the extremest] th’ extremest Ff.

45: into] Ff. in Pope.

49: had] hath Singer (Collier MS.).

much] F2 F3 F4. must F1.

there] F1. om. F2 F3 F4.

50: friends] Rowe. friend Ff.

59: the country] F2 F3 F4. countrie F1. country, of Anon. conj.

62: to kill] kill Collier MS.

up] too De Quincy MS.

As You Like It, II, 2.

8: roynish] roguish Staunton conj.

10: Hisperia] Ff. Hesperia Warburton.

17: brother] brother’s Mason conj.

20: quail] fail Lloyd conj.

As You Like It, II, 3.

Scene iii. Before O.’s house] Capell. O.’s house. Rowe.

...meeting] Capell. om. Ff.

8: bonny] F2 F3 F4. bonnie F1. boney Warburton.

10: some] seeme F1.

15: bears] wears Anon. conj.

16: Orl.] om. F1.

17: within] with F2.

within this] beneath this Capell conj.

29: Orl.] Ad. F1.

30: so] F1. for F2 F3 F4.

37: blood] proud Collier MS.

39: your] F1. you F2 F3 F4.

41: lie] be De Quincy MS.

49: in] to Capell conj.

50: not] I Rowe.

57: service] favour Collier MS. temper Lettsom conj.

58: service] servants Anon. ap. Halliwell conj.

71: seventeen] Rowe. seauentie F1. seventy F2 F3 F4.

74: it...week] too late: it is a-weak Becket conj.

As You Like It, II, 4.

Scene iv...Enter...] Enter Rosaline...and Clowne, alias Touchstone. Ff.

1: weary] Theobald (Warburton). merry Ff.

8: cannot] F1. can F2 F3 F4.

13: Arden] a den Upton conj.

16, 17: S. Walker would read as verse Ay, Be so...here; A young...talk.

16: Enter C. and S.] Ff (after line 15).

24: ever] F1. ere F2 F3 F4.

30: ne’er] Rowe. never Ff.

34: sat] F1. sate F2 F3 F4. spake Collier MS.

35: Wearing] F1. Wearying F2 F3 F4. Wear’ing Grant White.

39: [Exit.] F1. Exeunt. F2 F3 F4.

41: of thy wound] Rowe. of they would F1. of their wound F2 F3 F4.

45: a-night] a night F1. a nights F2 F3 F4. o’ nights Capell. o’ night Malone.

46: batlet] F2 F3 F4. batler F1.

48: cods] peas Johnson conj.

56: Jove, Jove] Love, Love Collier (Collier MS.).

57: much upon] too much on Collier (from Collier MS).

58: After this line Collier (from Collier MS.) inserts And begins to fail with me.

59: yond] you’d Ff.

63: are they very] they are Rowe (ed. 1) they are very Rowe (ed. 2). they’re very Hanmer.

64: you,] your F1.

73: shepherd] a shepherd Rowe.

76: recks] Hanmer. wreakes F1 F2. wreaks F3 F4.

78: cote] Hanmer. coate F1 F2. coat F3 F4.

89, 90: Arranged as in Cappell. As three lines ending wages...could...it Ff. As three lines ending wages...waste...it Rowe (ed. 2).

89: wages] wage Lloyd conj.

94: feeder] factor W. Walker conj.

As You Like It, II, 5.

1: Ami.] Capell. om. Ff.

greenwood] greenhood F4.

3: turn] F3 F4. turne F1 F2. tune Rowe (ed. 2).

6: Here] Cho. Here Capell.

he] we Capell (corrected in MS.).

11–13: Printed in Ff as three lines ending more...song...more.

14: ragged] rugged Rowe.

16: Come, more] Come, come Rowe.

stanzo...stanzos] stanza...stanzas Steevens (Capell conj.). stanze...stanzes Anon. conj.

18: owe] F1. owne F2. own F3 F4.

22: compliment] complement Ff.

28: drink] dine Rowe.

30–33: And......them] Printed as four lines ending him...company:...give...them. in Ff. First as prose by Pope.

34: [All together...] Altogether... Ff. om. Rowe.

35: live] lye F4.

39: Here] Cho. Here Capell.

39–41: Here......weather] F3 F4. Heere shall he see, &c. F1 F2.

39: he] you Rowe.

44, 45: Ami. And...it. Jaq. Thus it goes] Amy. And Ile sing it. Amy. Thus it goes. F1.

50, 54: Ducdame.........ducdame] Duc ad me....Duc ad me Hanmer. Huc ad me...Huc ad me Anon. ap. Steevens conj.

53: to me] to Ami. Steevens (Farmer conj.). to the same Anon. conj.

As You Like It, II, 6.

1–3: Printed as three verses ending further...downe...master in Ff. First as prose by Pope.

1: I die] I die, I die S. Walker conj., making three lines ending O...down...master.

4–16: Printed as seventeen lines in Ff. First as prose by Pope.

5: comfort] comfort thee Anon. conj.

8: comfortable] comforted Collier MS. (Caldecott).

9: here be] be here Rowe.

10: I will] I’ll Pope.

12: cheerly] F4. cheerely F1 F2 F3. cheerily Reed.

As You Like It, II, 7.

Scene vii. A table set out] Rowe.

Enter...] Enter Duke Sen. & Lord,... Ff.

10: After this line Capell inserts And cannot have ’t?

13: miserable world] miserable varlet Hanmer (Warburton). miserable word Becket conj. miserable!—well,— Jackson conj. miserable ort Hunter conj.

25: one] an Reed (1803).

31: deep-contemplative] Reed.

34–36: A worthy...O worthy] O worthy...A worthy Anon. conj.

53: He that] He whom Pope.

54, 55: Doth very foolishly,...Not to seem] Doth, very foolishly...Seem Whiter conj.

55: Not to seem senseless] Theobald (Warburton). Sceme senselesse Ff. But to seem senseless Collier (Collier MS.). Seem else than senseless or Seem less than senseless Anon. conj.

56: wise man’s] Wise-man’s F1 F2 F3. wise-man’s F4.

64: sin] fin F1.

66: sting] sty Johnson conj.

73: weary very means] F3 F4. (meanes F3). wearie verie meanes F1 F2. very very means Pope. weary venom means Jackson conj. very wearing means Collier conj. very means of wear Collier MS. wearer’s very means Singer. weary-very means or very-weary means Staunton conj. tributary streams Lloyd conj.

83: There then; how then? what then?] There then, how then, what then, Ff. There then; how, what then? Capell. Where then? how...then? Malone conj.

what then? Let me] Let me then Hanmer.

87: any....comes] F2 F3 F4. any man. But who come F1.

Enter......drawn.] Theobald. Enter Orlando. Ff.

90: Of what] What Capell conj.

come of] come Rowe.

95: hath] F1. that hath F2 F3 F4.

ta’en] torn Johnson conj.

100, 101: Printed as verse, ending reason...die in Ff. First as prose by Capell. If...not Be...die Pope.

100: An] And Ff. If Pope.

answered] answer’d Ff.

reason] reasons Staunton conj.

102, 103: As three lines ending have?...your force...gentleness in Ff.

109: commandment] command’ment Ff.

119: blush] F1. bush F2 F3 F4.

125: command] demand Johnson conj. commend Collier (Collier MS.).

130: a] om. F4.

132: Oppressed....hunger] Should follow line 129. Anon. conj.

135: [Exit.] Rowe. om. Ff.

139: Wherein we play in] Wherein we play Pope. Which we do play in Capell conj.

Wherein... Jaq. All] Wherein in we play. Jaq. Why, all Steevens conj. wherein we play. Jaq. Ay, all Anon. conj.

141: exits] Exits (in italics) Ff.

143: ages] labours Mason conj.

At first] As first Capell conj. Act first or First Anon. conj.

145: Then] And then Rowe (ed. 2). Then there’s Anon. conj.

150: pard] Pand Anon. conj.

161: shank] F3 F4. shanke F1 F2. shanks Hanmer.

167, 168: Welcome...feed] Printed as prose in Ff.

174: Ami.] Amiens sings. Johnson. om. Ff.

175–178: As two lines in Ff.

178: Because] Beside, Becket conj.

Because...seen] Thou causest not that teen Hanmer. Because the heart’s not seen Farmer conj. Because thou art foreseen Staunton conj.

seen] sheen Warburton.

182: Then,] Rowe. The Ff.

184–189: As four lines in Ff.

189: remember’d] remembering Hanmer.

198: master] masters F1.