[275] No more.] As in Qq. At end of line 9, in Ff. but no more Collier MS. See note (II).

so?] Rowe. so. Qq Ff.

no more] mo more Q₄.

[276] crescent] F₄. cressant The rest.

[277] bulk] bulkes Qq.

this] Qq. his Ff. the Hanmer.

[278] and] om. Q₄.

[279] soil nor] foyle nor F₂ F₃. foil nor F₄. soil of Warburton. soil, or So quoted by Heath.

[280] will] Qq. feare F₁ F₂. fear F₃ F₄.

fear,] feare, Q₂ Q₃ Q₄ Q₅. feare F₁ F₂ Q₆. fear F₃ F₄. fear; Keightley.

[281] weigh'd] Ff. wayd Q₂ Q₃. waid Q₄ Q₅. wai'd Q₆.

[282] For ... birth:] Ff. Omitted in Qq.

[283] unvalued] inferior Q (1676).

[284] Carve for] Crave for Q₄ Q₅ Q₆. Bestow Q (1676).

[285] safety] Q₄ Q₆. safty Q₂ Q₃. safetie Q₅. sanctity Ff. sanity Hanmer (Theobald conj.)

health] the health Warburton.

this] Qq. the Ff.

whole] weole F₁.

[286] he is the] he's Pope.

[287] particular act and place] Qq. peculiar sect and force Ff. peculiar act and place Pope.

[288] weigh] way Q₂ Q₃ Q₄.

what] that F₃ F₄.

[289] too] two F₂ F₃.

[290] lose] F₁ F₂ F₃. loose Qq F₄.

[291] unmaster'd] unmastred Qq F₁ F₂ F₃. unmastered F₄.

[292] keep you in] Qq. keepe within Ff.

[293] galls] gaules Q₂ Q₃ Q₄ Q₅. Galls, F₁.

infants] Q₂ Q₃ F₁. infant Q₄ Q₅ F₂ Q₆ F₃ F₄.

[294] their] Qq. the Ff.

[295] effect] effects Pope.

[296] As watchman to] About Q (1676).

watchman] Q₂ Q₃. watchmen The rest.

my] om. Q (1676).

[297] steep] step Q₂.

to heaven] of heaven Q₆.

[298] Whilst, like a] Whilst like a Ff. Whiles a Qq. Whilst, he a Warburton. While as a Seymour conj.

puff'd and reckless] om. Q (1676).

reckless] careless Pope.

[299] Himself ... treads] Thyself ... tread'st Seymour conj.

[300] recks] Pope, reakes Qq F₂. reaks F₁ F₃ F₄. reck'st Seymour conj.

his] thine Seymour conj.

rede] reed Qq. reade F₁ F₂. read F₃ F₄. tread Smyth conj. MS.

[301] Scene vi. Pope.

Enter Polonius.] As in Capell. After reed in Qq: after not in Ff.

[302] [Kneeling to Polonius. Capell.

[303] Aboard, aboard] Get aboard Pope.

[304] stay'd] stayed Q₂ Q₃. staied Q₄ Q₅.

for. There; my] Theobald, substantially. for, there my (Q₁) Qq. for there: my Ff.

thee] (Q₁) Qq. you Ff.

[Laying his hand on Laertes's head. Theobald.

[305] Look] Qq. See Ff.

[306] Those] (Q₁) Qq. The Ff.

[307] them to] (Q₁) Ff. them unto Qq. unto Seymour conj.

hoops] hooks Pope.

[308] dull] stale S. Walker conj.

[309] new-hatch'd] new hatcht Qq. unhatch't Ff.

comrade] Ff. courage (Q₁) Qq. court-ape Badham conj.

[310] opposed] (Q₁) Q₂ Q₃ Ff. opposer Q₄ Q₅ Q₆.

[311] thy ear] thy eare Qq. thine eare or thine ear Ff.

[312] Are ... that.] See note (III).

[313] lender be] Ff. lender boy Qq.

[314] loan] F₃ F₄. Loane F₂. lone F₁. loue Q₂ Q₃ Q₄ Q₅. love Q₆.

loses] Ff Q₆. looses Q₂ Q₃ Q₄ Q₅.

[315] And] Qq F₁. A F₂ F₃ F₄.

dulls the edge] Ff Q₆. dulleth edge Q₂ Q₃. dulleth the edge Q₄ Q₅.

[316] night] light Warburton.]

the day] to day Q₆.

[317] thee!] Pope. thee. Qq Ff.

[318] do I] I do Q (1676).

[319] invites] Ff. invests Qq.

[320] to you] om. Pope.

in] om. F₃.

[321] [Exit.] Exit Laertes. Qq. Exit Laer. Ff.

[322] hath] om. F₃ F₄.

[323] Lord] Qq. L. Ff.

[324] you? give ... truth.] Q₆. you give ... truth, Q₂ Q₃. you give ... truth. Q₄ Q₅. you, give ... truth? Ff.

[325] pooh!] puh, Qq. puh. Ff.

[326]
Unsifted] Unsighted Becket
conj.

[327] I'll] Ile F₁ F₂. I'le F₃ F₄. I will Qq.

[328] these] Qq. his Ff.

[329] sterling] Qq. starling F₁ F₂ F₄. startling F₃.

[330] Running] Dyce (Collier conj.) Wrong Qq. Roaming Ff. Wronging Pope. Wringing Theobald (Warburton). Ranging Theobald conj. Worrying Badham conj. Urging or Working Anon. conj. See note (IV).

[331] call it] call't Pope.

[332] to his] to it in his Collier MS. See note (II).

[333] my lord ... heaven] As in Rowe. One line in Qq Ff.

[334] almost ... holy] Qq. all the Ff. almost all the Rowe.

[335] springes] (Q₁) Q₅ F₁ F₂ Q₆. springs Q₂ Q₃ Q₄ F₃ F₄.

[336] prodigal] prodigally Q (1676).

[337] Lends] (Q₁) Qq. Gives Ff.

daughter] oh my daughter Pope. gentle daughter Capell. See note (V).

[338] both] birth Badham conj.

[339] their] the Warburton.

[340] take] take't Q₄ Q₅ Q₆.

From this time] Qq. For this time daughter, Ff. From this time daughter, Long MS.

[341] something] Qq. somewhat Ff.

your] thy Johnson.

[342] entreatments] Ff Q₆. intreatments Q₂ Q₃ Q₄ Q₅. intraitments Warburton.

[343] parley] Ff Q₆. parle Q₂ Q₃ Q₄ Q₅.

[344] tether] Ff. tider Q₂ Q₃. teder Q₄ Q₅. tedder Q₆.

may he] he may Warburton.

[345] that dye] Q₆. that die Q₂ Q₃ Q₄ Q₅. the eye Ff. that eye Grant White.

[346] mere] om. Seymour conj.

implorators] imploratotors Q₂ Q₃. implorers Pope.

[347] bawds] Pope, ed. 2 (Theobald). bonds Qq Ff. bans Becket conj. lauds Anon. conj.

[348] beguile] beguide Q₂ Q₃.

[349] slander] squander Collier (Collier MS.)

moment] Q₂ Q₃ Ff. moments Q₄ Q₅ Q₆. moment's Pope. moments' Collier (ed. 2).

[350] come] and so come Seymour conj. so now, come Collier MS.

ways] wayes Q₂ Q₃ Q₄ F₁ Q₆. waies Q₅. way F₂ F₃ F₄.

[351] Oph. I ... lord.] om. Seymour conj.

[352] Scene iv.] Capell. om. Ff. Scene iii. Rowe. Scene vii. Pope.

The platform.] The Platform before the Palace. Rowe.

and] om. Ff.

[353] shrewdly] F₁ Q₆. shroudly Q₂ Q₃ Q₄ Q₅. shrew'dly F₂ F₃ F₄.

it is very cold.] Qq. is it very cold? F₁ F₂. it is very cold? F₃ F₄.

[354] a] om. Qq.

an] om. F₃ F₄.

[355] is] ha's F₃ F₄. has not Rowe (ed. 2).

struck] F₄. strooke Qq F₁ F₂. strook F₃.

[356] Indeed? I] Capell. Indeed; I Q₂ Q₃ Q₄ Q₅. Indeed I (Q₁) Ff. Indeed, I Q₆. I Rowe.

it then] Qq. then it Ff.

[357] [A flourish....] Malone, after Capell. A florish of trumpets and 2. peeces goes of. Qq (goe Q₆. off Q₄ Q₅ Q₆). A flourish of Trumpets and Guns. Q (1676). Omitted in Ff. Noise of warlike Musick within. Rowe.

[358] What ... my lord?] Omitted in Steevens's reprint of Q₄.

[359] wake] walke Q₄ Q₅ Q₆.

[360] wassail] wassel (Q₁). wassell Qq. wassels Ff.

up-spring reels] up-spring reeles (Q₁) Qq. upspring reeles F₁ F₂. upspring reels F₃ F₄. upstart reels Pope. upsy freeze Badham conj.

[361] drains] takes Q (1676).

[362] bray out] proclaim Q (1676).

[363] Is it] It is F₂.

[364] is't:] is it; of an antique date: Seymour conj.

[365] But] Qq. And Ff.

native] a native Hammer (ed. 2).

[366] This ... fault.] Put in the margin by Pope.

[367] This ... scandal.] Qq. Omitted in Ff.

[368] revel] reueale Q₂ Q₃. reuelle Q₄. reuell Q₅ Q₆.

[369] revel east and west Makes] Pointed as in Qq. revell, east and west: Makes Pope (ed. 1). revell, east and west, Makes Pope (ed. 2). revel east and west, Makes Warburton.

[370] traduced] tradust Q₂ Q₃.

tax'd] Pope. taxed Qq.

[371] clepe] Q₆. clip Q₂ Q₃ Q₄ Q₅.

[372] So, oft] Theobald. So oft Qq.

[373] mole] mould Theobald conj. (withdrawn).

[374] the] Pope. their Qq.

[375] livery] levity Becket conj.

star] starre Qq. scar Pope, ed. 2 (Theobald).

[376] Their] Pope, ed. 2 (Theobald). His Qq.

[377] the ... scandal] Omitted by Pope.

[378] the dram of eale ... of a doubt] Q₂ Q₃. the dram of ease ... of a doubt Q₄ Q₅ Q₆. the dram of base ... of worth out Theobald. the dram of base ... oft eat out or the dram of base ... soil with doubt Heath conj. the dram of ill ... of worth out Capell conj. the dram of base Doth eat the noble substance of worth out Id. conj. the dram of base ... oft adopt Holt conj. the dram of base ... oft work out Robertson and Davies conj. the dram of ill ... of good out Jennens. the dram of base ... of worth dout Malone. the dram of base ... often dout Steevens (1793). the dram of base ... oft do out Id. conj. (withdrawn). the dram of base ... of't corrupt Mason conj. the dram of doubt ... oft anneal Anon. conj. (1814). the dream of ease, The noble substance of a doubt,—doth all Becket conj. the dram of ale ... over dough or oft a-dough Jackson conj. the dram of ill ... often dout Caldecott. the dram of bale ... often doubt Singer (ed. 1). the dram of base ... of a doubt Singer (ed. 2). the dram of base ... oft adoubt Singer conj. the dram of bale ... off and out Delius. the dram of base ... derogate Ingleby conj. the dram of lead ... of a ducat Id. conj. the dram of ail ... of a doubt Nichols conj. the dram of lead ... of a pound Staunton conj. the dram of evil ... oft outdo Jervis conj. the dram of base ... offer doubt Brae conj. (N. and Q.) the dram of base Doth, all the noble substance o'er, a doubt Anon. conj. (N. and Q.) the dram of eale Doth all the noble, substance of a doubt Corson conj. the dram of vile Turns ... of a draught Leo conj. the dram of evil ... out of doubt or the dram of evil ... of a courtier Keightley conj. (withdrawn). the dram of base ... often draw Arrowsmith conj. the dram of evil ... oft debase Dyce (ed. 2). the dram of eale ... oft endoubt Nicholson conj. the dram of calce ... so adapt Bullock conj. the dram of earth ... so adapt Bullock conj. (withdrawn). the dram of base ... overcloud Lloyd conj. the dram of base ... often drown Taylor conj. MS. the dram of ease ... oft work out Smyth conj. MS. See note (VI).

the dram of leaven ... of a dough Cartwright conj. the dram of evil ... oft weigh down Bailey conj.

[379] To his] To its Steevens conj. By his Malone conj. By it's Anon. apud Rann conj.

Enter Ghost.] Enter Ghost armed as before. Collier MS.

[380] it] where it Q (1676).

[381] Pause marked after this line in Collier MS.

[382] intents] Qq. events Ff. advent Warburton.

[383] a questionable] unquestionable Becket conj.

[384] father, royal Dane: O] father,—Royal Dane, O Anon. conj. (St James's Chronicle, Oct. 15, 1761).

O] Qq. Oh, oh Ff.

[385] tell ... death] tell why Heried and canoniz'd in death, thy bones Becket conj.

tell Why thy] tell why Thy Lloyd conj.

[386] canonized] canoniz'd Qq Ff.

canonized ... death] bones hears'd in canonized earth Hanmer. canoniz'd bones, hearsed in earth Warburton.

[387] cerements] Qq. cerments F₁. cearments F₂ F₃ F₄.

[388] inurn'd] F₂ F₃ F₄. enurn'd F₁. interr'd (Q₁) Qq. immured Anon. conj.

[389] Revisit'st] F₄. Revisitst F₂ F₃. Revisits Qq F₁.

thus the ... moon,] thus, the ... moon Becket conj.

[390] we] us Pope, ed. 2 (Theobald).

[391] horridly] horribly Theobald.

[392] the reaches] Qq. thee; reaches Ff.

[393] [Ghost beckons Hamlet.] Ghost beckens Hamlet. Ff. Beckins. Q₂ Q₃. Beckons. Q₄ Q₅. Beckens. Q₆.

[394] waves] (Q₁) Qq. wafts Ff.

to a more] off to a Johnson.

more removed] remote Q (1676). See note (VII).

[395] [Holding Hamlet. Rowe.

[396] I will] Qq. will I Ff.

[397] should] shall Q (1676).

[398] fee;] fee? F₃ F₄.

[399] as] like (Q₁) Q₆.

[400] toward] towards Q₄ Q₅.

flood] floods Q (1676).

lord] om. Q₂.

[401] summit] Rowe. somnet Qq. sonnet Ff.

cliff] F₃ F₄. cleefe Qq. cliffe F₁ F₂.

[402] beetles] Ff. bettels Q₄ Q₅ Q₆.

[403] assume] Qq. assumes Ff.