[969] [Exeunt Players. Collier MS. See note (II).

[970] Good my] Good, my Capell.

[971] Scene viii. Pope.

God be wi' ye] God b' w' ye F4. God buy 'ye F1 F2 F3. God buy to you Qq. Good b' w' ye Rowe. God be wi' you Capell.

[Exeunt....] Edd. (Globe ed.) Exeunt. Q2 Q3 Ff (after line 522). Exit. Q4 Q5 Q6 (after line 522).

I am] am I Q6.

[972] fiction] F2 Q6 F3 F4. fixion The rest.

[973] own] Qq. whole Ff.

[974] his visage] Ff. the visage Qq.

wann'd] wand Qq. warm'd Ff.

[975] in's] F1 Q6 F3 F4. ins F2. in his Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5.

[976] and] an Q2 Q3.

[977] conceit?] Ff. conceit; Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5. conceit, Q6.

nothing!] nothing? Ff. nothing, Qq.

[978] For Hecuba!] om. Seymour conj.

Hecuba!] Hecuba? Ff Q6. Hecuba. Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5.

[979] to Hecuba] (Q1) Ff. to her Qq.

[980] the cue for] Ff. that for Qq. that cue for Anon. conj.

[981] appal] appall Rowe. appale Q2 Q3. appeale Q4 Q5 Q6. apale Ff.

[982] The ... Yet I,] Arranged as in Johnson. One line in Qq Ff.

[983] faculties] Qq. faculty Ff.

eyes and ears] ears and eyes Johnson.

[984] Yet I, A dull and] Yet I, a Seymour conj.

[985] Yet I, A dull ... can say] Yet I say Pope, giving the omitted words in the margin.

[986] muddy-mettled] Hyphened in Ff.

[987] John-a-dreams] John a-deames F2 F3 F4. John-a-droynes Becket, after Steevens, conj.

[988] coward?... this?] Pointed as in Ff, and Q6 substantially. Stops in Qq. Commas in Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5.

[989] Ha!] As a separate line by Steevens (1793). It begins line 552 in Qq Ff (Hah, Q2 Q3. Hah! Q4 Q5. Hah? Q6. Ha? Ff), and ends line 550 in Collier. Omitted by Pope.

[990] 'Swounds ... it:] Qq (it, Q6). Why I ... it: F1 F2. Why should I take it? F3 F4. Yet I should take it— Pope.

[991] oppression] transgression Collier MS. aggression Singer conj. (withdrawn).

[992] have] a (Q1) Q2 Q3.

[993] offal: bloody,] offall: bloudy, Q6. offall, bloody, Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5. offall, bloudy: a Ff (bloody: F3 F4).

[994] Remorseless ... villain!] Omitted by Jennens.

[995] O, vengeance!] Omitted in Qq.

[996] Why,] Why Qq. Who? Ff. om. Knight.

This] Qq. I sure, this Ff.

[997] a dear father murder'd] a dear father murther'd Capell. a deere murthered Q2 Q3. a deere father murthered Q4 Q5. a deare father murthered Q6. the deere murthered Ff (dear F3 F4).

[998] And fall ... play] Arranged as in Capell. Three lines, ending foh ... heard ... play, in Qq. Three lines, ending drab, ... braine ... play, in Ff. Four lines, ending drab, ... foh!... heard, ... play, in Johnson.

[999] drab, A scullion] Ff. drabbe; a stallyon Q2 Q3. drabbe; a stallion Q4. drabbe; stallion Q5. drabbe, stallion Q6. drab—A stallion Pope. drab—A cullion Theobald.

[1000] About, my brain!] About my braine, (Q1). About my braine. Ff (brain. F3 F4). About my braines; Q2 Q3. About my braines, Q4 Q5 Q6. about my brain— Pope (ed. 1). about my brain!— Pope (ed. 2). about, my brain!— Theobald. about 't my brains! Hunter conj. See note (XV).

Hum] Qq. om. Ff.

I have] I've Pope.

[1001] sitting] om. Pope.

[1002] struck so to] F3 F4. strooke so to Qq F1 F2. struck unto Rowe (ed. 2).

[1003] I'll have these players] I'll observe his looks, Pope (ed. 1), corrected in ed. 2.

[1004] tent] Qq F1. rent F2 F3 F4.

he but] Ff. a doe Qq. he do Q (1676) and Capell.

blench] blink Taylor conj. MS. bleach Anon. conj.

[1005] The] This Johnson.

[1006] be the devil] F3 F4. be the divell (Q1) F1 F2. be a deale Q2 Q3. be a divell Q4 Q5 Q6.

and the devil] and the deale Q2 Q3.