[1007] Act iii. Scene i.] Q (1676) and Rowe. Omitted in Ff.

A room in the castle] Malone. The Palace. Rowe. Another room in the same. Capell.

Rosencrantz, and Guildenstern.] Capell. Rosencraus, Guyldensterne, Lords. Qq. Rosincrance, Guildenstern, and Lords. F₁. Rosincros, Guildenstar, and Lords. F₂ F₃ F₄ (Guildenstare, F₄).

[1008] circumstance] Ff. conference Qq.

[1009] confusion] confesion Rowe (ed. 2). confession Pope (in margin).

[1010] he will] a will Q₂ Q₃ Q₄ Q₅.

[1011] Nor ... state.] Continued to Ros. by Jennens.

[1012] state] estate Q₆.

[1013] Niggard of ... of our ... Most free] Unapt to ... of our ... Most free Q (1676). Most free of ... to our ... Niggard Hanmer. Most free of ... of our ... Niggard Warburton. Niggard of ... to our ... Most free Collier MS.

[1014] Did ... pastime?] As in Capell. One line in Qq Ff.

[1015] assay] invite Q (1676).

[1016] To] unto Hanmer.

[1017] so] om. Johnson.

[1018] o'er-raught] ore-raught Qq. ore-wrought F₁ F₂. o're-took F₃ F₄. o'er-rode Warburton.

[1019] about] Ff. heere about Q₂ Q₃ Q₄ Q₅. here about Q₆.

[1020] With ... delights.] Arranged as by Pope. Five lines ending hart, ... me, ... inclin'd ... edge, ... delights, in Qq. Four lines, ending me ... gentlemen, ... on ... delights, in Ff.

[1021] drive ... on to] drive ... on To Ff. drive ... into Qq. urge him to Q (1676).

[1022] [Exeunt....] Exeunt Ros. & Guyl. Qq. Exeunt. Ff.

Gertrude] Ff. Gertrard Qq.

too] Ff. two Qq.

[1023] hither] Ff Q₆. hether The rest.

[1024] he] we Jennens.

here] Q₆. heere Q₂ Q₃ Q₄ Q₅. there Ff.

[1025] here Affront Ophelia] meet Ophelia here Q (1676).

[1026] Affront ... espials,] As in Johnson. One line in Ff. One line, ending myself, in Qq.

[1027] lawful espials] Omitted in Qq.

[1028] Will] Ff. Wee'le Q₂ Q₃ Q₄ Q₅. Wee'll Q₆.]

unseen] and unseen Q (1676).

[1029] frankly] om. Q (1676).

[1030] no] Qq. no, F₄. no. F₁ F₂ F₃.

[1031] for your] Q₂ Q₃ Ff. for my Q₄ Q₅ Q₆.

[1032] beauties ... virtues] beauty ... virtue S. Walker conj.

[1033] shall] om. Pope.

[1034] Will] May Pope.

[Exit Queen.] Theobald. om. Qq Ff.

[1035] please you] Qq. please ye Ff.

[1036] [To Ophelia.] To Oph. Johnson.

[1037] loneliness] lowlines Q₂ Q₃. lowlinesse Q₄ Q₅.

to blame] Q₆ F₃ F₄. too blame The rest.

[1038] sugar] Qq. surge Ff.

[1039] [Aside] First marked by Pope.

'tis too] Qq. 'tis Ff. it is but too Hanmer.

[1040] Pol.] Erased in Collier MS. See note (II).

let's] om. Qq.

[Exeunt....] Capell. Exeunt. Ff. om. Qq. Exeunt all but Ophelia. Rowe.

[1041] Scene ii. Pope.

Enter Hamlet.] As in Ff. After burthen, line 54, in Qq. Enter Hamlet, with a book in his hand. Hunter conj. He would transfer the soliloquy to II. 2. 169.

[1042] slings] sling Campbell. stings Fleischer (S. Walker conj.)

slings and arrows] stings and harrows Anon. conj. (Misc. Obs. on Hamlet, 1752). stings and horrors Anon. MS.

[1043] a sea of] a siege of Theobald conj. (withdrawn). th' assay of or a 'say of Theobald conj. assailing Hanmer conj. assail of Warburton. assays of Keightley conj. the seat of Bailey conj. assay of Brae conj.

[1044] opposing] a poniard or deposing Bailey conj.

them?] Pope. them, Q₂ Q₃. them: Q₄ Q₅ Ff Q₆. om. S. Evans conj.

[1045] die: to sleep; No] die to sleepe No Qq (dye Q₆). dye, to sleepe No F₁. dye, to sleepe: No F₂. dye, to sleep No F₃ F₄. die,—to sleep—No Pope.

[1046] more;] F₁ Q₆. more, Q₂ Q₃. more: Q₄ Q₅ F₂ F₃ F₄. more? Capell.

say we end] straightway end Bailey conj.

[1047] to,] to; Qq. too? F₁. to? F₂ F₃. {to.} F₄.

[1048] wish'd. To] Ff. wisht to Q₂ Q₃ Q₄ Q₅. wisht, to Q₆.

[1049] we have] he have F₂. he hath F₃ F₄.

shuffled] shuffel'd F₁ F₂.

coil] spoil Mason conj. vail or clay Elze conj.

[1050] Must ... life;] As three lines ending pause ... calamity ... life; S. Walker conj.

[1051] whips ... time] quips ... time Grey conj. whips ... th' time Warburton conj. whips ... tyrants or quips ... title Johnson conj. whips ... o' the times Steevens conj. scorns of weapon'd time Becket conj. scorns of whiphand time Id. conj. (withdrawn).

[1052] proud] Q₅ Q₆. proude Q₂ Q₃ Q₄. poore F₁ F₂. poor F₃ F₄.

[1053] pangs] pang Pope.

despised love, the] despiz'd love, the Q₂ Q₃. office, and the Q₄ Q₅. dispriz'd love, the Ff. despised love, and the Q₆. mispriz'd love, the Collier MS. (erased). See note (II).

[1054] When he] When Q₄ Q₅. When as Q₆.

quietus] quietas Q₂ Q₃ Q₄.

[1055] who would fardels] who'd these fardels Grant White (S. Walker conj.)

fardels] Qq. these fardles Ff.

[1056] grunt] groan Q (1676) and Pope.

[1057] The undiscover'd] Qq. The undiscovered Ff. That undiscover'd Pope. In the undiscover'd Keightley.

bourn] Capell. bourne Pope. borne Qq F₁ F₂. born F₃ F₄.

[1058] returns, puzzles] returnes. Puzels F₁.

[1059] of us all] (Q₁) Ff. om. Qq.

[1060] hue] F₃ F₄. hiew Qq. hew F₁ F₂.

[1061] sicklied] Ff Q₆. sickled The rest.

[1062] pitch] Qq. pith Ff. See note (XVI).

[1063] awry] Qq. away Ff.

[1064] [Seeing Oph. Rowe.

[1065] Ophelia!] Ophelia? Ff. Ophelia, Qq.

orisons] Theobald. orizons Q₂ Q₃ Q₄ Q₅ F₁. horizons F₂ F₃ F₄. orizons? Q₆. oraisons Rowe.

[1066] remember'd.] remembred? Q₆.

[1067] you: well, well, well.] Ff. you well. Q₂ Q₃. you: well. Q₄ Q₅. you, well. Q₆.

[1068] long] om. Q (1676). much Pope.

[1069] No, not I] Qq. No, no Ff. No Pope.

[1070] No ... aught.] Arranged as by Capell. One line in Qq Ff.

[1071] you know] Qq. I know Ff.

[1072] the things] Ff. these things Qq.

rich: their perfume lost,] Q₄ Q₅ Q₆. rich, their perfume lost, Q₂ Q₃. rich, then perfume left: F₁ F₂ F₃. rich, than perfume left: F₄. rich: that perfume lost, Rowe.

[1073] lord?] Capell. lord. Qq Ff. lord— Rowe.

[1074] your honesty] Ff. you Qq.

[1075] your honesty ... beauty.] you should admit your honesty to no discourse with your beauty. Johnson conj.

[1076] commerce] Q₅ Q₆ F₄. comerse Q₂ Q₃. comerce Q₄ F₁ F₂ F₃. converse Anon. conj.

[1077] with] Qq. your Ff.

[1078] into] in Q₅ to Q₆.

his] its Pope.

[1079] sometime] sometimes F₃ F₄.

[1080] inoculate] innocculate F₁. inocculate F₂ F₃. inocualte F₄. euocutat Q₂ Q₃. euacuat Q₄. euacuate Q₅. evacuate Q₆.

[1081] I loved you not.] I did love you once. Rowe (ed. 2).

[1082] to] Ff. om. Qq.

[1083] at my beck] on my back Long MS. at my back Collier MS.

[1084] in, imagination to] Qq. in imagination, to Ff. in name, imagination to Warburton.

[1085] heaven and earth] (Q₁) Ff. earth and heaven Qq.

[1086] all] (Q₁) Ff. om. Qq.

[1087] Let ... house.] Prose in Ff. Two lines, the first ending him, in Qq.

[1088] no where] Qq. no way Ff.

[1089] plague] plage Q₄.

[1090] go] Ff. om. Qq.

[1091] too] Ff Q₆. to The rest.

[1092] O] Ff. om. Qq.

[1093] paintings] (Q₁) Qq. pratlings F₁. pratling F₂ F₃ F₄. painting Pope.

too] Ff. om. Qq.

[1094] God] Nature Q (1676).

hath] Qq. has Ff.

face] (Q₁) Qq. pace Ff.

yourselves] your selves Q₅ Q₆. your selfes Q₂ Q₃ Q₄. your selfe F₁ F₂. your self F₃ F₄.

[1095] you jig] gig Q₆. fig (Q₁).

jig] Q (1676). gig Qq. gidge Ff.

you amble] Ff. and amble Qq.

lisp,] Q (1676) F₄. lispe, F₁ F₂ F₃. list Qq.

and nick-name] Ff. you nickname Qq.

[1096] God's] Heavens Q (1676).

[1097] wantonness your ignorance] ignorance your wantonness Anon. conj.

your ignorance] (Q₁) Ff. ignorance Qq.

[1098] Go to] Q₅. Goe to Q₂ Q₃ Q₄. Go too F₁ Q₆. Goe F₂. Go F₃ F₄.

[1099] no more marriages] (Q₁) Ff. no mo marriage Q₂ Q₃ Q₄ Q₅. no moe marriages Q₆.

[1100] live] om. F₂ F₃ F₄.

[1101] [Exit.] Qq. Exit Hamlet. Ff.

[1102] o'erthrown] othrowne Q₄ Q₅.

[1103] soldier's, scholar's] scholar's, soldier's Hanmer and Staunton, from (Q₁).

scholar's,] schollers, Q₂ Q₃ Q₄. scholers, Q₅. scholars, Q₆. scholiers: F₁. schollers? F₂. schollars? F₃. scholars! F₄. om. Jennens.

[1104] expectancy] F₃ F₄. expectansie F₁ F₂. expectation Qq.

[1105] And I] Qq. Have I F₁ F₂. I am F₃ F₄.

[1106] music] musickt Q₂ Q₃ Q₄.

vows,] Pointed as by Hanmer. vowes; Qq. vowes: or vows: Ff.

[1107] that noble] Ff. what noble Qq.

[1108] jangled, out of tune] Capell. jangled out of time, Qq. jangled out of tune, Ff.

[1109] unmatch'd] unmarcht Q₅. unsnatch'd Jennens.

form] forme Qq F₁. fortune F₂ F₃ F₄.

feature] Ff. stature Qq. statute Q (1695).

[1110] To have] T' have Qq Ff.

see!] see. Exit. Qq and Elze.

Re-enter....] Capell. Enter.... Qq Ff.

[1111] Scene iii. Pope.

Love!] Q₆. Love, Q₂ Q₃. Love: Q₄ Q₅. Love? Ff.

[1112] Nor] For Q₆.

[1113] There's something] Something's Pope.

soul] soule? F₁.

[1114] for to] Qq. to F₁ F₂. how to F₃ F₄.

[1115] it] om. Q₄ Q₅ Q₆.

[1116] something-settled] Hyphened by Warburton. sometime-settled Daniel conj.

[1117] Whereon ... on't?] Arranged as in Ff. Three lines, ending beating ... himselfe ... on't? in Qq.

[1118] brains] F₃ F₄. braines Qq F₁ F₂. brain Collier MS. brain's Grant White.

[1119] but ... grief] Arranged as in Ff. One line in Q₂ Q₃.

[1120] do I] I doe Q₆.

[1121] his grief] Q₂ Q₃. it Q₄ Q₅ Q₆, reading But ... of it as one line. this greefe Ff.

[1122] [Enter Ophelia. Elze.

[1123] [Exit Ophelia. Elze.

[1124] grief] griefe Qq. greefes F₁. griefes F₂. griefs F₃ F₄.

[1125] placed, so please you] plac'd so, please you F₁ F₂.

[1126] unwatch'd] Ff. unmatcht Qq.

[1127] Scene ii.] Capell. Scene iv. Pope. om. Ff.

A hall....] A Hall, in the same, fitted as for a Play. Capell.

and Players.] and the Players. (Q₁). and three of the Players. Qq. and two or three of the Players. Ff.

[1128] pronounced] pronoun'd Q₂ Q₃.

[1129] trippingly on] smoothly from Q (1676).

[1130] your players] (Q₁) Ff. our players Qq.

lief] Steevens (1793). live Q₂ Q₃ Q₄ Q₅ F₁ F₂. lieve Q₆ F₃ F₄.

spoke] Qq. had spoke Ff.

[1131] Nor] And Pope.

much with your] Qq. much your Ff. much, your Caldecott.

[1132] whirlwind of your passion] Qq. the whirle-winde of passion Ff. whirlwind of passion Collier. the whirlwind of your passion Staunton.

[1133] hear] Qq. see Ff.

robustious] robustous Q (1676) F₄.

[1134] periwig-pated] Q (1676). perwig-pated Qq. Pery-wig-pated F₁. Pery-wig-parted F₂. Perriwig-parted F₃ F₄.

to tatters] Ff. to totters Qq. om. Q (1676).

[1135] split] Ff. spleet Qq.

[1136] would] (Q₁) Qq. could Ff.

[1137] First Play.] 1. P. Capell. Player. or Play. Qq Ff.

[1138] suit] Hanmer. sute Qq F₁ F₃ F₄. sure F₂.