[1273] betw 'en] betwixt Q₄ Q₅.

[Exit.] Ff. Exeunt. Qq. Exit Lady. (Q₁). Exit Dutchess. Duke sleeps. Capell.

[1274] this] the F₂ F₃ F₄.

[1275] doth protest] Qq. protests Ff.

[1276] i' the world] om. Q (1676).

[1277] how?] Ff Q₆. how Q₂Q₃Q₄Q₅.

[1278] Gonzago] Gonzaga Johnson.

[1279] wife] wife's Theobald.

[1280] o'] Ff. a (Q₁). of Qq.

[1281] that have] shall have Q₄ Q₅ Q₆.

us not] not us Q (1676).

[1282] wince] (Q₁) Steevens. winch Qq Ff.

unwrung] Q₄ Q₅ Q₆ F₃ F₄ unwrong Q₂ Q₃. unrung F₁F₂.

[1283] Enter Lucianus.] Ff. After king, line 233, in Qq.

[1284] king] duke Pope, ed. 2 (Theobald).

[1285] as good as a] (Q₁) Qq. a good Ff.

[1286] my] Ff. mine Qq.

[1287] better,] worse Q (1676 and Rowe).

[1288] must take your husbands.] Pope. must take your husband (Q₁). mistake your husbands Qq. mistake husbands Ff. most of you take husbands Hanmer. must take husbands Long MS.

[1289] murderer] murther Ff.

[1290] pox,] Ff. om. Qq. a poxe (Q₁.)

[1291] the ... revenge.] Printed as a quotation in two half lines, the first ending raven, by Steevens (1793).

[1292] Thoughts ... agreeing;] One line in Qq. Two in Ff.

[1293] Confederate](Q₁) Ff. Considerat Q₂ Q₃ Q₄. Considerate Q₅ Q₆.

else] and Q (1676) and Theobald.

[1294] ban] bane (Q₁) Q₆ F₄.

infected] invected Q₂ Q₃.

[1295] Thy] The F₄. Thou Pope.

[1296] usurp] F₃ F₄. usurpe F₁ F₂. usurps (Q₁) Qq.

[Pours ... ear.] Capell, substantially. Powres the poyson in his eares. Ff. Omitted in Qq.

[1297] He] (Q₁) Ff. A Qq.

for his] (Q₁) Qq. for's F₁ F₃ F₄. fors F₂

[1298] name's] F₁ Q₆. names The rest.

written in very] Qq. writ in Ff.

[1299] Ham. What, ... fire] Ff. Ham. Frighted ... fires (Q₁). Omitted in Qq.

[1300] Pol.] Qq. All. Ff. [Exeunt ...] Exeunt all but Ham. & Horatio. Qq. Exeunt. Manet Hamlet & Horatio. Ff (Manent F₄).

[1301] Scene viii. Pope. Scene vii. Warburton.

stricken] (Q₁) Hanmer. strooken Q₂ Q₃. stroken Q₄ Q₅. strucken Ff Q₆.

[1302] hart] heart F₂ F₃.

[1303] while] whilst Q₄ Q₅. whilest Q₆.

sleep:] sleepe? F₂ F₃ F₄.

[1304] Thus] (Q₁) Qq. So Ff.

[1305] two] Ff. om. Qq.

Provincial] Provencial Capell (Warton conj.) Provençal Warton conj.

[1306] razed] raz'd Qq. rac'd Ff. rack'd Rowe (ed. 2). rayed Pope. rais'd Jennens (Theobald conj.)

cry] city Q₄ Q₅ Q₆.

players] player Q₅.

[1307] sir] Ff. om. Qq.

[1308] A whole one, I.] Ay, a whole one. Hanmer. A whole one;—ay— Malone conj. A whole one, ay, Grant White.

[1309] This ... himself] Arranged as in Qq. One line in Ff.

[1310] pajock] F₃ F₄. paiock Q₂ Q₃ Q₄ Q₅. paiocke F₁ Q₆. pajocke F₂. paicock Q (1676). pecock Q (1695). peacock Pope. paddock Theobald. puttock or meacock Id. conj. (withdrawn). baiocco Anon. conj. (1814). hedjocke (i.e. hedgehog) S. Evans conj. padge-hawk Id. conj. (withdrawn). patokie (i.e. pataicco or pataikoi) E. Warwick conj. Polack Anon. conj. [hiccups. (as a stage direction) Leo conj.

[1311] pound] pounds Rowe (ed. 2).

[1312] poisoning?] poysoning? Ff. poysning. Q₂ Q₃. poysoning. Q₄. poisoning. Q₅ Q₆.

[1313] Ah, ha!] Ah ha, Qq. Oh, ha? F₁ F₂ F₃. Oh ha! F₄.

[1314] like] likes Q₆.

[1315] Re-enter....] Dyce. Enter.... Qq. Enter.... Ff. (after line 278).

[1316] vouchsafe] Ff Q₆. voutsafe Q₂ Q₃ Q₄ Q₅.

[1317] sir,—] sir— Rowe. sir. Qq Ff.

[1318] him?] Qq F₁. him. F₂ F₃ F₄.

[1319] rather] Ff. om. Qq.

[1320] more richer] Qq F₁. more rich F₂ F₃ F₄. richer Q (1676).

[1321] the doctor] Qq. his doctor F₁. F₂ F₃. this doctor F₄.

for, for] Q₂ Q₃ Q₄ Q₅. for for F₁ Q₆ for F₂ F₃ F₄.

[1322] far] F₄. farre F₁ F₂ F₃. om. Qq.

[1323] Good ... affair.] Prose in Ff. Two lines, the first ending frame, in Qq.

[1324] start] Ff. stare Qq.

from] upon Q₆.

my] the Collier MS.

affair] business Q (1676).

[1325] [with great ceremony. Capell.

[1326] of my] Ff. of Q₂ Q₃ Q₄ Q₅. of the Q₆.

[1327] Guil.] Guild. Ff. Ros. Qq.

lord?] Ff Q₆. lord. The rest.

[1328] wit's] Q₆ F₄. wits The rest.

[1329] answer] Q₅ Q₆. answere Q₂ Q₃ Q₄. answers Ff.

[1330] as you] Qq. you Ff.

[1331] say,—] say— Rowe. say. Qq Ff.

[1332] struck] F₄. strooke Qq. stroke F₁ F₂ F₃.

[1333] so] thus Q (1676).

astonish] Ff Q₆. stonish Q₂ Q₃ Q₄ Q₅. 'stonish Capell.

[1334] mother's admiration] mother admiration F₃. mother-admiration F₄.

admiration?] admiration, Q₂ Q₃.

[1335] Impart.] Qq. om. Ff.

[1336] So I] Ff. And Qq.

[1337] surely ... upon] Qq. freely of Ff. surely ... of Grant White.

bar] but bar Reed (1803).

[1338] sir] Qq. om. Ff.

grows,—] grows— Pope. growes, Q₂ Q₃ Q₄ F₁ F₂ F₃. grows, Q₅ F₄. growes; Q₆.

[1339] Re-enter....] Dyce. Enter the Players with Recorders. Qq (after line 326). Enter one with a Recorder. Ff.

[1340] recorders] Qq. recorder Ff.

see one. To] Pope. see one, to Qq. see, to F₁ F₂. see to F₃ F₄. set one. To Rowe. See note (XVIII).

To ... you:] Marked as 'Aside' by Capell.

you:—] you; Q₆. you, The rest.

[1341] love is too unmannerly.] love is not unmannerly. Tyrwhitt conj. love too unmannerly.... Keightley.

[1342] Guil.] Ros. Nicholson conj.

[1343] do] om. Q₄ Q₅ Q₆.

[1344] Guil.] Ros. Staunton conj.

[1345] It is] Qq. 'Tis Ff.

ventages] Qq. ventiges Ff.

[1346] with ... thumb] and the umbo with your fingers Becket conj.

fingers] Qq. finger Ff.

and thumb,] F₄. and thumbe F₁ F₂ F₃. & the vmber, Q₂ Q₃. and the thumb Q₄ Q₅. and the thumbe, Q₆.

[1347] eloquent] Qq. excellent Ff.

[1348] make] would make Johnson.

[1349] the top of] Ff. om. Qq.

[1350] speak] om. Ff.

[1351] 'Sblood] s'bloud Q₂ Q₃ Q₆. s'blood Q₄ Q₅. Why Ff. om. Q (1676).

I] Qq. that I Ff.

[1352] can fret me] (Q₁) Ff. fret me not Qq.

[1353] yet] (Q₁) Edd. (Globe ed.) om. Qq Ff.

[1354] Enter Polonius.] As in Capell. After sir!, line 356, in Qq Ff.

[1355] you] your F₂.

[1356] yonder] Qq. that Ff.

[1357] cloud ... camel?] Pointed as in Qq. cloud?... camell. F₁ F₂. cloud, ... camell. F₃. cloud, ... camel? F₄.

[1358] of] Qq. like Ff.

[1359] camel ... camel] weasel ... weasel Capell.

[1360] By the mass] By'th masse Qq. By th' mass F₄. By 'th' misse F₁ F₂. By th' misse F₃.

'tis like] Q₄ Q₅ Q₆. tis, like Q₂ Q₃. it's like Ff (its F₂). 'tis—like Jennens.

[1361] a weasel ... a weasel] an ouzle ... an ouzle Pope, reading black in line 363. a camel ... a camel Capell.

[1362] backed] back'd Ff. back't (Q₁). backt Q₂ Q₃. black Q₄ Q₅. blacke Q₆. beck'd Tollet conj.

[1363] whale?] Ff. whale. Qq.

[1364] I will] Qq. will I Ff.

[1365] They fool me] They fool me [to Hor. Capell.

They ... bent.] A separate line in Ff.

[1366] See note (XIX).

[1367] [Exit Polonius.] Exit. Ff. om. Qq. After said, line 370, in Dyce.

[1368] [Exeunt....] Exeunt Ros. and Gui. Horatio, and the Players, withdraw. Capell. Exe. Rowe. om. Qq Ff.

[1369] breathes] Q₆ F₃ F₄. breaths F₁ F₂. breakes Q₂ Q₃ Q₄. breaks Q₅.

[1370] this] the Q₆.

[1371] bitter ... day] Ff. busines as the bitter day Qq. business as day it self Q (1676). business as the better day Warburton. business as the bitter'st day Heath conj. business as the light of day Cartwright conj.

[1372] Soft! now] soft, now Qq. Soft now, Ff.

[1373] lose] Q₆. loose The rest.

[1374] not] but not Johnson.

[1375] daggers] Ff Q₆. dagger Q₂ Q₃ Q₄ Q₅.

[1376] How ... consent!] Omitted by Pope.

[1377] soever] Q₆. somever The rest.

[1378] never, my soul, consent] Pointed as by Capell. never my soule consent Qq Ff.

[Exit.] Q₂ Q₃ Q₄. om. Q₅ Ff Q₆.

[1379] Scene iii.] Capell. Scene ix. Pope. Scene vii. Warburton. om. Ff.

A ... castle.] Capell, substantially.

[1380] range] rage Pope.

[1381] estate may] estate, may F₂ F₃ F₄.

[1382] near us] neare us Q₆. neer's Q₂ Q₃ Q₄ Q₅. dangerous Ff.

[1383] lunacies] Ff. browes Qq. lunes Theobald. frows Johnson conj. braves Anon. conj.

ourselves provide] provide our selves Pope.

[1384] To keep ... live] One line in Rowe, reading many.

[1385] many many] many F₂ F₃ F₄ and Q (1676). very many Collier (Collier MS.) many-many Staunton.

[1386] The ... bound] One line in Qq. Two, the first ending single, in Ff.

[1387] noyance] 'noyance Hanmer.

[1388] upon] on Pope.

weal] weale Qq. spirit Ff.

depends and rests] depend and rest Hanmer.

[1389] many. The] many: the Q₆. many, the The rest.

cease] Ff. cesse Qq. decease Pope.

The cease of] Deceasing Bailey conj.

[1390] it is] It is Ff. or it is Qq. It's Pope.

[1391] summit] Rowe. somnet Qq Ff and Q (1676).

[1392] huge] hough Q₂ Q₃. hugh Q₄.

[1393] mortised] morteist Qq. mortiz'd Ff.

[1394] ruin] ruine Ff. raine Qq.

Never] Ne'er Pope.

[1395] with] Ff. om. Qq.

groan] F₃ F₄. growne Q₄ Q₅. grone The rest.

[1396] voyage] viage Q₂ Q₃. voiage Q₄ Q₅ Q₆.

[1397] about] Qq. upon Ff.

[1398] Ros. Guil.] Steevens (1793). Both. Ff. Ros. Qq.

haste us] make haste Q₆.

[Exeunt....] Capell. Exeunt Gent. Qq Ff.

[1399] warrant] warnt Q₆.

[1400] speech, of vantage] Theobald. speech of vantage Qq Ff.

[1401] know] heare Q₆.

[Exit Polonius.] Capell. Exit. Qq Ff (after know).

[1402] upon't] Ff Q₆. uppont Q₂ Q₃ Q₄ Q₅.

[1403] A] That of a Theobald.

murder] murderer S. Walker conj.

can I not] I cannot Q (1676) and Rowe. alas! I cannot Hanmer. can I?—No! Jackson conj. that can I not Seymour conj.

[1404] not, ... will:] Pointed as in Ff. not, ... will, Qq.

[1405] will] 't will Hanmer (Anon. ap. Theobald conj.) th' ill Warburton.

[1406] guilt defeats] guilt, defeats F₁ F₂ F₃.

[1407] neglect. What] neglect: what Q₄ Q₅ Q₆. neglect; what Ff. neglect, what Q₂ Q₃.

[1408] pardon'd] Ff. pardon Qq.

[1409] fault is] faults is Q₄ Q₅.