[1410] murder?] murther? Q₆. murther, Q₂ Q₃. murther: Q₄ Q₅ F₁ F₂ F₃. mother: F₄. murther! Pope.

[1411] effects] affects Q₄ Q₅ Q₆.

[1412] pardon'd] pardoned Q₄ Q₅ Q₆.

offence] effects Warburton.

[1413] corrupted currents] Q₂ Q₃ Q₅ Q₆. conrupted currents Q₄. corrupted currants Ff. corrupt occurrents Anon. conj. MS. and Misc. Obs. on Hamlet, 1752. corrupted 'currents Dyce, ed. 2 (S. Walker conj.)

currents of this world] courts of this bad world Long MS.

[1414] gilded] F₁ F₄. guilded Q₂ Q₃ F₂ F₃. guided Q₄ Q₅ Q₆.

shove] Ff. showe Q₂ Q₃. show Q₄ Q₅. shew Q₆.

[1415] prize] purse Collier (Collier MS.)

[1416] his] it's Long MS.

and] om. Pope.

[1417] it] aught Hanmer.

can not] can but Warburton.

[1418] angels] angles Q₄ Q₅.

[1419] heart] hearts Q₆.

steel] steale Q₂ Q₃ Q₄.

[1420] [Retires....] Malone. hee kneeles. (Q₁). The King kneels. Rowe. Remains in Action of Prayer. Capell. om. Qq Ff.

[1421] Scene x. Pope. Scene ix. Warburton.

it pat, now he is] Ff. it, but now a is Q₂ Q₃ Q₅ Q₆. it, bot now a is Q₄.

praying] a praying Q₂ Q₃ Q₄ Q₅.

[1422] so he goes] Ff. so a goes Q₂ Q₃ Q₅ Q₆. so goes Q₄.

[1423] revenged.] revendge, Q₂ Q₃ Q₄. revenged, Q₅. reveng'd: F₁ F₂ F₃. reveng'd? Q₆. revenged: F₄.

[1424] sole] Qq. foule F₁ F₂ F₃. foul F₄. fal'n Warburton. fool Heath and Capell conj.

[1425] To heaven] A separate line in Qq. Joined to line 79 in Ff.

[1426] O,] Oh Ff. Why Qq.

hire and salary] hire and salery Ff. base and silly Qq. a reward Q (1676). reward Q (1703).

[1427] He] Ff. A Qq.

bread] blood Mason conj.

[1428] as flush] Qq. as fresh Ff. and flush Warburton.

[1429] and] om. Pope.

[1430] season'd] seasoned Q₄ Q₅ Q₆.

[1431] No.] A separate line in Qq. Ends line 86 in Ff. Omitted by Pope.

[1432] hent] bent F₄. time Q (1676) and Rowe. hest Warburton conj. (withdrawn). hint Capell (Theobald conj.)

[1433] drunk asleep] Pointed as in Ff. drunke, asleep Qq. drunk-asleep Johnson.

[1434] incestuous] incestious Q₂ Q₃ Q₄ Q₅.

pleasure] pleasures Q (1676) and Capell.

[1435] game, a-swearing] game a swearing Q₂ Q₃. game swaring (Q₁). game, a swearing Q₄ Q₅ Q₆. gaming, swearing Ff.

[1436] heels may] heele mas Q₄ Q₅. heele may Q₆.

[1437] [Rising] Rises. Capell. The King rises, and comes forward. Theobald om. Qq Ff.

[1438] Scene iv.] Capell. Scene ii. Rowe. Scene xi. Pope. Scene x. Warburton.

The Queen's closet.] Steevens. The Queen's Apartment. Rowe.

Enter Queen....] Ff. Enter Gertrard.... Qq.

[1439] He] Ff. A Qq.

He.... him:] One line in Qq. Two in Ff.

[1440] bear] berre F₂.

[1441] screen'd] scree'nd F₂ F₃.

[1442] sconce me even] Hanmer. silence me even Qq. silence me e'ene F₁. silence me e'ne F₂ F₃ F₄. 'sconce me e'en Warburton. silence me in Long MS. See note (XX).

[1443] with him] Ff. om. Qq.

Ham ... mother!] Ff. Omitted in Qq.

[1444] Queen.] Qu., Que. or Queen. Ff. Ger. Qq (and throughout the scene, except line 51).

[1445] I'll ... coming.] Prose by Edd. Two lines, the first ending not, in Qq Ff.

[1446] warrant] Ff Q₆. wait Q₂ Q₃. waite Q₄ Q₅.

not. Withdraw] not: you withdraw Hanmer, ending the previous line warrant you.

[1447] [Polonius hides....] Polonius hides himself.... Rowe. om. Qq Ff.

Enter Hamlet.] Ff. After round, line 5, in Qq. Enter Hamlet, abruptly. Capell.

[1448] a wicked] Qq. an idle Ff.

[1449] What's the matter now?] Continued to Queen, S. Walker conj.

[1450] And—would ... so!—you] Pointed as in Pope, substantially. And would it were not so, you Qq. But would you were not so. You Ff. But 'would it were not so!—You Theobald conj. (withdrawn).

[1451] set] send Collier MS.

[1452] budge] Q₆ F₃ F₄. boudge The rest.

[1453] go not] go not hence Long MS. reading with F₂.

set you up] set up F₂ F₃ F₄.

[1454] glass Where ... you.] glasse. Where ... you? F₂ F₃ F₄.

[1455] inmost] Ff. most Qq. utmost Q (1676).

[1456] Help, help, ho!] Helpe, helpe, hoa. F₁ F₂. Help, help, hoa. F₃ F₄. Helpe how. Q₂ Q₃ Q₄. Helpe hoe. Q₅. Helpe ho. Q₆.

[1457] Help, ... rat?] As one line in Capell, reading What, ho! help!

[1458] [Behind] Capell. Behind the arras. Rowe. on. Ff.

What, ho!... help!] Ff. What how helpe. Q₂ Q₃ Q₄. What hoe helpe. Q₅ Q₆.

[1459] [Drawing] Draws. Malone, after rat? om. Qq Ff.

[Makes ... arras.] Capell, substantially. om. Qq Ff.

[1460] [Behind] Capell. om. Qq Ff.

[Falls and dies.] Falls forward, and dies. Capell. Killes Polonius. Ff. om. Qq.

what hast] hast F₃.

[1461] Nay ... king?] As in Qq Ff. Capell ends line 25 at know not.

[1462] is] was Q (1676).

[1463] kill] Qq F₁. killd F₂. kill'd F₃ F₄.

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

'twas] F₁ F₃ F₄. twas F₂. it was Qq.

[Lifts ... discovers....] Lifts ... sees.... Dyce. Lifts up the arras, and draws forth Polonius. Capell (after line 26). om. Qq Ff.

[1464] [To Polonius. Pope.

[1465] better] Qq. betters Ff.

[1466] brass'd] brasd Q₂ Q₃ Q₄ Q₅. bras'd Ff Q₆.

[1467] be] Qq. is Ff.

sense] thy sense Q (1703).

[1468] hypocrite] hippocrit Q₂ Q₃. hipocrit Q₄.

off] Ff Q₆. of The rest.

[1469] sets] Qq. makes Ff.

[1470] rhapsody] F₄. rapsedy Q₂ Q₃. rapsody Q₄ F₂ F₃. rapsodie Q₅ Q₆. rapsidie F₁.

doth] Ff. dooes Q₂ Q₃ Q₄. does Q₅ Q₆.

[1471] glow; Yea,] glow, Yea Ff. glowe Ore Q₂ Q₃. glow Ore Q₄ Q₅. glow Yea Q₆. glow; Yet Smyth conj. MS.

[1472] solidity] solidiry Q₄ Q₅.

[1473] tristful] F₄. tristfull F₁ F₂ F₃. heated Qq.

as against] and, as 'gainst Warburton, reading O'er in line 49.

[1474] act.] act. Ah me, that act! Q (1676).

[1475] Ay ... index?] Prose in Ff. See note (XXI).

[1476] was] om. F₂ F₃ F₄.

this] Q₂ Q₃. his The rest.

[1477] and] Qq. or Ff.

[1478] New-lighted] New lighted Qq F₁. Now lighted F₂ F₃ F₄.

a heaven-kissing] Ff Q₆ (Ingleby's copy). a heaue, a kissing Q₂ Q₃ Q₄ Q₅ Q₆ (Capell's copy).

[1479] and a] and Q₄ Q₅ Q₆.

[1480] mildew'd] Ff Q₆. mildewed Q₂ Q₃ Q₄. mil-dewed Q₅.

ear] eare Qq F₁. deare F₂. deer F₃ F₄.

[1481] brother] Qq. breath Ff.

[1482] batten] batter Q (1676).

[1483] in the] of the Q (1676).

it's] its F₂.

[1484] step] stoop Collier (Collier MS. and Anon. MS.) See note (XXII).

[1485] Sense ... difference.] Qq. Omitted in Ff.

[1486] motion] notion Warburton.

[1487] cozen'd] F₃ F₄. cosund Q₂ Q₃. cosond Q₄ Q₅. cousend F₁ F₂. couzen'd Q₆.

hoodman] Ff. hodman Qq. hobman (Q₁).

hoodman-blind] Hyphen omitted in Q₂ Q₃.

[1488] Eyes ... mope.] Qq. Omitted in Ff.

[1489] Could ... blush?] As in Ff. One line in Qq.

[1490] hell] heat Hanmer.

[1491] mutine] mutiny Q (1676) and Rowe.

[1492] ardour] Pope. ardure Qq Ff.

[1493] And] Qq. As Ff.

panders] Ff. pardons Qq. guerdons Anon. conj. MS.

[1494] eyes into my very] Ff. very eyes into my Qq.

[1495] grained] Ff. greeued Q₂ Q₃ Q₄. grieued Q₅. grieved Q₆.

[1496] not leave] Ff. leave there Qq.

[1497] enseamed] Ff. inseemed Q₂ Q₃. incestuous Q₄ Q₅ Q₆.

[1498] sty,—] sty;— Theobald. stie. Q₂ Q₃ Q₄ Q₅. stye. F₁ F₂ Q₆ F₃. sty. F₄.

to me] om. Pope.

me no] Qq. me, no Ff.

[1499] in] into Q (1676).

my] Q₂ Q₃ Q₄ Q₅. mine Ff Q₆.

[1500] that is not] that's not the Q (1676). that is not a Keightley.

tithe] tythe Ff. kyth Qq.

[1501] the rule,] a rogue Anon. apud Rann conj.

[1502] pocket!] pocket, a— Seymour conj.

Queen. No more!] Omitted in Q₄ Q₅ Q₆.

No] Oh! no Hanmer.

[1503] patches—] Rowe. patches, Q₂ Q₃ Q₄ Q₅. patches. Ff Q₆. patches, all unseemly. Seymour conj.

Enter Ghost.] As in Dyce. Before line 102 in Qq Ff. Enter the Ghost in his night gowne. (Q₁). Enter Ghost unarmed. Collier MS.

[1504] [Starting up. Rowe.

[1505] your] Qq. you Ff. you, Knight.

[1506] Queen. Alas, he's mad!] om. (Q₁) and Seymour conj.

he's] hee's Qq. hes F₂.

[1507] time] fume Collier MS.

[1508] O, say!] As in Theobald. At the end of the previous line in Qq Ff.

[1509] fighting] sighting Q₄. sighing Q₅ Q₆.

[1510] you do] you doe Qq. you F₁. thus you F₂ F₃ F₄.

[1511] the incorporal] th' incorporall Qq. their corporall F₁. the corporall F₂ F₃. th' incorporeal Q (1676). the corporal F₄.

[1512] bedded] Q₂ Q₃ Ff. beaded Q₄ Q₅ Q₆. om. Q (1676).

hairs] Rowe. haire Qq F₁ F₂. hair F₃ F₄.

like ... excrements] om. Q (1676).

[1513] Start ... stand] Q₂ Q₃ Ff. Starts ... stands Q₄ Q₅ Q₆.

an end] Qq Ff. on end Q (1676) and Pope (ed. 2).

[1514] glares] gleres Q₅ Q₆.

[1515] conjoin'd] conioyned Q₄ Q₅.

[1516] upon] on Pope.

[1517] effects] affects Singer.

I have] have I F₃ F₄.

[1518] whom] who F₁.

[Pointing to the Ghost. Rowe.

[1519] that is] that's here Q (1676).

is] is there Q₄ Q₅ Q₆.

[1520] steals] stalks Anon. conj. MS. and Misc. Obs. on Hamlet, 1752.

[1521] father, in his habit as] father—in his habit—as Steevens conj.

lived] lives Q₄.

[1522] [Exit Ghost.] Qq. Exit. Ff.

[1523] This ... in.] As in Pope. One line in Qq Ff.

[1524] Ecstasy!] Extasie? Ff. om. Qq. What ecstasie? Pope. How! ecstasy! Seymour conj.

[1525] utter'd] uttred Qq. uttered Ff.

[1526] And I the] Ff Q₆. And the Q₂ Q₃ Q₄ Q₅.

re-word] re-ward Q (1703).

[1527] Would gambol from. Mother,] Cannot do mother, Q (1676).

[1528] that] Q₂ Q₃ Q₄ Q₅. a Ff. this Q₆.

[1529] Whiles] Qq. Whilst Ff.

mining] running F₃ F₄.

[1530] what is] what else Seymour conj.

[1531] on] Qq. or Ff. o'er Knight.

[1532] ranker] Q₅ Q₆. rancker Q₂ Q₃ Q₄. ranke F₁ F₂. rank F₃ F₄.

[1533] Forgive ... good.] Marked as 'aside' by Staunton.

[1534] me] om. Pope.

[1535] these] this F₁.

[1536] curb] F₄. curbe Q₂ Q₃ Q₄ Q₅ F₃. courb F₁ Q₆. courbe F₂.

him] it Pope.

[1537] O Hamlet] As in Qq. A separate line in Ff.

in twain] om. Q (1676).

[1538] O] Then Q (1676).

[1539] live] Ff. leave Qq.

[1540] my] Qq. mine Ff.

[1541] That ... put on.] Qq. Omitted in Ff.

[1542] eat, Of habits devil,] eat, Of habits divell, Q₆. eate Of habits deuill, Q₂ Q₃ Q₄ Q₅. eat Of habit's devil, Rowe. eat, Of habit's devil, Pope. eat Of habits evil, Theobald (Thirlby conj.) eat Of habit's evil, Grant White (Theobald conj. withdrawn). eat Of habits, devil, Johnson. eat, Or habit's devil, Steevens conj. eat, If habit's devil, Becket conj. ape, Oft habits devil,, or ape Of devils' habits or ape, Of habits evil Jackson conj. eat, Oft habits' devil, Staunton. create Of habits, devil Keightley. eat,—O shapeless devil!— Bullock conj.