[2689] needed] Ff. needs Q1 Q3. needes Q2.
terrible] terribe Q2.
[2690] hide] hid Q3.
[2691] Edm.] Bast. Q1 Ff Q3. Ba. Q2. (Cap. Dev. Mus. per. and Bodl. 1, 2). om. Q2 (Mus. imp.)
[2692] and] Ff. om. Qq.
[2693] o'er-looking] ore-looking Ff. liking Qq. overlooking Warburton.
[2694] I ... blame.] Prose in Qq Three lines ending it: ... them ... blame, in Ff.
[2695] to blame] Q3 F3 F4. too blame Q1 Q2 F1 F2.
[2696] essay or taste] assay or test Johnson conj.
[2697] [Reads] Ff. A Letter. Qq.
and reverence] Ff. Omitted in Qq. in reverence Hanmer.
age] ages Pope (ed. 2).
[2698] to the best] to best F2 F3 F4.
[2699] who] which Rowe.
[2700] Sleep] F3 F4. sleepe F1 F2. slept Qq.]
waked] wakt Qq. wake Ff.
[2701] brain] a brain Rowe.
[2702] this to you] Qq F3 F4. you to this F1 F2.
[2703] were his ... were not.] was his ... is not. Seymour conj.
[2704] his ... respect of] his but in respect, of Q2.
[2705] It is his.] Ff. It is his? Q2. Is it his? Q1 Q3.
[2706] but] Qq F1. om. F2 F3 F4.
[2707] Hath] Qq. Has Ff.
heretofore] Qq. before Ff.
[2708] heard him oft] Ff. often heard him Qq.
[2710] the father] Ff. his father Qq.
as ward] as a ward Q3.
[2711] his] Ff. the Qq.
[2712] sirrah] Ff. sir Qq.
ay,] I, Q1 Q3. I Q2. Ile F1 F2. I'le F3 F4. om. Anon. conj. MS. See note (V).
[2713] lord] L. F1 F2.
[2714] his] Ff. this Qq.
[2715] should] Q2 Ff (shold F1). shal Q1. shall Q3.
[2716] own] om. F2 F3 F4.
[2717] that] Ff. om. Qq.
[2718] wrote] Qq. writ Ff.
[2719] further] Qq. om. Ff.
[2720] auricular] Ff. aurigular Qq.
[2721] monster—] Dyce. monster. Qq Ff.
[2722] Edm. Nor ... earth!] Qq. Omitted in Ff.
[2723] me] you Johnson conj. (withdrawn).
[2724] him, I pray you: frame] Ff. him, I pray you frame Qq.
the] Ff. your Qq.
[2725] will] Ff. shall Qq.
[2726] find] Ff. see Qq.
[2727] eclipses] elipses F2.
[2728] moon] the moon Capell conj.
[2729] the wisdom of nature] your wisdom Lettsom conj.
nature] mankind Hanmer. man Keightley (Lettsom conj.)
it] Ff. om. Qq.
[2730] sequent] frequent Theobald.
[2731] discord] Ff. discords Qq.
in palaces] pallaces Q1 Q2. pallcies Q3.
[2733] This villain ... graves.] Ff. Omitted in Qq.
[2734] villain] villanie Q3.
[2735] honesty] Ff. honest Qq.
'Tis strange] Ff. strange, strange! Q1. Strange strange! Q2. Straing, strange! Q3.
[Exit.] Ff. om. Qq.
[2736] Scene viii. Pope.
[2737] surfeit] Q2. surfet Q1 Q3. surfets F1 F2 F3. surfeits F4. forfeit Collier conj.
[2738] the stars] Qq. starres F1 F2 F3. stars F4.
by] Qq. on Ff.
[2739] treachers] Ff. trecherers Qq. treacherous Pope.
[2740] spherical] F3 F4. sphericall F1. sphæricall F2. spirituall Qq.
[2741] disposition to] Qq. disposition on Ff.
to the charge] on the charge Pope, on the change Warburton.
a star] F3 F4. a starre F1 F2. stars Q1. starres Q2. hars Q3.
[2742] lecherous] treacherous Theobald conj. (withdrawn).]
Tut] Steevens. Fut Q1 Q2. But Q3. om. Ff.
that] what Pope.
[2743] maidenliest] F3 F4. maidenlest Q1 Q2 F1 F2. maidenleast Q3.
in] Ff. of Qq.
bastardizing] Ff. bastardy Qq.
[2744] Edgar— ... And pat] Steevens (1778). Edgar, Enter Edgar. & out Q1 Q3. Edgar; and out Q2 (Enter Edgar, in margin). Enter Edgar. Pat: Ff. Enter Edgar. Edgar! Pat; Capell. Edgar—Enter Edgar. Pat!— Steevens (1773).
[2745] Edgar— ... divisions!] Marked as 'Aside' by Capell.
[2746] Scene ix. Pope.
[2748] do portend] portent Q3. portend Pope.
[2749] fa, ... mi.] fa, ... me. Ff. Omitted in Qq.
[2750] [Humming. Hanmer.
[2751] about] Qq. with Ff.
[2752] you] Qq F1. om. F2 F3 F4.
writ] Qq. writes Ff.
[2753] as of ... Come, come;] Qq. Omitted in Ff.
[2754] amities] Q2. armies Q1 Q3.
[2755] cohorts] Qq. courts Steevens 1773 (as misquoted by Johnson in note). comforts Jennens.
[2756] Why, the] Q2. Why the Q1 Q3. The Ff.
[2757] Ay,] I, Ff. om. Qq.
[2758] or] Qq. nor Ff.
[2759] may] om. F3 F4.
[2760] till] Qq. untill F1 F2. until F3 F4.
[2761] with] without Hanmer. but with Johnson conj.
[2762] person] parson Q2.
scarcely] Ff. scarse Q1 Q3. scarce Q2.
[2763] fear ... Edm. Brother,] Ff. feare brother, Qq (omitting the rest).
[2764] pray ye] pray you Rowe.
[2765] go armed] Qq. Omitted in Ff.
[2766] towards] Qq. toward Ff.
[2767] heard; but faintly,] heard, but faintly, Qq. heard: But faintly. Ff. heard, but faintly; Pope.
[2768] Scene x. Pope.
I do] I Pope. I'll Heath conj.
[Exit Edgar.] Exit Fdgar. Q2. Exit Edgar. Q1 Q3 (after line 167). Exit. Ff (after line 167).
[2769] All with me's] All's with me Capell conj.
[2770] Scene iii.] Scene ii. Rowe and Eccles. Scene xi. Pope.
The ...] Rowe. A room in the ... Capell.
Oswald, her Steward.] Collier, a Gentleman. Q1 Q3. Gentleman. Q2. Steward. Ff.
[2771] Osw.] Collier. Gent. Qq. Ste. F1 Stew. F2 F3 F4.
[2772] Yes] Qq. I Ff. Ay Rowe.
[2773] night] Qq. night, Ff. night! Capell.
[2774] every ... other,] Divided as in Ff. One line in Qq.
[2775] upbraids] obrayds Q2.
[2776] trifle. When] Ff. trifle when Qq (trifell Q2).
[2777] [Horns within.] Capell. om. Qq Ff.
[2778] Put on ... one,] Verse in Ff. Prose in Qq.
[2779] weary] wary Anon. conj. (Gent. Mag. LX. 402).
[2780] fellows] F3 F4. fellowes F1 F2. fellow-servants Q1 Q3. fellow servants Q2.
to] Ff. in Qq.
[2781] distaste] Ff. dislike Qq.
our] Qq. my Ff.
[2782] Not to be ... abused.] Verse first by Theobald. Prose in Qq. Omitted in Ff, Rowe, Pope and Hanmer.
[2783] fools] folks Warburton.
[2784] checks ... abused] checks; as flatteries, when they are seen, are abus'd Keightley.
as ... abused] Qq. like flatt'rers when they're seen t' abuse us. Theobald. as flatteries, when they are seen abuses. or as flatteries when they are seen t' abuse us. Theobald conj. (withdrawn). not flatt'ries when they're seen abused. Warburton. by flatteries when they're seen abused. Jennens. of flatteries when they're seen abused. Badham conj. Halliwell supposes that a line is omitted.
[2785] tell you] Qq. have said Ff. have said to you Keightley.
Very well] Qq. Well Ff.
[2786] And let ... so:] As in Capell. Verse first by Hanmer. Prose in Qq Ff.
[2787] advise] and advise Hanmer, ending the line advise.
[2788] I would ... speak:] As in Capell. Prose in Qq. Omitted in Ff, and subsequent editions down to Johnson's.
[2789] I'll ... dinner.] As in Hanmer. Prose in Qq Ff.
[2790] very] Qq. om. Ff.
[Exeunt.] Qq. Exit. Ff.
Prepare] Ff. goe prepare Q1 Q2. go prepare Q3. Go and prepare Hanmer.
dinner] dinner now Keightley.
[2791] Scene iv.] Rowe continues the scene. Scene xii. Pope. Scene iii. Eccles.
A hall in the same.] Malone. An outer Hall in the same. Capell. An open Place before the Palace. Theobald.
Enter Kent, disguised.] Rowe. Enter Kent. Qq Ff.
[2792] If ... labours.] Verse in Ff. Prose in Qq.
[2793] well] will F1.
[2794] That ... defuse] Qq Ff. And ... disuse Rowe. And ... diffuse Theobald. That ... deface Capell. That ... diffuse Steevens. That ... disuse Long MS. That ... disguise Jennens conj. That ... defeat Anon. conj.
[2795] razed] raz'd Q2. raizd Q1 Q3. raiz'd F1 F2. rais'd F3 F4.
Now] om. Pope.
[2796] So ... come,] Ff. Omitted in Qq.
[2797] thee full] the full Q1 Q2.
labours] Ff. labour Qq.
Horns within.] Omitted in Qq.
Knights, and Attendants.] Rowe. and Attendants. Ff. Omitted in Qq. Gentleman, Knights, and Attendants. Capell.
[2798] [Exit an Attendant.] To an Attendant, who goes out. Capell. om. Qq Ff.
[To Kent. Theobald.
[2799] and says] to say Hanmer (Warburton).
[2800] art] are F2.
[2801] be] Qq. be'st F1 F3 F4. best F2.
he is] Qq. he's Ff.
[2802] thou art] thar't Q2.
[2803] Who] Qq F1. Whom F2 F3 F4.
[2804] What's] What's is Q3.
[2805] services] service Q3.
thou] om. Q2.
[2806] counsel] counsaile Q1 Q2 F1. counsaill Q3. counsailes F2. counsels F3 F4.
[2807] sir] Ff. om. Qq.
singing] sighing Anon. conj.
[2808] thou] that F2.
[2809] me: if ... dinner, I] me; if ... dinner, I Rowe. me, if ... dinner, I Qq Ff. me, if ... dinner. I Jennens.
[2810] from ... dinner!] from thee. Yet no dinner ho? dinner— Hanmer.
Dinner, ho, dinner] Dinner, ho dinner Q2.
[2812] Enter Oswald.] Enter Steward. Capell. Enter Steward (after daughter?). Qq Ff. Enter Steward (after fool?). Johnson.
[2813] You, you,] F3 F4. You you F1 F2. You Qq.
[2814] Osw.] Collier. Steward Qq. Ste. F1. Stew. F2 F3 F4.
you,—] you— Q1 Ff Q3. you, Q2.
[Exit.] Ff. om. Qq.
[2815] clotpoll] clotpole Ff. clat-pole Qq. clodpoll Johnson.
[2816] [Exit a Knight.] Dyce. om. Qq Ff.
fool, ho?] fool? Ho! Rowe. foole? ho, Q1 Q3. foole, ho Q2. foole? Ho, Ff.
[2817] world's] worlds F2.
Re-enter Knight.] Dyce. om. Qq Ff.
[2818] Knight.] F4. Knigh. F1 F2 F3. Kent. Qq.
daughter] daughters F1 F2.
[2819] Knight.] F4. Knigh. F1 F2 F3. Servant. Qq.
[2820] me] om. F3 F4.
[2821] He] A Q2.
[2822] of kindness] Omitted in Qq.
dependants] dependance S. Walker conj.
[2823] wronged] is wrong'd Q1 Q3.
[2824] mine] my F3 F4.
[2825] faint] fain Becket conj.
[2826] mine own] my own Rowe (ed. 2).
[2827] purpose] Ff. purport Qq.