[3061] Act ii. Scene i.] Act ii. Scene ii. Eccles.

The ... castle.] A Castle belonging to the Earl of Gloster. Rowe. A Room in Gloster's Castle. Capell. A court within the castle of the earl of Gloster. Malone.

Enter ... meeting.] Enter Bastard, and Curan meetes him. Q₁ Q₃. Enter Bast. and Curan meeting. Q₂. Enter Bastard, and Curan, severally. Ff.

[3062] Edm.] Bast. Qq Ff.

[3063] And ... night.] Prose in Qq. Four lines, ending bin ... notice ... Duchesse ... night, in Ff.

[3064] you] your F₁.

[3065] Regan] Omitted in Qq.

[3066] this night] Ff. to night Qq.

[3067] they] Ff. there Qq.

[3068] ear-kissing] Ff. eare-bussing Qq.

[3069] Not I: pray] Ff. Not, I pray Qq.

[3070] Cur. Have ... word.] Omitted in Q₁ Q₃.

[3071] Have ... Albany?] Prose in Qq. Two lines, the first ending toward, in Ff.

[3072] toward] Ff. towards Q₂.

[3073] the] Ff. the two Q₂.

[3074] You ... sir.] One line in Qq. Two in Ff.

do] om. Qq.

[Exit.] om. Q₂.

[3075] Scene ii. Pope.

[3076] The duke ... consort.] Verse in Ff. Prose in Qq.

[3077] better! best!] Pope. better best, Qq Ff. better, best, Rowe.

[3078] queasy] quesie Qq. queazie F₁ F₃. queazy F₂ F₄.

[3079] Which ... work] Which must aske breefenesse and fortune helpe Qq (breefnes Q₂). Which must aske breefnes and fortune's helpe. Anon. conj. MS. See note (V).

[3080] Enter Edgar.] To him, enter Edgar. Theobald. Enter Edgar. After which, line 18, in Q₁ Q₃; opposite line 15 in Q₂; after worke, line 18, in Ff.

[3081] sir] om. Qq.

[3082] You have] You've Pope.

[3083] 'gainst] Ff. gainst Q₂. against Q₁ Q₃.

Cornwall?] Cornwall ought, Qq.

[3084] hither] hether Qq.

i' the night] i' th' night Ff (ith' F₂). in the night Qq.

i' the haste] haste Pope. in haste Hanmer.

[3085] Upon ... 'gainst] Against his party, for Johnson conj.

'gainst] against Qq.

[3086] yourself.] your— Qq.

I am] I'm Pope.

[3087] me: In cunning] Ff. me in crauing Qq.

[3088] Draw:] Omitted in Qq.

Draw ... well.] One line in Capell. Two, the first ending your selfe, in Ff.

[3089] ho,] hoa, Ff. heere, Q₁ Q₃. here, Q₂.

[3090] brother] brother flie Qq.

Torches, torches] Qq F₁. Torches F₂ F₃ F₄.

[Exit Edgar.] Ff. Omitted in Qq.

[3091] [Wounds his arm.] Rowe. om. Qq Ff.

[3092] I have] I've Pope.

[3093] Father, father] Why, father, father Capell. Father, father, father Keightley.

[3094] and ... torches.] Ff. Omitted in Qq.

[3095] Scene iii. Pope.

where's] where is Q₂.

[3096] Mumbling] Ff. warbling Qq.

stand's] Q₂. stand his Q₁ Q₃. stand Ff.

mistress.] mistress:—Capell. mistress,—Dyce (reading stand with Ff).

[3097] villain, Edmund] villaine Edmund Q₂.

[3098] sir. When] Capell. sir, when Qq Ff.

could—] Qq F₃ F₄. could. F₁. could F₂.

[3099] ho] om. Qq.

after.... By] after. By Ff. after, by Q₁ Q₂. after him, by Q₃.

[Exeunt some Servants.] Dyce. Exit Servant. Capell. om. Qq Ff.

[3100] revenging] Ff. revengive Qq.

[3101] their thunders] Qq. the thunder Ff. their thunder Heath conj.

[3102] in fine] Ff. in a fine Qq.

[3103] in] Ff. with Qq.

[3104] lanced] lanc'd Theobald. launcht Q₁ Q₃. lancht Q₂. latch'd Ff.

mine] my Theobald.

[3105] But when] Qq. And when Ff. But whether Collier (Collier MS.)

alarum'd] F₁ F₂ F₃. alarumd Qq. alarm'd F₄. alarmed Rowe.

[3106] quarrel's right] quarrels, rights Q₂.

[3107] gasted] 'gasted Capell. 'ghasted Jennens.

[3108] Full] Ff. but Qq.

[3109] And found—dispatch.] Steevens. and found; dispatch, Q₁ Ff Q₃. and found, dispatch, Q₂. and found; dispatch— Pope. for dispatch Hanmer. and found, dispatch'd.—Warburton. Unfound; dispatch.—Singer conj. (withdrawn). And found,—! Dispatch— Brae conj.

[3110] worthy] worth F₄.

arch and patron] and arch-patron Theobald. arch-patron Anon. MS. See note (V).

[3111] which] who Theobald (ed. 2).

[3112] caitiff] caytiffe Q₁ Q₃. caytife Q₂. coward Ff.

[3113] death.] shall abide the death. Seymour conj.

[3114] could the reposure.... Make] the reposal.... Would make Hanmer.

[3115] could the reposure] Qq. would the reposall Ff (reposal F₃ F₄).

[3116] what I should] Qq. what should I Ff. by what I should Rowe. what I'd Hanmer. when I should Warburton.

[3117] ay, though] I though Qq. though Ff. although Rowe (ed. 2).

[3118] I'ld] I'll F₄. would Hanmer.

[3119] damned practice] damn'd pretense Collier conj.

practice] F₃ F₄. practise F₁ F₂. pretence Qq.

[3120] must] maist Anon. conj. MS. See note (V).

[3121] very] om. Steevens's reprint of Q₁. See note (IX).

spurs] spurres Qq. spirits Ff.

[3122] Strong and fasten'd] Strong and fastened Q₁. Strong and fastned Q₂ Q₃. O strange and fastned Ff. O strange, fasten'd Pope. Strange, and fasten'd Capell MS.

[3123] I never got him.] Qq. said he? Ff. said he? hark! Hanmer.

[Tucket within.] Ff (after seek it, line 77). Omitted in Qq. Trumpets within. Rowe.

[3124] why] Qq. wher F₁. where F₂ F₃ F₄. wher' Knight.

[3125] due] Ff. om. Qq.

[3126] Enter ...] Ff. Enter the Duke of Cornwall. Qq.

[3127] Scene iv. Pope.

[3128] strange news] strange newes Qq. strangenesse F₁ F₂. strangeness F₃ F₄.

[3129] dost] Qq F₁. does F₂ F₃ F₄.

[3130] O, madam,] Omitted in Qq.

is ... is] Qq. is ... it's Ff.

[3131] named? your Edgar?] nam'd, your Edgar? Ff. named your Edgar? Q₁ Q₂. named your Edgar. Q₃. nam'd, your Edgar? He? Hanmer. nam'd? your heir, your Edgar? Collier (Collier MS.) nam'd? your Edgar, Gloster? Lettsom conj.

[3132] O] Ff. I Qq. Ay Anon. conj.

it] om. Q₃.

[3133] not] om. Collier MS.

[3134] tend upon] Theobald. tends upon Qq. tended upon Ff. tended on Hanmer.

[3135] 'tis] it is Capell, ending lines 95, 96 at madam ... was.

[3136] madam] madam, yes Collier (Collier MS.)

of that consort] Ff. Omitted in Qq and Capell. one of that consort Dyce conj.

[3137] the waste and spoil of his] the wast and spoyle of his Q₂ (Bodl. 1, 2. Mus. per. and imp.) these—and waste of this his Q₁ Q₃. these—and wast of this his Q₂ (Cap. and Dev.) th' expence and wast of his F₁. th' expence and wast of F₂ F₃ F₄.

[3138] That ... there.] As in Ff. One line in Qq.

[3139] Nor ... office.] As in Ff. Prose in Qq.

[3140] assure] I assure Theobald (ed. 2).

[3141] hear] F₃ F₄. heare F₁ F₂. heard Qq.

[3142] 'Twas] Twas Qq. It was F₁ F₂. It is F₃ F₄. It's Pope.

[3143] bewray] Ff. betray Qq.

[3144] lord] lord, he is Hanmer.

[3145] If he ... seize on.] Verse in Ff. Prose in Qq.

[3146] For] Qq F₁. as for F₂ F₃ F₄.

Edmund] good Edmund Keightley.

[3147] doth this instant] in this instance Warburton. doth, in this instance Jennens (Heath conj.) doth, at this instant Capell conj.

[3148] commend] commends Warburton.

[3149] need: You we] Ff. need, you we Q₁ Q₃. need you, we Q₂.

[3150] I shall ... else.] Arranged as by Pope. One line in Qq Ff.

[3151] sir] Ff. om. Qq and Jennens, who ends the line at truly.

[3152] For him] om. Pope.

[3153] came] come Capell conj.

you,—] you— Rowe (ed. 1). you? Qq F₁ F₂. you. F₃ F₄. you Rowe (ed. 2), continuing the next line to 'Corn.'

[3154] threading] thredding Ff. threatning Qq. treading Theobald conj.

[3155] poise] poyse Q₂ (Bodl. 1, 2. Mus. per. and imp.) prize Q₁ Ff Q₃. prise Q₂ (Cap. and Dev.) price Capell (Johnson conj.)

[3156] advice:] advices: Capell. After this Keightley marks a line omitted.

[3157] differences] Ff. diferences Q₂ (Bodl. 1, 2. Mus. per. and imp.) defences Q₁ Q₂ (Cap. and Dev.) Q₃.

least] Edd. lest Q₂ (Bodl. 1, 2. Mus. per. and imp.) best Q₁ Q₂ (Cap. and Dev.) Ff Q₃. See note (VIII).

[3158] home] Q₂ (Bodl. 1, 2. Mus. per. and imp.) Ff. hand Q₁ Q₂ (Cap. and Dev.) Q₃.

[3159] Lay ... use.] As in Ff. Two lines, the first ending counsell, in Qq.

[3160] business] businesse Q₁ Q₃. busines Q₂. businesses Ff.

[3161] craves] Qq Ff. crave Rowe.

[Exit. Q₁ Q₃. Exeunt. Q₂.

[3162] I serve ... welcome.] As in Ff. One line in Qq.

[3163] [Flourish. Exeunt.] Exeunt. Flourish. F₁. Exeunt. F₂ F₃ F₄. om. Qq.

[3164] Scene ii.] Scene v. Pope. Rowe and Theobald continue the Scene. Scene III. Eccles.

Before....] Before the Castle. Capell.

Enter....] Collier. Enter Kent, and Steward severally. Ff. Enter Kent, and Steward. Qq.

[3165] Osw.] Collier. Steward. or Stew. Qq Ff.

[3166] dawning] Ff. euen Qq (deuen Q₂ (Bodl. 1)). evening Pope. downing Warburton. awning Jackson conj.

this] Ff. the Qq.

[3167] I' the] I' th' F₁. It'h Q₂. I th' F₂ F₃ F₄. In the Q₁ Q₃.

[3168] Prithee] Prythee F₁ F₃ F₄. Prethee Qq F₂.

lovest] lov'st Ff. love Qq.

[3169] Lipsbury] Ledbury Jennens conj. Finsbury Collier (Collier MS.)

I would] I'd Capell MS.

[3170] three suited] third-suited Farmer conj. tree-suited Jackson conj. thread-suited Anon. conj.

three-suited, hundred-pound] three shewted hundred pound Qq (snyted Q₂ Bodl. 1). three-suited-hundred pound F₁. three-suited, hundred pound F₂ F₃ F₄ (thre F₃).

[3171] worsted-stocking] worsted-stocken Qq (wosted stocken Q₂ Bodl. 1). woosted-stocking F₁ F₂ F₃. woosted stocking F₄.

[3172] knave; a] om. Ff.

superservicable, finical] super-finicall Qq.

[3173] one-trunk-inheriting] F₃ F₄. one trunke-inheriting F₁ F₂. No hyphen in Qq.

[3174] one] Ff. om. Qq.

[3175] clamorous] Qq F₃ F₄. clamours F₁ F₂.

deniest] deny'st Ff. deny Q₁ Q₃. denie Q₂.

thy] Ff. the Qq.

[3176] Why] Ff. om. Qq.

[3177] on one] against one Capell MS.

that is] Ff. that's Qq.

[3178] ago] om. Ff.

[3179] tripped ... thee] tript ... thee Ff. beate thee, and tript up thy heeles Qq (beat Q₂).

[3180] yet] Ff. om. Qq.

[3181] sop] fop Theobald conj. (withdrawn).

o' the] o' th' F₃ F₄. oth' F₁ F₂. of the Qq.

of you] Ff. a' you Qq.

draw] Qq. om. Ff.

cullionly] cullyonly Q₁ Q₂. cullyenly F₁ F₂. cully only Q₃. culleinly F₃ F₄.

[3182] [Drawing his sword.] Rowe.

[3183] come with] Ff. bring Qq.

[3184] royalty of her] royalty, her Capell.

[3185] shanks:] shankes, Qq Ff. shanks— Rowe.

[3186] rogue; stand, you] rogue, stand you Qq Ff. rogue, stand; you Steevens (1778).

[3187] [Beating him.] Rowe.

[3188] murder! murder!] murther, murther. Ff. murther, helpe. Qq.

Enter....] Edd. (Globe ed.) Enter Edmund with his Rapier drawne, Glocester, the Duke and Dutchesse. Qq (Gloster Q₂). Enter Bastard, Cornewall, Regan, Gloster, Servants. Ff (Servant. F₂ F₃ F₄). Enter Edmund. Stauton (Dyce).

[3189] Scene vi. Pope.

[3190] Edm.] Bast. Qq Ff.

[3191] [Parting them.] Edd. Part. Ff. om. Qq. See note (X).

[3192] an] Staunton. and Qq. if Ff.

[3193] flesh] Ff. fleash Qq. you] Qq. ye Ff.

Enter Cornwall, Regan, Gloucester, and Servants. Staunton. Enter Gloster. Dyce (ed. 2).

[3194] Weapons! arms!] Capell. Weapons? Armes? Ff. Weapons, armes, Qq.

Enter Cornwall, Regan, and Servants. Dyce (ed. 2).