F. Her. You men of Angiers, open wide your gates,[157]300
 And let young Arthur, Duke of Bretagne, in,[158]
 Who by the hand of France this day hath made
 Much work for tears in many an English mother,
 Whose sons lie scattered on the bleeding ground:[159]
 Many a widow's husband grovelling lies,[160]305
 Coldly embracing the discoloured earth;[161]
 And victory, with little loss, doth play[162]
 Upon the dancing banners of the French,
 Who are at hand, triumphantly display'd,[163]
 To enter conquerors and to proclaim310
 Arthur of Bretagne England's king and yours.[158]

Enter English Herald, with trumpet.[164]

E. Her. Rejoice, you men of Angiers, ring your bells;
 King John, your king and England's, doth approach,
 Commander of this hot malicious day:
 Their armours, that march'd hence so silver-bright,315
 Hither return all gilt with Frenchmen's blood;[165]
 There stuck no plume in any English crest
 That is removed by a staff of France;[166]
 Our colours do return in those same hands
 That did display them when we first march'd forth;320
 And, like a jolly troop of huntsmen, come
 Our lusty English, all with purpled hands,
 Dyed in the dying slaughter of their foes:[167]
 Open your gates and give the victors way.
First Cit. Heralds, from off our towers we might behold,[168]325
 From first to last, the onset and retire
 Of both your armies; whose equality
 By our best eyes cannot be censured:
 Blood hath bought blood and blows have answer'd blows;
 Strength match'd with strength, and power confronted power:330
 Both are alike; and both alike we like.
 One must prove greatest: while they weigh so even,
 We hold our town for neither, yet for both.

Re-enter the two Kings, with their powers, severally.[169]

K. John. France, hast thou yet more blood to cast away?[170]
 Say, shall the current of our right run on?[171]335
 Whose passage, vex'd with thy impediment,
 Shall leave his native channel, and o'erswell
 With course disturb'd even thy confining shores,
 Unless thou let his silver water keep[172]
 A peaceful progress to the ocean.340
K. Phi. England, thou hast not saved one drop of blood,
 In this hot trial, more than we of France;
 Rather, lost more. And by this hand I swear,
 That sways the earth this climate overlooks,
 Before we will lay down our just-borne arms,[173]345
 We'll put thee down, 'gainst whom these arms we bear,
 Or add a royal number to the dead,
 Gracing the scroll that tells of this war's loss
 With slaughter coupled to the name of kings.
Bast. Ha, majesty! how high thy glory towers,350
 When the rich blood of kings is set on fire!
 O, now doth Death line his dead chaps with steel;
 The swords of soldiers are his teeth, his fangs;
 And now he feasts, mousing the flesh of men,[174]
 In undetermined differences of kings.355
 Why stand these royal fronts amazed thus?
 Cry, 'havoc!' kings; back to the stained field,
 You equal potents, fiery kindled spirits![175]
 Then let confusion of one part confirm
 The other's peace; till then, blows, blood, and death!360
K. John. Whose party do the townsmen yet admit?
K. Phi. Speak, citizens, for England; who's your king?[176]
First Cit. The king of England, when we know the king.
K. Phi. Know him in us, that here hold up his right.
K. John. In us, that are our own great deputy,365
 And bear possession of our person here,[177]
 Lord of our presence, Angiers, and of you.[178]
First Cit. A greater power than we denies all this;[179]
 And till it be undoubted, we do lock
 Our former scruple in our strong-barr'd gates;370
 King'd of our fears, until our fears, resolved,[180][181]
 Be by some certain king purged and deposed.[181]
Bast. By heaven, these scroyles of Angiers flout you, kings,[182]
 And stand securely on their battlements,
 As in a theatre, whence they gape and point375
 At your industrious scenes and acts of death.[183]
 Your royal presences be ruled by me:[184]
 Do like the mutines of Jerusalem,[185]
 Be friends awhile and both conjointly bend[186]
 Your sharpest deeds of malice on this town:380
 By east and west let France and England mount
 Their battering cannon charged to the mouths,
 Till their soul-fearing clamours have brawl'd down
 The flinty ribs of this contemptuous city:
 I'ld play incessantly upon these jades,385
 Even till unfenced desolation
 Leave them as naked as the vulgar air.
 That done, dissever your united strengths,
 And part your mingled colours once again;
 Turn face to face and bloody point to point;390
 Then, in a moment, Fortune shall cull forth
 Out of one side her happy minion,
 To whom in favour she shall give the day,
 And kiss him with a glorious victory.
 How like you this wild counsel, mighty states?395
 Smacks it not something of the policy?[187]
K. John. Now, by the sky that hangs above our heads,
 I like it well. France, shall we knit our powers
 And lay this Angiers even with the ground;
 Then after fight who shall be king of it?400
Bast. An if them hast the mettle of a king,[188]
 Being wrong'd as we are by this peevish town,
 Turn thou the mouth of thy artillery,
 As we will ours, against these saucy walls;
 And when that we have dash'd them to the ground,405
 Why then defy each other, and pell-mell
 Make work upon ourselves, for heaven or hell.
K. Phi. Let it be so. Say, where will you assault?
K. John. We from the west will send destruction
 Into this city's bosom.410
Aust. I from the north.
K. Phi. Our thunder from the south[189]
 Shall rain their drift of bullets on this town.
Bast. O prudent discipline! From north to south:[190]
 Austria and France shoot in each other's mouth:[190]
 I'll stir them to it. Come, away, away![190]415
First Cit. Hear us, great kings: vouchsafe awhile to stay,
 And I shall show you peace and fair-faced league;
 Win you this city without stroke or wound;
 Rescue those breathing lives to die in beds,
 That here come sacrifices for the field:420
 Persever not, but hear me, mighty kings.
K. John. Speak on with favour; we are bent to hear.[191]
First Cit. That daughter there of Spain, the Lady Blanch,
 Is niece to England: look upon the years[192]
 Of Lewis the Dauphin and that lovely maid:[193]425
 If lusty love should go in quest of beauty,
 Where should he find it fairer than in Blanch?
 If zealous love should go in search of virtue,[194]
 Where should he find it purer than in Blanch?
 If love ambitious sought a match of birth,430
 Whose veins bound richer blood than Lady Blanch?
 Such as she is, in beauty, virtue, birth,
 Is the young Dauphin every way complete:[193]
 If not complete of, say he is not she;[195]
 And she again wants nothing, to name want,435
 If want it be not that she is not he:[196]
 He is the half part of a blessed man,
 Left to be finished by such as she;[197]
 And she a fair divided excellence,[198]
 Whose fulness of perfection lies in him.440
 O, two such silver currents, when they join,
 Do glorify the banks that bound them in;
 And two such shores to two such streams made one,
 Two such controlling bounds shall you be, kings,
 To these two princes, if you marry them.445
 This union shall do more than battery can
 To our fast-closed gates; for at this match,
 With swifter spleen than powder can enforce,[199]
 The mouth of passage shall we fling wide ope.
 And give you entrance: but without this match,450
 The sea enraged is not half so deaf,
 Lions more confident, mountains and rocks[200]
 More free from motion, no, not Death himself[200]
 In mortal fury half so peremptory,
 As we to keep this city.
Bast. Here's a stay[201]455
 That shakes the rotten carcass of old Death
 Out of his rags! Here's a large mouth, indeed,
 That spits forth death and mountains, rocks and seas,
 Talks as familiarly of roaring lions
 As maids of thirteen do of puppy-dogs!460
 What cannoneer begot this lusty blood?[202]
 He speaks plain cannon fire, and smoke and bounce;[203]
 He gives the bastinado with his tongue:
 Our ears are cudgell'd; not a word of his
 But buffets better than a fist of France:465
 Zounds! I was never so bethump'd with words
 Since I first call'd my brother's father dad.[204]
Eli. Son, list to this conjunction, make this match;[205][206]
 Give with our niece a dowry large enough:[206]
 For by this knot thou shalt so surely tie[206]470
 Thy now unsured assurance to the crown,[206][207]
 That yon green boy shall have no sun to ripe[206]
 The bloom that promiseth a mighty fruit.[206]
 I see a yielding in the looks of France;[206]
 Mark, how they whisper: urge them while their souls[206]475
 Are capable of this ambition,[206]
 Lest zeal, now melted by the windy breath[206][208]
 Of soft petitions, pity and remorse,[206]
 Cool and congeal again to what it was.[206]
First Cit. Why answer not the double majesties480
 This friendly treaty of our threaten'd town?
K. Phi. Speak England first, that hath been forward first[209]
 To speak unto this city: what say you?
K. John. If that the Dauphin there, thy princely son,[193]
 Can in this book of beauty read 'I love,'485
 Her dowry shall weigh equal with a queen:[210]
 For Anjou, and fair Touraine, Maine, Poictiers,[211]
 And all that we upon this side the sea,
 Except this city now by us besieged,
 Find liable to our crown and dignity,490
 Shall gild her bridal bed and make her rich
 In titles, honours and promotions,
 As she in beauty, education, blood,[212]
 Holds hand with any princess of the world.[213]
K. Phi. What say'st thou, boy? look in the lady's face.495
Lew. I do, my lord; and in her eye I find[214]
 A wonder, or a wondrous miracle,
 The shadow of myself form'd in her eye;[215]
 Which, being but the shadow of your son,[215]
 Becomes a sun and makes your son a shadow:[215][216]500
 I do protest I never loved myself
 Till now infixed I beheld myself[217]
 Drawn in the flattering table of her eye.[218]

[Whispers with Blanch.

Bast. Drawn in the flattering table of her eye![219]
 Hang'd in the frowning-wrinkle of her brow!505
 And quarter'd in her heart! he doth espy
 Himself love's traitor: this is pity now,
 That, hang'd and drawn and quarter'd, there should be
 In such a love so vile a lout as he.
Blanch. My uncle's will in this respect is mine:[220]510
 If he see aught in you that makes him like,
 That any thing he sees, which moves his liking,
 I can with ease translate it to my will;[221]
 Or if you will, to speak more properly,
 I will enforce it easily to my love.[222]515
 Further I will not flatter you, my lord,
 That all I see in you is worthy love,
 Than this; that nothing do I see in you,
 Though churlish thoughts themselves should be your judge,
 That I can find should merit any hate.520
K. John. What say these young ones? What say you, my niece?
Blanch. That she is bound in honour still to do
 What you in wisdom still vouchsafe to say.[223]
K. John. Speak then, prince Dauphin; can you love this lady?
Lew. Nay, ask me if I can refrain from love;525
 For I do love her most unfeignedly.
K. John. Then do I give Volquessen, Touraine, Maine,
 Poictiers, and Anjou, these five provinces,[224]
 With her to thee; and this addition more,
 Full thirty thousand marks of English coin.530
 Philip of France, if thou be pleased withal,
 Command thy son and daughter to join hands.
K. Phi. It likes us well; young princes, close your hands.[225]
Aust. And your lips too; for I am well assured[226]
 That I did so when I was first assured.[226]535
K. Phi. Now, citizens of Angiers, ope your gates,[227]
 Let in that amity which you have made;
 For at Saint Mary's chapel presently
 The rites of marriage shall be solemnized.
 Is not the Lady Constance in this troop?540
 I know she is not, for this match made up[228]
 Her presence would have interrupted much:
 Where is she and her son? tell me, who knows.[229]
Lew. She is sad and passionate at your highness' tent.[230]
K. Phil. And, by my faith, this league that we have made545
 Will give her sadness very little cure.
 Brother of England, how may we content
 This widow lady? In her right we came;[231]
 Which we, God knows, have turn'd another way,
 To our own vantage.
K. John. We will heal up all;550
 For we'll create young Arthur Duke of Bretagne[232]
 And Earl of Richmond; and this rich fair town
 We make him lord of. Call the Lady Constance;[233]
 Some speedy messenger bid her repair
 To our solemnity: I trust we shall,555
 If not fill up the measure of her will,
 Yet in some measure satisfy her so
 That we shall stop her exclamation.
 Go we, as well as haste will suffer us,
 To this unlook'd for, unprepared pomp.560

[Exeunt all but the Bastard.[234]

Bast. Mad world! mad kings! mad composition![235]
 John, to stop Arthur's title in the whole,
 Hath willingly departed with a part,
 And France, whose armour conscience buckled on,
 Whom zeal and charity brought to the field565
 As God's own soldier, rounded in the ear
 With that same purpose-changer, that sly devil,
 That broker, that still breaks the pate of faith,
 That daily break-vow, he that wins of all,
 Of kings, of beggars, old men, young men, maids,570
 Who, having no external thing to lose[236]
 But the word 'maid,' cheats the poor maid of that,[237]
 That smooth-faced gentleman, tickling Commodity,
 Commodity, the bias of the world,
 The world, who of itself is peised well,[238]575
 Made to run even upon even ground,
 Till this advantage, this vile-drawing bias,[239]
 This sway of motion, this Commodity,
 Makes it take head from all indifferency,
 From all direction, purpose, course, intent:580
 And this same bias, this Commodity,
 This bawd, this broker, this all-changing word,[240]
 Clapp'd on the outward eye of fickle France,
 Hath drawn him from his own determined aid,[241]
 From a resolved and honourable war,585
 To a most base and vile-concluded peace.[242]
 And why rail I on this Commodity?[243]
 But for because he hath not woo'd me yet:
 Not that I have the power to clutch my hand,[244]
 When his fair angels would salute my palm;590
 But for my hand, as unattempted yet,[245]
 Like a poor beggar, raileth on the rich.
 Well, whiles I am a beggar, I will rail[246]
 And say there is no sin but to be rich;
 And being rich, my virtue then shall be595
 To say there is no vice but beggary.
 Since kings break faith upon commodity,
 Gain, be my lord, for I will worship thee.[247] [Exit.

FOOTNOTES:

[75] Act II. Scene I. Rowe (ed. 2). Scæna Secunda. Ff.

France ...] Capell. Enter before Angiers, Philip King of France, Lewis, Daulphin, Austria, Constance, Arthur Ff.

[76] Lew.] King Philip. Theobald conj.

[77] their] his Collier MS.

[78] unstained] unstrained Collier (Collier MS.).

[79] utmost] outmost F4.

[80] that] who F4.

[81] work: our] work, our F4. worke our F1 F2. work our F3.

cannon] engines Pope.

[82] indirectly] indiscreetly Singer (Collier MS.).

[83] An Ate] Rowe. An Ace Ff. As Ate Collier MS.

[84] king's] kings F1. king F2 F3 F4. See note (XI).

[85] birthrights] birth-rights F1 F2. birth-right F3 F4.

[86] Drum beats] F1 (after line 77). Drummes beates. F2. Drums beats. F3. Drums beat. F4.

[87] hand, To ... fight;] hand, To ... fight, Ff. hand. To ... fight, Pope.

[88] Enter ...] Enter K. of England, Bastard, Queene, Blanch, Pembroke, and others. Ff.

[89] Scene II. Pope.

[90] Whiles] Whilst Rowe.

[91] beats] beat Hanmer.

[92] his] its Rowe. her Collier (Collier MS.).

[93] huge] large Rowe. See note (VIII).

[94] this] his Grant White (Mason conj.).

this is Geffrey's] Geffry is his or Geffry's right is his Seymour conj.

Geffrey's: in the name of God] Geffrey's; ... God Rowe. Geffreyes in ... God: F1 F2 F3. (Geffreys F3). Geffreys, ... God, F4. Geffrey's son ... God Jervis conj.

[95] from] to Hanmer.

[96] breast] beast F1.

[97] blots] bolts Warburton.

[98] Alack ... conference] Put in the margin, as spurious, by Pope.

[99] Excuse; it is] Malone. Excuse it is Ff. Excuse it, 'tis Rowe (ed. 2).

[100] is it] Ff. is it that Rowe (ed. 1). is't that Rowe (ed. 2).

[101] John in manners; being] Capell (Roderick conj.). John, in manners being Ff.

[102] an if] Theobald. and if Ff.

[103] There's ... thee] As two lines in Ff, ending boy ... thee.

would] wouldst Theobald.

[104] An a'] Theobald. And a Ff.

[105] an] Theobald. and Ff.

[106] Alcides' shows] Alcides' shews Theobald. Alcides shooes Ff. (shoos F4). Alcides' should Keightley conj.

[107] K. Phi. Lewis] Capell. King Lewis Ff. King Philip Theobald. King,—Lewis Knight (Malone conj., withdrawn). See note (IX).

[108] Lew.] K. Philip. Theobald.

[109] Anjou] Theobald. Angiers Ff.

[110] do I] I do Theobald.

[111] Bretagne] Hanmer. Britaine F1 F2. Britain F3. Brittain F4.

[112] Submit thee ... repetitions] Put in the margin, as spurious, by Pope.

[113] Do, child, go] Do, go, child, go; go Capell.

[114] it ... it] F2 F3 F4. yt ... it F1. it' ... it' Johnson. it's ... it's Capell.

[115] whether] where F1 F2 F3. whe're F4.

she] he Ritson conj.

[116] wrongs] wrong F4.

[117] Draws] Ff. Draw Capell.

[118] heaven shall] shall heaven Collier MS.

[119] not me] me not F4.

[120] dominations] F1. domination F2 F3 F4.

[121] this is thy eld'st] Capell. this is thy eldest Ff. thy eld'st Ritson conj.

eld'st son's son] eldest's son Anon. conj.

[122] in] on Anon. conj.

[123] Bedlam] Ff. Beldam Rann (Ritson conj.).

[124] with her plague; her sin] Edd. (Roby conj.). with her plague her sinne: Ff. with her—Plague her son! Johnson. with her sin, her plague Capell. with her plagued; her sin, Rann (Roderick conj.). with her sin, her plague, Steevens conj. See note (X).

her sin his] her sin, her Lloyd conj.

[125] sin] sins Malone conj.

[126] And all for her;] And all for her, and by her; Lettsom conj.

[127] aim] ayme F1. ay me F2 F3 F4. amen Rowe (ed. 2). j'aime Johnson conj. shame Jackson conj.

[128] Scene III. Pope.

certain Citizens] Capell. a Citizen Ff.

First Cit.] 1 Cit. Capell (and throughout the scene). Cit. F1. Citti. F2. Citt. F3 F4.

[129] our] your Tyrwhitt conj.

[130] preparation] preparations Pope.

[131] And merciless proceeding by these French] And ... proceeding, ... French. Ff. And ... proceeding, ... French, Rowe. And, ... proceeding, ... French, Theobald.

[132] Confronts your] Capell Confront your Rowe. Comfort yours F1 F2. Comfort your F3 F4. Come 'fore Collier (Collier MS.).

[133]
waist] waiste F4. waste F1
F2 F3.

doth] do Rowe.

[134] ordinance] ordnance Malone.

[135] threatened] F2. threatned F1 F3 F4.

[136] instead] F3. insteed F1 F2. in stead F4.

[137] us in, your] Capell. us in. Your Ff. in us, your Pope.

[138] Forwearied] Steevens. Forewearied Ff.

[139] Crave] Pope. Craves Ff.

[140] owes] owns Pope.

[141] hath] have Hanmer.

[142] invulnerable] F2 F3 F4. involuerable F1.

[143] our] your Theobald.

proffer'd] proper Jervis conj.

offer] love S. Walker conj.

[144] roundure] Capell. rounder Ff. rondure Singer.

old-faced] bold-faced Williams conj.

[145] rude] wide Williams conj.

[146] which] in which Keightley conj.

[147] See note (XI).

[148] Marked as 'Aside' by Pope.

[149] sin] sins Collier MS.

[150] Arranged as in Pope. The first line ends at dragon, in Ff.

[151] on his] Pope. on's Ff. See note (XII).

[152] [To Aust.] Pope.

[153] I would] I'd Pope.

[154] advantage] th' advantage Pope.

[Exeunt English. Capell.

[155] and] [to Lew.] and Capell.

[156] [Exeunt] Exeunt French. Capell.

Here....] Ff. A long Charge sounded: then ... Warburton. Alarums, as of a Battel join'd; Excursions; afterwards, Retreat. Enter a French Herald.... Capell.

[157] Scene IV. Pope. Scene II. Capell. om. Ff. See note (XIII).

[158] Bretagne] Rowe (ed. 2). Britaine F1 F2. Britain F3 F4.

[159] scattered] scatter'd Rowe.

[160] Many] And many Pope.

[161] discoloured] discolour'd Rowe.

[162] And] While Pope.

[163] Who ... display'd] Triumphantly display'd; who are at hand Keightley conj.

display'd] Rowe. displayed Ff.

[164] trumpet.] trumpets. Hanmer.

[165] with] in Rowe.

[166] removed by a] remov'd by any Collier (Collier MS.).

[167] Dyed] Stain'd Pope.

[168] First Cit.] 1 Cit. Capell. Citi. Rowe. Hub. Ff (and throughout the scene). See note (XIV).

[169] Re-enter ... severally.] Enter ... at severall doores. Ff. Flourish. Enter King John, and his Power, on one Side, Bastard, Elinor, Blanch, &c: on the other, King Philip, and French, Austria, and Lewis. Capell.

[170] Scene V. Pope.

[171] run] F3 F4. runne F2. rome F1. roam Malone. foam Nicholson conj.

[172] water] waters Grant White (Collier MS.).

[173] lay down] lay by Pope.

[174] mousing] mouthing Pope.

[175] equal potents] equal potent Collier (Collier MS.).

fiery kindled] F2 F3 F4. fierie kindled F1. fiery-kindled Pope. firey-kindled Collier (Collier MS.).

[176] who's] F2 F3 F4. whose F1.

[177] possession] procession Collier MS.

[178] of you] F1 F4. if you F2 F3.

[179] First Cit.] 1 C. Capell. Citi. Rowe. Fra. F1. Fran. F2 F3 F4.

we] ye Theobald (Warburton).

[180] King'd of our fears,] Rann (Tyrwhitt conj.). Kings of our feare, F1 F2. Kings of our fear, F3 F4. Kings of our fears,— Theobald. Kings are our fears,— Warburton. Kind of our fears Jackson conj. Kings, of our fear; Knight (Becket conj.). King'd of our fear, Collier. Kings of ourselves, Delius conj. Kings of our fear! Keightley conj.

[181] King'd ... deposed.] Put in the margin, as spurious, by Pope.

[182] these] the Warburton.

[183] industrious] illustrious Capell conj.

[184] Your] You Rowe.

[185] mutines] mutiners Spedding conj.

[186] awhile] a-while F1 F2. a' while F3 F4.

[187] Smacks ... policy?] Omitted by Pope.

[188] [To Phi. Capell.

An if] Capell. And if Ff.

[189] thunder] thunders Grant White (Capell conj.).

[190] O prudent ... away!] Put in the margin, as spurious, by Pope.

O prudent ... it] Marked as 'Aside' by Capell.

[191] Speak on with favour; we] Speak on with favour, we Ff. Speak on; with favour we Rowe.

[192] niece] Singer (Collier MS.). neere F1 F2. near F3 F4.

[193] Dauphin] Rowe. Dolphin Ff (and passim).

[194] should] F1 F4 om. F2 F3.

[195] complete of, say] compleat of,—say, Theobald. compleat, oh! say Hanmer. completed, say Lloyd conj.

[196] be not, that] be, but that Jervis conj.

[197] as she] Ff. a she Theobald (Thirlby conj.).

[198] fair divided] fair-divided S. Walker conj.

[199] With ... enforce] Swifter than powder can in spleen enforce Becket conj.

spleen] speed Pope.

[200] more ... More] so ... So Pope.

[201] stay] flaw Johnson conj. say Singer (Becket conj.). story or storm Spedding conj.

[202] lusty blood] lusty-blood Anon. conj.

[203] cannon fire,] Ff. cannon,—fire Capell.

[204] I first] first I Anon. conj.

[205] Eli.] Rowe. Old Qu. Ff.

[206] Son ... it was.] Marked as 'Aside to John' by Capell.

[207] unsured] unsure Anon. conj.

[208] Lest] F4. Least F1 F2 F3. Let Jackson conj.

now melted by] now melted, by Hanmer.

windy] whining Jackson conj.

[209] hath] have Anon. conj.

[210] queen] queen's Keightley conj.

[211] Anjou] Pope, ed. 2, (Theobald). Angiers Ff.

[212] As] Ff. And Rowe.

[213] hand] F1. hands F2 F3 F4.

[214] Lew.] Dol. Ff.

[215] The shadow ... a shadow] Put in the margin, as spurious, by Pope.

[216] sun] Rowe (ed. 2). sonne F1 F2. son F3 F4.

[217] beheld] behold Hanmer.

[218] Whispers ...] Ff. Courts in dumb Shew. Capell.

[219] [Aside. Dyce.

[220] [To Lew. Capell.

[221] it to] into Anon. conj.

[222] easily] F3 F4. easlie F1 F2.

[223] still] will Pope. shall Steevens (Capell conj.).

[224] Anjou] F4. Aniow F1. Anjow F2 F3. See note (XI).

[225] well; young princes, close] Rowe. well young princes; close Ff.

[226] And your ... assured] Put in the margin, as spurious, by Pope.

assured ... assured] assured ... affied S. Walker conj.

[227] Angiers] Angires F1.

[228] not, for] F3 F4. not for F1 F2.

[229] son?... knows] Steevens (1793) son, ... knows? Ff.

[230] She is] She's Pope.

[231] widow] widow'd Collier (Collier MS.).

[232] Bretagne] Hanmer. Britaine F1 F2. Britain F3 F4.

[233] We] We'll Anon. conj.

[234] Exeunt all....] Rowe. Exeunt. Ff.

[235] Scene VI. Pope.

[236] having] as they have Hanmer.

[237] 'maid' ... maid] maids ... maids Hanmer.

cheats ... that] are cheated e'en of that Seymour conj.

[238] who] which Pope.

peised] peysed F1 F2 F3. poysed F4.

[239] vile-drawing] vile drawing Ff.

[240] this all-changing word] this all-changing-word F1. that all-changing-world F2 F3 F4.

[241] aid] aim Collier, ed. 2 (Mason conj.). deed Bubier conj.

[242] vile-concluded] F1. vile concluded F2 F3 F4.

[243] on this] thus on Anon. conj.

[244] Not that I have the] Nor that I have the Hanmer. Not but I have the or Not that I have not Collier conj. Not that I have no Collier MS.

[245] But for] But that Pope.

[246] whiles] while Pope.

[247] Gain, be] Theobald. Gaine be Ff (Gain F3 F4).