LINENOTES:

[1] First Lord.] 1 Ld. Rowe. Cap. G. Ff (and throughout the scene).

[2] Sec. Lord.] 2 Ld. Rowe. Cap. E. Ff (and throughout the scene).

[16] made] paid Staunton conj.

[18] delay] allay Hanmer.

[22] till] ere Hanmer. when Mason conj.

[23, 24] nobility, ... stream] Theobald. nobility ... stream, Ff.

[25] meant] Ff. most Hanmer. meantime Heath conj. mean and Mason conj. maint Nicholson conj. mere Anon. conj.

[26] trumpeters] the trumpeters Rowe.

[30] apace] agace F3.

[31] company] companion Hanmer.

anatomized] anatomiz'd Rowe. anathomiz'd Ff.

[32] judgements] Ff. judgement Pope.

wherein so curiously] where so incuriously Badham conj.

curiously] F1 F2. seriously F3 F4.

[33] this] F1 F2. his F3 F4.

[36] these] F1. those F2 F3 F4.

[39] concluded] is concluded Rowe (ed. 1).

[47] is] om. Capell.

[48] most] a most Rowe (ed. 2).

[49] the] through the Capell

[50] as] om. Long MS.

[53] stronger] stranger Collier (Collier MS.).

[54] makes] Ff. make Malone.

[55] itself] is selfe F2. See note (xvi).

[56] was] and Collier (Collier MS.).

[58, 59] point from point] Ff. from point to point Hanmer. point for point Capell.

[64] gain] gains Edd. conj.

[70] Messenger] Ff. Servant Rowe (ed. 2).

[74, 75] commendations] commendation Rowe (ed. 2).

[78] Scene iv. Pope.

First Lord.] Ber. F1 F2. Cap. G. F3 F4.

[79] Enter B.] Enter Count Rossillion Ff (after line 77).

[83] congied] Ff. conge'd Capell.

[86] effected] F3 F4. affected F1 F2.

[94] module] Ff. medal Hanmer (Warburton). model Collier.

module, has] F2. module has F1. module; 'has F3 F4. module; h'as Rowe (ed. 2).

[96] forth] forth [Exeunt Soldiers.] Capell.

he has] h'as F1 F2. ha's F3 F4.

i'the] i'th Ff. in the Rowe.

[100] Sec. Lord.] 2 L. Capell. Cap. E. F1 F2. Cap. G. F3 F4. 1 Ld. Rowe.

[105] i'the] i'th Ff.

[107] has a'] ha's a F1 F2 F3. has a F4. has he Rowe (ed. 2).

[110] hear] bear Anon conj.

Enter...] Enter Parolles with his Interpreter. Ff.

[111] Scene v. Pope.

[112] hush, hush!] hush F2.

[112, 113 hush, hush! First Lord. Hoodman] 1 Lord. Hush! hoodman Hanmer. 1 L. Hush, hush! hoodman S. Walker conj.

[113] Hoodman] Headsman Grey conj.

[114] First Sold.] Int. Ff (and throughout the scene).

[116, 117] I will ... more] Printed as two lines in Ff, ending ...constraint, ...more.

[132] Ber. All's one to him. What] Capell. All's one to him. Ber. What Ff. All's one to me. Ber. What Rowe. 1 Lord, or 2. Lord, All's ... him Ber. What Ritson conj. All's one to me. Ber. All's one to him! what Anon. conj.

[132-139] 143-145, 161-163, 176, 177, 181, 182, 193, 194, 206, 217-222, 244-246, 254-256, 264: are marked as 'Asides' by Capell.

[133] You're] Y'are Ff.

[135] theoric] theory Rowe.

[152] live] die S. Walker conj. leave Staunton conj. shrive Anon. conj.

this] but this Hanmer. See note (xiv).

[155] Guiltian] Julian S. Walker conj.

[155, 156] and fifty] Rowe (ed. 2). fifty F1 F2. om. F3 F4.

[157] and fifty] Rowe (ed. 2). fifty Ff.

[163] condition] F1. conditions F2 F3 F4.

[165] i'the] i'th F1 F3 F4. it'h F2.

[167] wars] F1 F2 F3. war F4.

[170] particular] particulars Capell.

[171] inter'gatories] interrogatories F4. interrogatory Capell.

[173] a'] a Ff. he Rowe.

[174] shrieve's] sheriff's Hanmer.

[175] [Dumain lifts up his hand in anger. Johnson.

[182] your lordship] Pope. your Lord Ff. you Lord Rowe (ed. 1).

[185] this] F1 F2. the F3 F4.

[186] o' the] a' th Ff.

[189] a file] the file Theobald.

[195] After this line Johnson supposes one to be lost.

gold] golden store or golden ore Steevens conj. gold, I speak it Jackson conj. (reading lines 208-210 in this order 209, 210, 208).

[207] First Sold. [reads] Int. Let. Ff. Inter. reads the letter. Rowe.

[209] well made] ill made Capell conj. half made Jackson conj.

match, and well] match well and Hanmer. watch, and well Johnson conj. (who would read the lines 207-210 in the following order, 209, 207, 208, 210).

and well] an' we'll Steevens conj.

[212] not] but Pope (ed. 2. Theobald).

[213] count's] count F2.

[214] when] where Collier (Collier MS.).

[218] in's] in his Rowe.

[222] now] F1. om. F2 F3 F4.

[223] the] F3 F4. your F1 F2. our Capell.

[227] i' the] i' th Ff.

[228] or] F1 F2. om. F3 F4.

[233] an egg] an Ag. (i.e. Agnes) Becket conj.

[235] in breaking] F1. breaking F2 F3 F4.

'em] em F1 F2 F3. them F4.

[246] he's] he is Pope.

[248] has] ha's Ff. h'as Rowe.

[254] out-villained] out-villanied S. Walker conj.

[259] quart d'écu] Pope. cardceue F1. cardecue F2 F3 F4.

[261] for it] in it Hanmer.

[266] o' the] a' th F1 F2 F4, at'h F3.

[270] has] ha's F1.

[276] [Aside] Rowe (ed. 2).

[279] this danger] danger Rowe.

[288] [Unblinding him.] Rowe (ed. 1). [Unbinding him. Rowe (ed. 2). [Unmuffling him. Steevens.

[291, 293] Sec. Lord.] Lo. E. F1.

[296] the sonnet] F1 F2. the same sonnet F3 F4. that same sonnet Rowe.

[297] an] and Ff. if Pope.

[298] [Exeunt B. and Lords.] Exeunt. Ff.

[305] [Exit...] Exit. Ff.

[306] Scene vi. Pope.

am I] I am Hanmer.

[312] After this S. Walker conjectures that a line has been omitted.

Scene IV. Florence. The Widow's house.

Enter Helena, Widow, and Diana.
Hel. That you may well perceive I have not wrong'd you,
One of the greatest in the Christian world
Shall be my surety; 'fore whose throne 'tis needful,
Ere I can perfect mine intents, to kneel:
5
Time was, I did him a desired office,
Dear almost as his life; which gratitude
Through flinty Tartar's bosom would peep forth,
And answer, thanks: I duly am inform'd
His Grace is at Marseilles; to which place
10
We have convenient convoy. You must know,
I am supposed dead: the army breaking,
My husband hies him home; where, heaven aiding,
And by the leave of my good lord the king,
We'll be before our welcome.
Wid. Gentle madam,
15
You never had a servant to whose trust
Your business was more welcome.
Hel. Nor you, mistress,
Ever a friend whose thoughts more truly labour
To recompense your love: doubt not but heaven
Hath brought me up to be your daughter's dower,
20
As it hath fated her to be my motive
And helper to a husband. But, O strange men!
That can such sweet use make of what they hate,
When saucy trusting of the cozen'd thoughts
Defiles the pitchy night: so lust doth play
25
With what it loathes for that which is away.
But more of this hereafter. You, Diana,
Under my poor instructions yet must suffer
Something in my behalf.
Dia. Let death and honesty
Go with your impositions, I am yours
Upon your will to suffer.
30
Hel. Yet, I pray you:
But with the word the time will bring on summer,
When briers shall have leaves as well as thorns,
And be as sweet as sharp. We must away;
Our waggon is prepared, and time revives us:
35
All's well that ends well: still the fine's the crown;
Whate'er the course, the end is the renown. [Exeunt.

LINENOTES:

Scene iv.] Scene vii. Pope.

[3] 'fore] for F1.

[6] which] for which Hanmer.

[9] is at] it F2.

Marseilles] Rowe (ed. 2). Marcellæ F1. Marsellis F2 F3. Marselis F4.

[16] you] F4. your F1 F2 F3.

[23] saucy trusting of] Ff. fancy trusting in Hanmer. fancy trusting of Warburton.

[30, 31] I pray you: But with the word] Ff. I pray you, Bear with the word: Hanmer. I pray you, But with the word: Capell. I pray you,—But with the word, Steevens (Henley conj.). I fray you But with the word: Collier (Blackstone conj.). I play you But with the word: Jackson conj. I pray you: But with the world Collier MS. I pay you But with the word; Grant White. I pay you But with the word, Staunton conj.

[31-33] But ... away] But—with the word 'The time ... sharp,'—we must away Anon. conj.

[34] revives] Ff. reviles Hanmer. revyes Warburton. invites Johnson and Heath conj.

[35] the fine's] Theobald. the fines F1. that fines F2 F3. that finds F4.

[36] course] curse Rowe (ed. 2).

Scene V. Rousillon. The Count's palace.

Enter Countess, Lafeu, and Clown.
Laf. No, no, no, your son was misled with a snipt-taffeta
fellow there, whose villanous saffron would have
made all the unbaked and doughy youth of a nation in his
colour: your daughter-in-law had been alive at this hour,
5
and your son here at home, more advanced by the king
than by that red-tailed humble-bee I speak of.
Count. I would I had not known him; it was the death
of the most virtuous gentlewoman that ever nature had
praise for creating. If she had partaken of my flesh, and
10
cost me the dearest groans of a mother, I could not have
owed her a more rooted love.
Laf. 'Twas a good lady, 'twas a good lady: we may
pick a thousand salads ere we light on such another herb.
Clo. Indeed, sir, she was the sweet-marjoram of the
15
salad, or rather, the herb of grace.
Laf. They are not herbs, you knave; they are nose-herbs.
Clo. I am no great Nebuchadnezzar, sir; I have not
much skill in grass.
20
Laf. Whether dost thou profess thyself, a knave or a fool?
Clo. A fool, sir, at a woman's service, and a knave at a
man's.
Laf. Your distinction?
Clo. I would cozen the man of his wife and do his service.
25
Laf. So you were a knave at his service, indeed.
Clo. And I would give his wife my bauble, sir, to do
her service.
Laf. I will subscribe for thee, thou art both knave and
fool.
30
Clo. At your service.
Laf. No, no, no.
Clo. Why, sir, if I cannot serve you, I can serve as
great a prince as you are.
Laf. Who's that? a Frenchman?
35
Clo. Faith, sir, a' has an English name; but his fisnomy
is more hotter in France than there.
Laf. What prince is that?
Clo. The black prince, sir; alias, the prince of darkness;
alias, the devil.
40
Laf. Hold thee, there's my purse: I give thee not this to
suggest thee from thy master thou talkest of; serve him still.
Clo. I am a woodland fellow, sir, that always loved a
great fire; and the master I speak of ever keeps a good fire.
But, sure, he is the prince of the world; let his nobility remain
45
in's court. I am for the house with the narrow gate,
which I take to be too little for pomp to enter: some that
humble themselves may; but the many will be too chill
and tender, and they'll be for the flowery way that leads
to the broad gate and the great fire.
50
Laf. Go thy ways, I begin to be aweary of thee; and
I tell thee so before, because I would not fall out with thee.
Go thy ways: let my horses be well looked to, without any
tricks.
Clo. If I put any tricks upon 'em, sir, they shall be jades'
55
tricks; which are their own right by the law of nature. [Exit.
Laf. A shrewd knave and an unhappy.
Count. So he is. My lord that's gone made himself
much sport out of him: by his authority he remains here,
which he thinks is a patent for his sauciness; and, indeed,
60
he has no pace, but runs where he will.
Laf. I like him well; 'tis not amiss. And I was about
to tell you, since I heard of the good lady's death and that
my lord your son was upon his return home, I moved the
king my master to speak in the behalf of my daughter;
65
which, in the minority of them both, his majesty, out of a
self-gracious remembrance, did first propose: his highness
hath promised me to do it: and, to stop up the displeasure
he hath conceived against your son, there is no fitter matter.
How does your ladyship like it?
70
Count. With very much content, my lord; and I wish
it happily effected.
Laf. His highness comes post from Marseilles, of as
able body as when he numbered thirty: he will be here to-morrow,
or I am deceived by him that in such intelligence
75
hath seldom failed.
Count. It rejoices me, that I hope I shall see him ere
I die. I have letters that my son will be here to-night: I
shall beseech your lordship to remain with me till they
meet together.
80
Laf. Madam, I was thinking with what manners I
might safely be admitted.
Count. You need but plead your honourable privilege.
Laf. Lady, of that I have made a bold charter; but I
thank my God it holds yet.
Re-enter Clown.
85
Clo. O madam, yonder's my lord your son with a
patch of velvet on's face: whether there be a scar under't
or no, the velvet knows; but 'tis a goodly patch of velvet:
his left cheek is a cheek of two pile and a half, but his right
cheek is worn bare.
90
Laf. A scar nobly got, or a noble scar, is a good livery
of honour; so belike is that.
Clo. But it is your carbonadoed face.
Laf. Let us go see your son, I pray you: I long to
talk with the young noble soldier.
95
Clo. Faith, there's a dozen of 'em, with delicate fine
hats and most courteous feathers, which bow the head and
nod at every man. [Exeunt.

LINENOTES:

Scene v.] Scene viii. Pope.

Countess,] Old Lady, Ff.

[5] advanced] advantaged Warburton.

[6] than by that] but for that Hanmer.

[7] I had] he had Hanmer (Theobald conj.).

[13] salads] sallets Ff.

[15] salad] sallet Ff.

[16] herbs] Ff. sallet-herbs Rowe. pot-herbs Collier MS.

[19] grass] Rowe. grace Ff.

[24] his wife] this wife F2.

[26] bauble] folly Hanmer.

[34] Who's] F4. Whose F1 F2 F3.

[35] a'] a Ff. he Rowe (ed. 2).

name] Rowe. maine F1 F2. main F3. mean F4. mien Anon. conj.

[36] hotter] honour'd Hanmer (Warburton).

there] F1 F2. here F3 F4.

[41] suggest] seduce Rowe (ed. 2).

[42] I am] I'm Theobald.

[43, 44] fire But, sure, he ... world;] fire, but sure he ... world, Ff. fire; but since he ... world, Hanmer. fire. But, for he ... world, Capell.

[44] his] the Collier MS.

[54] sir] om. Rowe.

[57] he] Rowe. a Ff.

[60] pace] place Hanmer.

runs] he runs F3 F4.

[72] Marseilles] Pope. Marcellus F1. Marsellis F2. Marselles F3 F4.

[73] he] Rowe (ed. 2). a Ff. and Rowe (ed. 1).

[76] It] Ir F1. I F2.

that I hope I] that hope that I Warburton.

[90] Laf.] F1. La. F2 F3 F4. Count Rowe.

[90, 91] A scar ... that] Printed as three lines in Ff, ending got ... honour ... that.

[92] carbonadoed] Theobald. carbinado'd Ff.

[93] Laf.] F1 F3 F4. La. F2 (and frequently in this scene).

[93, 94] Let us ... soldier] Printed as three lines in Ff, ending see ... talk ... soldier.

ACT V.

Scene I. Marseilles. A street.