LINENOTES:

Scene II. A court....] Scene represents a Court of Justice. Theobald.

Enter...] Enter Leontes, Lords, Officers: Hermione (as to her Triall), Ladies: Cleomines, Dion. Ff.

At the upper End, a Throne; Lords, on either Hand, Judges, and other Officers, seated; People attending. Enter Leontes, and train of Lords, to his Throne. Capell.

[1] sessions] session Theobald.

pronounce] pronounce it Keightley conj.

[2] Even] Ever Anon. conj.

[10] Silence!] See note (viii).

Enter...] Hermione is brought in, guarded; Pauline, and Ladies, attending. Theobald. om. Ff.

[12] Off. [reads]. Capell. Officer. Ff.

[16] circum stances] F1. circumstance F2 F3 F4.

[29] accusation] F1. accusations F2 F3 F4.

[31] Who] Rowe. Whom Ff.

[36] owe] owes Steevens (1785).

[39] prate] plead Keightley conj.

[41] grief] See note (ix).

which .. spare:] (which ... spare) Ff.

[47, 48] I Have] have I Hanmer.

I Have strain'd] have I Been stain'd Johnson conj. I Have stray'd Collier (Mason conj.).

[49] bound] bounds Rowe.

[53] these] those F4.

[55] That's] That is Rowe.

[57] mistress of] I'm mistress of Hanmer. misreport or misprision Anon. conj. A line omitted. Anon. conj.

[58] Which] What Rowe. That Seymour conj.

[67] toward] F1 F2. towards F3 F4.

friend] F1. friends F2 F3 F4.

[68] Even] Ever Long MS.

[75, 76] know What you] know what You S. Walker conj., reading lines 75-77 as two lines, ending know what ... Sir.

[83] fact] pack Johnson conj. sect Farmer conj. pact Anon. conj.

fact are so,—so past] fact are] so you're past] Hanmer.

[84] Which to deny] To deny Capell.

[84, 85] for as ... itself] As two lines in Steevens (1793), ending as ... itself.

[85] brat hath been] brat's Hanmer, reading for as ... itself as one line.

like] left Keightley conj.

[90] me] we Capell (corrected in MS.).

[95] And] The Rowe (ed. 2).

[96] I am] I'm Pope.

[98] it] Ff. its Rowe. See note (vii).

[100] strumpet: ... hatred] strumpet ... hatred; Hanmer.

[104] limit] F1 F2. limbs F3 F4. limbs. And Hanmer. limb. And Johnson conj.

[107] no life,] no! life, Hanmer. my life, Grant White. for life, Keightley conj.

[114] Scene III. Pope.

[116] [Exeunt....] Capell. om. Ff.

[121] Re-enter....] Re-enter Officers, with C. and D., bringing in the Oracle. Capell. Enter Dion and Cleomenes. F2 F3 F4 (at line 114). om. F1.

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

[130] [reads] Capell.

chaste] cast F2.

[135, 136] Ay ... down] Arranged as in Capell; as one line in Ff.

[136] it is] om. Hanmer.

[137] truth] the truth Hanmer. true Jervis conj.

[138] sessions] session Theobald.

Enter Servant.] Rowe. om. Ff. Enter a Gentleman, hastily. Capell.

[144] H. faints.] Rowe.

How now there!] How now there? Ff. How now? there!Johnson.

[148] Scene IV. Pope.

[150] [Exeunt....] Malone. Exeunt.... Rowe (after line 148). om. Ff.

[165] great] to be great Anon. conj.

hazard] F1. certain hazard F2 F3 F4. fearful hazard Rann conj. doubtful hazard Malone conj. hazarding Anon. conj.

[168] Thorough my] Malone. Through my F1. Through my dark F2 F3 F4.

[169] Scene V. Pope.

Re-enter P.] Re-enter P., hastily. Capell. Enter P. Rowe. om. Ff.

[170] lest] F3 F4. least F1 F2.

[171, 193, 213] First Lord.] 1. L. Capell. Lord. Ff.

[173] racks? fires?] what racks? what fires? Keightley conj.

flaying? boiling?] F1. flaying?] boyling? burning, F2 F3 F4. flaying, rather! boiling Capell. flaying, burning, boiling Collier MS.

[174] leads or oils] lead or oil S. Walker conj.

newer] F1. new F2 F3 F4.

[175] every] F1. very F2 F3 F4.

[181] but] om. Theobald.

of] F1. for F2 F3 F4.

[183] thee, of a fool,] Ff. thee of a soul Theobald. thee off, a fool, Warburton.

[184] damnable] damnably Long MS.

ingrateful] ungrateful Rann.

[188] to crows] of crows F4.

thy] F1. the F2 F3 F4.

[198] sweet'st, dear'st] sweetest Hanmer.

[205] Do] F1. Dot F2. Dost F3 F4.

[205, 206] Do ... stir:] Dost ... stir? Pope.

[206] woes] vows Hanmer.

[217] I have] I've Pope.

[220] receive] revive Staunton conj.

[221] my petition] my relation Singer conj. repetition Collier (Collier MS.).

petition; ... you,] F1. petition ... you, F2 F3 F4. petition,... you; Rowe.

[228] Who is] Who's S. Walker conj.

take your] take you your Rowe (ed. 2).

[228, 229] to you, And I'll] to you, and I will S. Walker conj. to you, sir, And I'll Keightley conj.

[238-240] Will ... sorrows] Johnson ends these lines at exercise ... come, ... sorrows.

[240] To] Unto S. Walker conj.

sorrows] my sorrows Hanmer.

Scene III. Bohemia. A desert country near the sea.

Enter Antigonus with a Child, and a Mariner.
Ant. Thou art perfect, then, our ship hath touch'd upon
The deserts of Bohemia?
Mar. Ay, my lord; and fear
We have landed in ill time: the skies look grimly
And threaten present blusters. In my conscience,
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The heavens with that we have in hand are angry
And frown upon's.
Ant. Their sacred wills be done! Go, get aboard;
Look to thy bark: I'll not be long before
I call upon thee.
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Mar. Make your best haste, and go not
Too far i' the land: 'tis like to be loud weather;
Besides, this place is famous for the creatures
Of prey that keep upon't.
Ant. Go thou away:
I'll follow instantly.
Mar. I am glad at heart
To be so rid o' the business. [Exit.
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Ant. Come, poor babe:
I have heard, but not believed, the spirits o' the dead
May walk again: if such thing be, thy mother
Appear'd to me last night, for ne'er was dream
So like a waking. To me comes a creature,
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Sometimes her head on one side, some another;
I never saw a vessel of like sorrow,
So fill'd and so becoming: in pure white robes,
Like very sanctity, she did approach
My cabin where I lay; thrice bow'd before me,
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And gasping to begin some speech, her eyes
Became two spouts: the fury spent, anon
Did this break from her: 'Good Antigonus,
Since fate, against thy better disposition,
Hath made thy person for the thrower-out
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Of my poor babe, according to thine oath,
Places remote enough are in Bohemia,
There weep and leave it crying; and, for the babe
Is counted lost for ever, Perdita,
I prithee, call't. For this ungentle business,
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Put on thee by my lord, thou ne'er shalt see
Thy wife Paulina more.' And so, with shrieks,
She melted into air. Affrighted much,
I did in time collect myself, and thought
This was so and no slumber. Dreams are toys:
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Yet for this once, yea, superstitiously,
I will be squared by this. I do believe
Hermione hath suffer'd death; and that
Apollo would, this being indeed the issue
Of King Polixenes, it should here be laid,
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Either for life or death, upon the earth
Of its right father. Blossom, speed thee well!
There lie, and there thy character: there these;
Which may, if fortune please, both breed thee, pretty,
And still rest thine. The storm begins: poor wretch,
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That for thy mother's fault art thus exposed
To loss and what may follow! Weep I cannot,
But my heart bleeds; and most accursed am I
To be by oath enjoin'd to this. Farewell!
The day frowns more and more: thou'rt like to have
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A lullaby too rough: I never saw
The heavens so dim by day. A savage clamour!
Well may I get aboard! This is the chase:
I am gone for ever. [Exit, pursued by a bear.
Enter a Shepherd.
Shep. I would there were no age between ten and three-and-twenty,
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or that youth would sleep out the rest; for there
is nothing in the between but getting wenches with child,
wronging the ancientry, stealing, fighting—Hark you now!
Would any but these boiled brains of nineteen and two-and-twenty
hunt this weather? They have scared away
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two of my best sheep, which I fear the wolf will sooner find
than the master: if any where I have them, 'tis by the sea-side,
browzing of ivy. Good luck, an't be thy will! what
have we here? Mercy on's, a barne; a very pretty barne!
A boy or a child, I wonder? A pretty one; a very pretty
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one: sure, some scape: though I am not bookish, yet I
can read waiting-gentlewoman in the scape. This has
been some stair-work, some trunk-work, some behind-door-work:
they were warmer that got this than the poor thing
is here. I'll take it up for pity: yet I'll tarry till my son
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come; he hallooed but even now. Whoa, ho, hoa!
Enter Clown.
Clo. Hilloa, loa!
Shep. What, art so near? If thou'lt see a thing to
talk on when thou art dead and rotten, come hither. What
ailest thou, man?
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Clo. I have seen two such sights, by sea and by land!
but I am not to say it is a sea, for it is now the sky: betwixt
the firmament and it you cannot thrust a bodkin's point.
Shep. Why, boy, how is it?
Clo. I would you did but see how it chafes, how it rages,
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how it takes up the shore! but that's not to the point. O,
the most piteous cry of the poor souls! sometimes to see 'em,
and not to see 'em; now the ship boring the moon with her
main-mast, and anon swallowed with yest and froth, as
you'ld thrust a cork into a hogshead. And then for the
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land-service, to see how the bear tore out his shoulder-bone;
how he cried to me for help and said his name was Antigonus,
a nobleman. But to make an end of the ship, to see how
the sea flap-dragoned it: but, first, how the poor souls
roared, and the sea mocked them; and how the poor gentleman
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roared and the bear mocked him, both roaring louder
than the sea or weather.
Shep. Name of mercy, when was this, boy?
Clo. Now, now: I have not winked since I saw these
sights: the men are not yet cold under water, nor the bear
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half dined on the gentleman: he's at it now.
Shep. Would I had been by, to have helped the old man!
Clo. I would you had been by the ship side, to have
helped her: there your charity would have lacked footing.
Shep. Heavy matters! heavy matters! but look thee here,
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boy. Now bless thyself: thou mettest with things dying, I
with things new-born. Here's a sight for thee; look thee,
a bearing-cloth for a squire's child! look thee here; take up,
take up, boy; open't. So, let's see: it was told me I should
be rich by the fairies. This is some changeling: open't.
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What's within, boy?
Clo. You're a made old man: if the sins of your youth
are forgiven you, you're well to live. Gold! all gold!
Shep. This is fairy gold, boy, and 'twill prove so: up
with't, keep it close: home, home, the next way. We are
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lucky, boy; and to be so still requires nothing but secrecy.
Let my sheep go: come, good boy, the next way home.
Clo. Go you the next way with your findings. I'll go
see if the bear be gone from the gentleman and how much
he hath eaten: they are never curst but when they are
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hungry: if there be any of him left, I'll bury it.
Shep. That's a good deed. If thou mayest discern by that
which is left of him what he is, fetch me to the sight of him.
Clo. Marry, will I; and you shall help to put him i'the
ground.
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Shep.'Tis a lucky day, boy, and we'll do good deeds on't. [Exeunt.

LINENOTES:

Scene III.] Scene VI. Pope.

Bohemia. A desert.... ] Malone. om. Ff. A desert Country; the Sea at a little distance. Rowe.

Enter A.... ] Rowe. Enter Antigonus, a Mariner, Babe, Shepherd, and Clown. Ff.

[2] my lord] om. Hanmer.

[3] We have] We've Pope.

[6] upon's] upon us Capell.

Go, get] go get F1. get F2 F3 F4. get thee Rowe.

[9] upon] on Hanmer.

[14] I am] I'm Pope.

[19] a waking] awaking Anon. conj.

[20] on] F1. is on F2 F3 F4.

some] some' Capell.

another] on other Anon. conj.

[22] becoming] becomming F1. o'er-running Collier (Collier MS.).

[29] thrower-out] thower-out F1.

[32] weep] wend Collier (Collier MS.).

[39] so] sooth Warburton conj.

[44] Polixenes] Polexenus F2.

[46] its] it's Ff.

[Laying down the child. Rowe.

[47] [Laying down a bundle. Johnson.

[48] please ... pretty] please, both breed thee (pretty) Ff. please, both breed thee pretty, Reed (1813). please both breed thee, (pretty!) Staunton.

pretty] pretty one Rowe.

[54] thou'rt] thou art F4.

[58] Enter....] Ff. Enter an old Shepherd. Rowe. Enter a Shepherd. Crooke. Collier MS.

[59] Scene VII. Pope.

ten] thirteen Hanmer. sixteen Edd. conj. See note (x).

[64] scared] scarr'd Ff.

[67] an't] Pope (ed. 2). and't Ff.

thy will] F1. the will F2 F3 F4.

[68] here?] here? [taking up the child. Rowe.

[69] boy] god Grant White.

child] maid child Keightley conj.

[75] hallooed] hallow'd F1 F2 F3. hollow'd F4.

[76] Enter Clown.] Ff. Dyce puts it after hither, line 78.

Clo.] Clo. [within. Dyce. Clo. [without. Staunton.

[85] takes] rakes Hanmer.

[87] and not] and then not Capell.

[89] for] om. Rowe (ed. 2).

[89, 90] for the land-service] the land-service Rowe (ed. 2). the land-sight Hanmer.

[100] gentleman] old gentleman Malone conj.

[101] the old man] the nobleman Theobald. tho' old man Jackson conj.

[102] would] would not Theobald conj.

ship] ship's Collier.

[103] [Aside. Theobald.

[105] mettest] met'st F1 F2 F3. meet'st F4.

[111] made] Theobald (L. H. conj.). mad Ff.

[112] you're] you are F4.

[113] 'twill] will Theobald.

[114] with't] with it Rowe (ed. 2).

[122] sight] fight F1. See note (xi).

ACT IV. Scene I.