Beaumont and Fletcher's Works, Vol. 04 of 10Fletcher, John
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Beaumont and Fletcher's Works, Vol. 04 of 10
Fletcher, John
English drama
_Adds stage direction_] Claping of a doore.
l. 36. _Adds stage direction_] Cease musick.
p. =232=, l. 14. B] Petr. l. 23. must haunt.
p. =234=, l. 21. B _omits_] make us tremble? l. 35. B] knowldge.
p. =237=, ll. 4 and 5. passe by. l. 32. B] dissov'd.
l. 34. A _gives this line to_ Petr.
p. =238=, l. 14. 'a comes. l. 21. pray.
ll. 34 et seq. A _omits the song._
p. =240=, l. 24. make
p. =241=, l. 6. B] to. l. 10. tell ye. l. 12. 'Has.
l. 15. She has (_misprint_). l. 17. servant to.
p. =242=, l. 15. there? come.
p. =243=, l. 21. command ye. l. 24. 'Has been. l. 31. Pray.
p. =244=, l. 8. _Omits_ Exeunt. l. 13. Wit as Art. l. 16. Ingenuous.
l. 21. A and B] his loud.
p. =245=, l. 10. _Adds_ Finis.
THE BLOODY BROTHER.
A = The | Bloody | Brother. | A Tragedy. | By B. J. F. | London, |
Printed by R. Bishop, for Thomas Allott, and John Crook, | and are to
be sold in Pauls Churchyard, at the signe | of the Greyhound 1639. |
B = The Tragedy of | Rollo | Duke of Normandy. | Acted by his |
Majesties Servants. | Written by | John Fletcher | Gent. | Oxford, |
Printed by Leonard Lichfield | Printer to the University. | Anno 1640. |
C = The Second Folio.
Here again copies dated the same year differ in their readings. Three
copies of the 1639 Quarto have been collated to supply the readings
given below, and three copies also of the 1640 Quarto.
As the verse arrangements differ considerably in A and B I have given
those which are of value in B.
p. =246=, ll. 1-6. B] The Tragoedy of Rollo Duke of Normandy. ll. 3 and
4. A _omits these two lines_. l. 7. A] Drammatis Personæ. l. 22. A]
L'Fisk. l. 23. A and C] Rufee. l. 35. A _omits_] Women _and places_
Lords _to_ Boyes _after_ Edith.
The _Persons Represented_ are given differently in B, wherein they read
as follows on a page facing the beginning of the play.
The Names of the Actors:
Rollo, } _Sonnes to the deceased Duke of Normandy_.
Otto, }
Aubrey, _Kinsman to Rollo_.
Gisbert, } _Two Counsellors of State_.
Balwin, }
Latorch, _Favorite to Rollo_.
Hamond, _Captaine of the Guard_.
Allan, _His brother_.
Granpree, } _Servants to Rollo_.
Verdon, }
Trevite, } _Servants to Otto_.
Du Prette, }
Citizens. } { Cooke.
Guard. } { Butler.
Servants. } { Pantler.
Boyes. } { Yeoman of the Cellar.
Russee. }
De Bubie. }
La-Fiske. } _Cheaters._
Norbret. }
Pipeane. }
Sophia, _The old Dutchesse_.
Matilda, _Her daughter_.
Edith, _Daughter to Baldwin_.
'The drinking Song, to the second Act' (see p. 263), is given in A on
the verso of the page containing the Dramatis Personæ.
l. 42. B _omits_] Sir. l. 44 etc. B _reads_]
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