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The Elder Brother: The Works of Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher (Volume 2 of 10)Fletcher, John

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The Elder Brother: The Works of Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher (Volume 2 of 10)

Name: The Elder Brother: The Works of Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher (Volume 2 of 10)
Author: Fletcher, John

Fletcher, John

Comedy plays; English drama -- 17th century

p. 21,
l. 2.  a secret out.
l. 3.  I doe find.
l. 6.  _Adds_ and Servants.
ll. 7 and 8. the happy day that.
l. 9.  my great care.
l. 15. state...in Joynter.
l. 19. drawn of our.
l. 28. _Not._ [character]. land.
ll. 29 and 30. _Lew._ T'was not conditional. _Not._ If it had been found,
twas but a fault in the writing &c.

p. 22,
l. 1.  seeks, kills.
l. 5.  as in others.
l. 6.  yet hee may.
l. 8.  that's been.
l. 14. Cook, Butler, Lillie.
ll. 25--28. and bee serviceable...see your Sauces bee all poynant and
sharpe in...looke to yor roast and bakt meates made things--Is the.
l. 31. the roome cleare...open for all.
l. 34. Cordes they be not.
l. 35. _Omits_ abroad.
l. 38. cannot slip.

p. 23,
l. 6.  wee shall see.
l. 10. not trouble.
l. 11. Sweet-heart.
l. 12. Exeunt. Andrew stayes.
l. 13. ripe? make but my farme as much more and kisse her.
l. 16. pleasure; he can do her no harme, and if it were.
l. 22. _Adds stage direction_ A noyse.
l. 23. What noyse.
l. 24. Note. The words "within a Parenthesis" are omitted in the MS. but
("my head is broken") is in parentheses in MS. It is obvious that these
words were intended as a direction to the printer and have got into the
text in error.
l. 25. Collicke.
l. 29. tis faithful.
l. 37. squeaking is that.

p. 24,
ll. 1 and 2. Geese and Turkeys for the spit Sir...are angry too that makes
the medley.
l. 3.  thus every.
l. 4.  _Omits_ yet.
l. 9.  foul.
l. 16. make 'em drink.
l. 25. I never have.
l. 26. that's a small.
l. 27. married Sir this day.
l. 33. _Omits_ young, sweet, and modest.
ll. 36 and 37. with his booke.
l. 38. for him.

p. 25,
l. 2.  elder.
l. 4.  shoulders now Sir.
l. 10. Notary, Servants.
ll. 16 and 17. Cherub's ... with wings of modest.
l. 18. booke.
l. 24. I come not for.
l. 28. and a sharp to reprehend.
l. 32. Ile assure.

p. 26,
l. 4. he can get.
l. 27. is here too.

p. 27,
l. 1.  book, when it fell on your head, Sir.
l. 6.  but new string.
l. 12. Must my.
l. 19. stubbornst willfullest.
l. 21. provide a wife for you.
l. 27. How dost thou Charles what still still at.
l. 38. I have boy, unto.

p. 28,
l. 4.  yo'ur care.
l. 12. _Omits_ and wish my Brother fortune.
l. 13. _Adds_ it will bee ten times better.
l. 22. _Omits_ and.
l. 24. _Gives this line to Eustace_.
l. 29. fault Sir.
l. 32. thy owne.
l. 35. kickses.

p. 29,
ll. 1 and 2. dark secret.
l. 4.  admirable.
l. 5.  nor he.
l. 7.  _Omits_ Faith.
l. 9.  think I to.
l. 29. Man was my argument.
l. 32. Will yo'u sett to your hand brother.
l. 35. I say Son you trifle time.
l. 38. if you had shewed me land only.

p. 30,
l. 17. though.
l. 20. with Dim Lamps.
l. 32. and blush.
l. 38. than life.
l. 39. me love.

p. 31,
l. 5.  yours still and your glory.
l. 6.  I your.
l. 31. rosy morn.
l. 35. those lights.

p. 32,
l. 1.  there be lesse.
l. 12. into feaver,
l. 24. can you love with.
l. 30. I confesse.
l. 31. but yee shall.
ll. 36 and 37. all Elements.

p. 33,
l. 5.  _Omits_ one stay.
l. 17. nor horses.
l. 30. art thou in.

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The Elder Brother: The Works of Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher (Volume 2 of 10)Fletcher, John

General

The Elder Brother: The Works of Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher (Volume 2 of 10)

Fletcher, John

Comedy plays; English drama -- 17th century

p. 21,
l. 2.  a secret out.
l. 3.  I doe find.
l. 6.  _Adds_ and Servants.
ll. 7 and 8. the happy day that.
l. 9.  my great care.
l. 15. state...in Joynter.
l. 19. drawn of our.
l. 28. _Not._ [character]. land.
ll. 29 and 30. _Lew._ T'was not conditional. _Not._ If it had been found,
twas but a fault in the writing &c.

p. 22,
l. 1.  seeks, kills.
l. 5.  as in others.
l. 6.  yet hee may.
l. 8.  that's been.
l. 14. Cook, Butler, Lillie.
ll. 25--28. and bee serviceable...see your Sauces bee all poynant and
sharpe in...looke to yor roast and bakt meates made things--Is the.
l. 31. the roome cleare...open for all.
l. 34. Cordes they be not.
l. 35. _Omits_ abroad.
l. 38. cannot slip.

p. 23,
l. 6.  wee shall see.
l. 10. not trouble.
l. 11. Sweet-heart.
l. 12. Exeunt. Andrew stayes.
l. 13. ripe? make but my farme as much more and kisse her.
l. 16. pleasure; he can do her no harme, and if it were.
l. 22. _Adds stage direction_ A noyse.
l. 23. What noyse.
l. 24. Note. The words "within a Parenthesis" are omitted in the MS. but
("my head is broken") is in parentheses in MS. It is obvious that these
words were intended as a direction to the printer and have got into the
text in error.
l. 25. Collicke.
l. 29. tis faithful.
l. 37. squeaking is that.

p. 24,
ll. 1 and 2. Geese and Turkeys for the spit Sir...are angry too that makes
the medley.
l. 3.  thus every.
l. 4.  _Omits_ yet.
l. 9.  foul.
l. 16. make 'em drink.
l. 25. I never have.
l. 26. that's a small.
l. 27. married Sir this day.
l. 33. _Omits_ young, sweet, and modest.
ll. 36 and 37. with his booke.
l. 38. for him.

p. 25,
l. 2.  elder.
l. 4.  shoulders now Sir.
l. 10. Notary, Servants.
ll. 16 and 17. Cherub's ... with wings of modest.
l. 18. booke.
l. 24. I come not for.
l. 28. and a sharp to reprehend.
l. 32. Ile assure.

p. 26,
l. 4. he can get.
l. 27. is here too.

p. 27,
l. 1.  book, when it fell on your head, Sir.
l. 6.  but new string.
l. 12. Must my.
l. 19. stubbornst willfullest.
l. 21. provide a wife for you.
l. 27. How dost thou Charles what still still at.
l. 38. I have boy, unto.

p. 28,
l. 4.  yo'ur care.
l. 12. _Omits_ and wish my Brother fortune.
l. 13. _Adds_ it will bee ten times better.
l. 22. _Omits_ and.
l. 24. _Gives this line to Eustace_.
l. 29. fault Sir.
l. 32. thy owne.
l. 35. kickses.

p. 29,
ll. 1 and 2. dark secret.
l. 4.  admirable.
l. 5.  nor he.
l. 7.  _Omits_ Faith.
l. 9.  think I to.
l. 29. Man was my argument.
l. 32. Will yo'u sett to your hand brother.
l. 35. I say Son you trifle time.
l. 38. if you had shewed me land only.

p. 30,
l. 17. though.
l. 20. with Dim Lamps.
l. 32. and blush.
l. 38. than life.
l. 39. me love.

p. 31,
l. 5.  yours still and your glory.
l. 6.  I your.
l. 31. rosy morn.
l. 35. those lights.

p. 32,
l. 1.  there be lesse.
l. 12. into feaver,
l. 24. can you love with.
l. 30. I confesse.
l. 31. but yee shall.
ll. 36 and 37. all Elements.

p. 33,
l. 5.  _Omits_ one stay.
l. 17. nor horses.
l. 30. art thou in.

Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.

The Elder Brother: The Works of Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher (Volume 2 of 10)

The Elder Brother: The Works of Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher (Volume 2 of 10)

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