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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. 50,
ll. 10--12. _Omits_ that batten...no palats.
ll. 17 and 18. make you the.
l. 36. Antidote, or--.

p. 51,
l. 4.  are reformd.
l. 28. Ere I went.
ll. 31--34. is in itself a guard and yet since...may weare...nor can eat
or study.
l. 37. None Sir.

p. 52,
l. 4.  not done in scorn.
l. 11. what you.
l. 14. ask from.
l. 17. toil ascended.
l. 22. what this tempest.
l. 37. I goe lesse.

p. 53,
l. 4.  ever could.
l. 7.  plung'd in teachlng.
l. 9.  you were.
l. 20. nor threats.
l. 25. Noe, Noe.
l. 26. and the other.
l. 33. _Adds_ They fight.

p. 54,
l. 2.  in time.
l. 3.  till thine.
l. 8.  as your father is.
l. 15. late in me Sir.
ll. 22 and 23. _Omits_ nay, the...are bound.
l. 25. that Eustace.
l. 26. and that the perfect.
l. 27. Nay, no.
l. 28. Sure I shall not need, Sir.
ll. 30, 31. _Omits_ to all that men call good.
l. 33. to.

P. 55,
l. 7.  and so deserve it.
l. 12. gravity in...and will.
l. 13. him, if he rebel, that.
l. 19. read a tragedy in my face, Sir.

p. 56,
l. 4.  _Omits_ and such a one.
l. 10. why, so, this is.
l. 11. and old.
l. 23. Death...perswasion.
l. 25. falsely.
l. 26. let me.
l. 28. but ruins rather that.
l. 30. reputation.
l. 34. love Charles.
l. 35. held mulcts.
l. 36. in the.

p. 57,
l. 1.  to mine honour.
l. 11. _Omits_ yields.
l. 15. _Adds_ Will you doe what you are sworne too.
l. 23. loose you.
l. 32. in that.
l. 35. states.

p. 58,
l. 6.  but is an Amadis.
l. 8.  effect it.
l. 9.  kind of consent.
l. 14. Andrew have his farme increasd.
l. 15. and rut no.
l. 17. the Billmen.

_The MS. gives the_ Epilogue _but not the_ Prologue.

It also adds the following verses:--

Epigram:

A freemans life is like a pilgrimage
Whats his life then that lives in mariage
Tis Sisiphus his toyle that with a stone
Doth doe what surely for ease must be done
His laboures Journey's endles, tis no Riddle
Since he's but halfe on's way that stands in th'middle.



_Ad Janum_.

Take Comfort Janus, never feare thy head
Which to the quick belongs, not to the dead
Thy wife did lye with one, thou being dead drunke
Thou art no Cuckold though shee bee a Punke.

Tis not the state nor soveraintie of Jove
could draw thy pure affections from my love
nor is there any Venus in the Skyes
could from thy looks with draw my greedy eyes.




THE SPANISH CURATE

A = First Folio;  B = Second Folio.

p. 60,
ll. 3-41. Omitted in A.
l. 42.  A _omits_] and.
l. 46. A] heirs.

p. 61,
l. 38. A] Encreasing by.
l. 39. B _misprints_] Vialante.

p. 63,
l. 17. A] base and abject.

p. 64,
l. 2.  A] Or modestie.
l. 18. B _misprints_ whow.
l. 31. A] wish that it.

p. 65,
l. 17. A] By this example.
l. 25. A] or of my.

p. 66,
l. 8.  A] of mine own.
l. 26. A] Mirth, and Seck.

p. 68,
l. 2.  A] have you.

p. 70,
l. 28. A] provoking it call.

p. 73,
l. 13. A] To me, of, that misery against my will.

p. 74,
l. 33. A] A _omits_] as.

p. 75,
l. 18. A] A gives this line to _Lean_.
l. 31. A _adds_] exit lea. _and gives_
ll. 32 and 33 _to_ Ars.
l. 34. A _omits_] Exeunt Mil. Ars.

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

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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. 50,
ll. 10--12. _Omits_ that batten...no palats.
ll. 17 and 18. make you the.
l. 36. Antidote, or--.

p. 51,
l. 4.  are reformd.
l. 28. Ere I went.
ll. 31--34. is in itself a guard and yet since...may weare...nor can eat
or study.
l. 37. None Sir.

p. 52,
l. 4.  not done in scorn.
l. 11. what you.
l. 14. ask from.
l. 17. toil ascended.
l. 22. what this tempest.
l. 37. I goe lesse.

p. 53,
l. 4.  ever could.
l. 7.  plung'd in teachlng.
l. 9.  you were.
l. 20. nor threats.
l. 25. Noe, Noe.
l. 26. and the other.
l. 33. _Adds_ They fight.

p. 54,
l. 2.  in time.
l. 3.  till thine.
l. 8.  as your father is.
l. 15. late in me Sir.
ll. 22 and 23. _Omits_ nay, the...are bound.
l. 25. that Eustace.
l. 26. and that the perfect.
l. 27. Nay, no.
l. 28. Sure I shall not need, Sir.
ll. 30, 31. _Omits_ to all that men call good.
l. 33. to.

P. 55,
l. 7.  and so deserve it.
l. 12. gravity in...and will.
l. 13. him, if he rebel, that.
l. 19. read a tragedy in my face, Sir.

p. 56,
l. 4.  _Omits_ and such a one.
l. 10. why, so, this is.
l. 11. and old.
l. 23. Death...perswasion.
l. 25. falsely.
l. 26. let me.
l. 28. but ruins rather that.
l. 30. reputation.
l. 34. love Charles.
l. 35. held mulcts.
l. 36. in the.

p. 57,
l. 1.  to mine honour.
l. 11. _Omits_ yields.
l. 15. _Adds_ Will you doe what you are sworne too.
l. 23. loose you.
l. 32. in that.
l. 35. states.

p. 58,
l. 6.  but is an Amadis.
l. 8.  effect it.
l. 9.  kind of consent.
l. 14. Andrew have his farme increasd.
l. 15. and rut no.
l. 17. the Billmen.

_The MS. gives the_ Epilogue _but not the_ Prologue.

It also adds the following verses:--

Epigram:

A freemans life is like a pilgrimage
Whats his life then that lives in mariage
Tis Sisiphus his toyle that with a stone
Doth doe what surely for ease must be done
His laboures Journey's endles, tis no Riddle
Since he's but halfe on's way that stands in th'middle.



_Ad Janum_.

Take Comfort Janus, never feare thy head
Which to the quick belongs, not to the dead
Thy wife did lye with one, thou being dead drunke
Thou art no Cuckold though shee bee a Punke.

Tis not the state nor soveraintie of Jove
could draw thy pure affections from my love
nor is there any Venus in the Skyes
could from thy looks with draw my greedy eyes.




THE SPANISH CURATE

A = First Folio;  B = Second Folio.

p. 60,
ll. 3-41. Omitted in A.
l. 42.  A _omits_] and.
l. 46. A] heirs.

p. 61,
l. 38. A] Encreasing by.
l. 39. B _misprints_] Vialante.

p. 63,
l. 17. A] base and abject.

p. 64,
l. 2.  A] Or modestie.
l. 18. B _misprints_ whow.
l. 31. A] wish that it.

p. 65,
l. 17. A] By this example.
l. 25. A] or of my.

p. 66,
l. 8.  A] of mine own.
l. 26. A] Mirth, and Seck.

p. 68,
l. 2.  A] have you.

p. 70,
l. 28. A] provoking it call.

p. 73,
l. 13. A] To me, of, that misery against my will.

p. 74,
l. 33. A] A _omits_] as.

p. 75,
l. 18. A] A gives this line to _Lean_.
l. 31. A _adds_] exit lea. _and gives_
ll. 32 and 33 _to_ Ars.
l. 34. A _omits_] Exeunt Mil. Ars.

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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