p. 20, l. 8 _except Abdelazar, Florella_. 4to ‘manent Abdelazer,
Florella.’
p. 20, l. 17 _honest and religious_. 1724 omits ‘and’.
p. 24, l. 2 _Scene I. A Chamber of State_. I have added the locale.
p. 27, l. 27 _To the Women, who go out_. 4to ‘Exeunt’.
p. 31, l. 15 _Madam, that Blessing_. 1724 omits ‘Madam’.
p. 33, l. 8 _Scene II. A Banqueting Hall_. I have added the locale.
p. 33, l. 15 _I have a double Cause_. 1724 omits ‘a’.
p. 34, l. 19 _though_. 1724 ‘tho’ throughout.
p. 34, l. 27 _thou lovest_. 1724 ‘lov’st’.
p. 35, l. 13 _Aside_. The 4to omits this stage direction.
p. 38, l. 18 _A Gallery in the Palace_. I have supplied this locale.
p. 40, l. 11 _Queen and Women_. 1724 ‘Woman’.
p. 40, l. 28 _subtle, and ambitious_. 4to ‘subtle as ambitious.’ 1724 is
undoubtedly the best reading.
p. 42, ll. 23-4 _And then our Lives he may dispose,
As he has done our Honours_.
1724 gives this as one line.
p. 45, l. 18 _The Queen’s Apartments_. I have added this locale.
p. 49, l. 10 _frightful_. 1724 ‘frighted’.
p. 50, l. 18 _were worth your care_. 1724 ‘was worth’.
p. 51, l. 24 _Oh Traitress!_ 1724 ‘Oh, Traitoress’.
p. 57, l. 2 _Act IV. Scene I_. 4tos and 1724 ‘Act IV. Enter
Abdelazer...’. I have added the locale here and numbered the scenes
throughout this Act.
p. 58, l. 4 _To gain your Heart_. 4tos 1677, 1693, print this to the
conclusion of Abdelazer’s speech as prose. 1724 prints from ‘Thousand of
Bigots’ as prose. I have metrically divided these last lines, and
followed 1724 from ‘To gain your Heart’.
p. 61, l. 3 _afar off all the Scene_. 1724 omits this.
p. 64, l. 3 _some Moors_. 1677 reads ‘some Moor’.
p. 65, l. 22 _Scene VI_. Neither 4tos nor 1724 number this scene.
p. 65, l. 30 _Your Soldiers faint, are round beset_. 4tos omit comma.
p. 69, l. 12 _Exeunt all_. 1724 ‘Exeunt’.
p. 69, l. 13 _Scene VII_. Neither 4tos nor 1724 number this scene.
p. 69, l. 18 _illustriate Hand_. 1724 ‘illustrious’.
p. 75, l. 2 _Barbarian_. 4tos italic. 1724 roman.
p. 79, l. 2 _attendance_. 1724 ‘attendants’.
p. 79, l. 16 _Scene II_. 4tos and 1724 do not number this scene.
p. 80, l. 10 _with Roderigo_. 1724 ‘with Rod.’
p. 80, l. 18 _Exit Elv_. I have added this stage direction. Neither 4tos
nor 1724 mark an exit here for Elvira, although she obviously goes out
when the Queen says ‘retire’ as an entry is marked after the ensuing
dialogue.
p. 80, l. 20 _roughly_. 1724 omits this.
p. 80, l. 34 _and other Women_. 1724 ‘and the Women.’
p. 81, l. 4 _Durst_. 1724 ‘Dares’.
p. 82, l. 23 _Weeps over her_. 1724 omits this.
p. 82, l. 29 _repaid_. 1724 ‘repair’d.’
p. 87, l. 12 _to any Shape_. 1724 ‘into any Shape’.
p. 87, l. 29 _cou’d not the Gods_. 1724 wrongly omits ‘not’.
p. 89, l. 4 _My Desire’s grown high_. 4tos ‘My Desires grow high’.
p. 92, l. i _Scene III_. Neither 4tos nor 1724 number this scene.
p. 92, l. 8 _Andromede_. 1724 ‘Andromeda’.
p. 93, l. 13 _through_. 1724 ‘thro’ throughout.
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