p. 175, l. 13 _Scene VII_. 4tos ‘Scene the Seventh.’
p. 175, l. 17 _Exeunt Attendants_, This stage direction is omitted in
1724 and 4tos.
p. 176, l. 25 _King and Guards_. 4tos omit ‘and’.
p. 177, l. 3 _Murderer_. 4tos ‘Mutherer’.
p. 177, l. 11 _Act V_. 4tos ‘Act the Fifth.’
p. 177, l. 12 _Scene I_. 4tos ‘Scene the First.’
p. 177, l. 17 _with Guards_. 4tos ‘with the Guards’.
p. 177, l. 24 _any_. 4tos ‘my’.
p. 178, l. 4 _dy’d_. 4tos ‘di’d’.
p. 179, l. 14 _Scene II_. 4tos ‘Scene the Second.’
p. 180, l. 5 _crystal_. 4tos ‘chrystal’.
p. 180, l. 29 _rustick_. 4to 1698 misprints ‘ruistick’.
p. 180, l. 33 _now_. 4tos 1698 misprints ‘no’.
p. 181, l. 6 _dy’d_. 4tos ‘di’d’.
p. 181, l. 24 _Noise_. 1724 omits this stage direction.
p. 181, l. 29 _Gorel_. I have added this entrance. A speech-prefix
’.orel’ is marked by all old copies in this scene, but no entrance,
neither is the name given in the Dramatis Personae.
p. 181, l. 30 _tearing_. 1724 ‘dragging’.
p. 182, l. 12 _terrably_. 4tos, 1724 ‘terribly’. ‘terrably’ no doubt
denotes a clownish mispronunciation.
p. 182, l. 17 _It ought_. 4to 1698 reads:--
‘It ought to have been presented
In a more glorious order.’
p. 183, l. 1 _Dy’d_. 4tos ‘Di’d’.
p. 183, l. 18 _you’d_. 4tos ‘you wou’d’.
p. 184, l. 25 _Clemanthis_’. 4tos ‘Clemanthis’.
p. 184, l. 35 _of’s_. 4tos ‘of his’.
p. 185, l. 24 _from you one visit_. 4tos ‘one visit from you’.
p. 186, l. 18 _Oh, Madam_. 4tos, which I follow, metrically. 1724 prose.
p. 186, l. 27 _Clemanthis_’. 4tos ‘Clemanthis’.
p. 187, l. 6. _Scene V. Changes_. No former edition numbers this scene.
p. 187, l. 8 _Attendants to them_. 1724 misprints ‘Attendantsm.’
p. 187, l. 18 _all his Actions_. 4to 1698 omits ‘all’.
p. 187, l. 34 _swound_. 1724 ‘swoon’.
p. 188, l. 22 _With numerous_. 4tos divide thus:--
‘With numerous Troops
Which swiftly make their way.’
p. 188, l. 30 _I long to see_. 1724 prints as far as ‘fair Princess’
prosc. 4tos metrically.
p. 189, l. 1 _Ism. Geron_. All former editions omit Geron’s name here
though they give speech-prefix later in the scene.
p. 189, l. 27 _Cleo. and Thers_. All former editions read ‘[Points to
Cleo.’ I have added ‘and Thers.’, which is obviously required.
p. 191, l. 9 _is he_. 4tos ‘was he’.
p. 191, l. 17 _told you_, 4to ‘told him’.
THE CITY HEIRESS.
p. 199, l. 1 _To the Right Honourable_. The Dedicatory Epistle only
occurs in 4tos 1682, 1698.
p. 199, l. 28 _Peaching_. 4to 1698 weakly reads ‘Preaching’.
p. 201, l. 14 _glout_. 1724 ‘glour’.
p. 202, l. 10. _Guinea_. 4to 1682 spells ‘Guinney’ here and in each other
place the word occurs.
p. 203, l. 5 _Uncle to T. Wilding_. 4tos 1682, 1698, ‘He is Uncle to Tom
Wilding’.
p. 203 _Dramatis Personae_. I have added to the list--’_Laboir_, Man to
Tom _Wilding_; Boy, Page to Lady _Galliard_; Boy, Page to _Diana_;
Guests; Mrs. _Sensure_, Sir _Timothy’s_ Housekeeper; _Betty_, Maid to
_Diana_; Maid at _Charlot’s_ lodging.’
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