p. 347, l. 30 _in a dishabit_. All editions save 4to 1671 read ‘in an
undress’.
p. 349, l. 5 _appetites_. 1724 ‘appetite’.
p. 349, l. 12 _Within_. I have supplied this stage direction.
p. 349, l. 20 _took_. 1724 ‘taken’.
p. 351, l. 34 _To Alcip_. This and the following stage direction ‘To the
Prince’ are not in 4to 1671.
p. 352, l. 16 _vile_. 4to 1671 omits.
p. 352, l. 25 _or smothers her with a pillow_. This is only found in 4to
1671.
p. 353, l. 21 _Knew_. 4to 1671 ‘know’.
p. 354, l. 6 _has_. 4to 1671 ‘had’.
p. 354, l. 16 _Murder_. 4to 1690 and 1724 ‘a Murderer’.
p. 354, l. 29 _The Palace_. I have supplied the locale.
p. 356, l. 30 _merits not_. 1724 ‘merits all’. A striking misprint.
p. 357, l. l2 _Gonzal_. 4to 1671 ‘Gen’rall’.
p. 357, l. 16 _You once_. 4to 1671 wrongly gives this to the King.
p. 357, l. 19 _And should_. 4to 1671 omits this whole line.
p. 357, l. 29 _Fal. Wert_. I have followed the arrangement of 4to 1671
throughout in this scene, which 1724 prints as prose.
p. 358, l. 7 _Tiffany_. 4to 1690 and 1724 ‘Taffety.’
p. 358, l. 22 _Philander’s Apartments_. I have supplied this locale.
p. 359, l. 29 _Within_. I have added this stage direction.
p. 360, l. 27--_Gods_--. I follow 4tos. 1724 prints these two lines as
prose.
p. 361, l. 36 _the World_. 1724 ‘that World’.
p. 362, l. 6 _smiling to the Princess_. 1724 reads ‘Er. who comes out
smiling.’
p. 363, l. 18 _Galatea’s Apartments_. I have supplied the locale.
p. 365, l. 8 _’.was_. 4to 1690 and 1724 ‘twere’.
p. 365, l. 12 _The Bedchamber_. I have supplied this locale.
p. 365, l. 14 _so_. 4to 1671 ‘now’.
p. 365, l. 20 _Weeps_. 4to 1671 only has ‘Weeps.’ 4to 1690 and 1724 give
the stage direction in full.
p. 365, l. 31 _Influence_. 4to 1671 ‘Influences’ to the ruin of the
metre.
p. 366, l. 6 _as touch her_. 4to 1690, 1724 ‘to touch her’.
p. 368, l. 8 _Princes_. 4tos 1671, 1690 read ‘Princess’.
p. 368, l. 14 _who goes_. 4tos 1671, 1690 ‘and goes’.
p. 368, l. 32 _Do_. 4to 1671 ‘So’.
p. 369, l. 28 _what_. 4to 1671 ‘which’.
p. 371, l. 8 _The King’s Chamber_. I have supplied this locale and that
of the following Scene (IV).
p. 374, l. 28 _A Pass or two_. Only in 4to 1671.
p. 375, l. 25 _Alcip. Might I_. Only 4to 1671 gives this speech to
Alcippus. All other editions erroneously continue it as part of
Galatea’s speech.
p. 375, l. 32 _My Love_. 4to 1671 wrongly ‘Thy love’.
p. 377, l. 13 _Ease_. 4to 1671 ‘easie’.
p. 381, l. 8 _Exeunt_. I have supplied this stage direction.
THE EMPEROR OF THE MOON.
p. 390, l. 1 _To The Lord Marquess_. The dedication only occurs in 4tos
1687, 1688.
p. 391, l. 6 _Billet Doux_. 4tos read ‘Billet Deux’--The same form is
found in the _Prologue_ l. 8; but as no other instance of ‘Billet Deux’
occurs I have corrected what is doubtless a misprint.
p. 394, l. 28 _Adznigs_. 1724, ‘Adzigs’.
p. 395 _Dramatis Personae_. I have added ‘Page; _Florinda_, Cousin to
_Elaria_ and _Bellemante_.’
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