p. 223, l. 13 _Cruse._ Misprinted ‘Cause’ in 4to 1690 and in 1724.
_The True Widow_ (4to 1679), and the edition of 1720 (Shadwell’s
collected works) give ‘Cruse.’ All editions of Dryden until Christie
misread ‘Cause’.
p. 223, l. 16 _Poll._ 4to 1690 _Pole_. 1724 _Pool_. _The True Widow_
(4to 1679) and edition of 1720 both give ‘Poll’.
+Dramatis Personæ+
p. 225 _Dramatis Personæ._ I have added to the list ‘_Cavaro_, an
_Indian_, Confidant to the _Indian King_. _Jack_, a Sea-Boy. An
Officer; Messenger; Seaman; 2nd Seaman; A Highlander. _Jenny_, Maid
to _Widow Ranter_. _Nell_, Maid at the Inn. _Anaria_, Confidante to
the _Indian Queen_. Maid to Madam _Surelove_. Bailiffs, Rabble,
Negroes. I have supplied the name _Jeffery_ to the Coachman from I,
iii (p. 239), and also designated Mrs. _Flirt_ ‘a Tapstress’.
_Daring_, which name is indifferently spelt in the 4to 1690 _Dareing_
or _Daring_, I have given consistently throughout. For _Chrisante_
1724 sometimes has _Crisante_. To the Scene I have added
‘_James-Town_, and the surrounding Country.’
+ACT I: Scene i+
p. 226, l. 3 _Jack._ I have inserted this name from _infra_ l. 20.
p. 226, l. 17 _Enter Flirt and Nell._ I have supplied this necessary
entrance.
p. 227, l. 9 _Exit Nell._ I have inserted this exit. Nell’s entrance
is marked later and she is certainly not on the stage during the
ensuing scene.
p. 227, l. 27 _I._ Omitted in 4to 1690.
p. 227, l. 30 _being._ ‘was’ 4to 1690.
p. 227, l. 35 _Cully in._ ‘Cully’ as a verb. 1724 ‘Cully to’. ‘Cully’
as a substantive.
p. 228, l. 10 _any thing._ 4to 1690 ‘any thing any thing’.
p. 229, l. 1 _fail, thou._ 4to 1690 ‘fail, there thou’. This
insertion of ‘there’ interrupts the sense.
p. 229, l. 26 _wherever._ 1724 ‘whenever’.
p. 230, l. 1 _whom._ 4to 1690 ‘_which_’.
p. 230, l. 34 _stand._ 4to 1690 ‘_stands_’.
p. 231, l. 24 _Smoke._ 1724 ‘Tobacco’.
p. 231, l. 28 _Exit Nell._ I have supplied this stage direction.
p. 231, l. 34 _paulter._ 1724 ‘paultry’. _Vide_ critical note on this
passage.
p. 232, l. 8 _and Nell with drink, pipes, etc._ I have supplied these
words.
p. 232, l. 19 _take._ 4to 1690 ‘took’.
p. 232, l. 34 _an._ 4to 1690 ‘on’.
p. 233, l. 28 _the Bob._ 1724 ‘a Bob’.
p. 234, l. 28 _Guinea._ 4to 1690 ‘Guinia’.
+ACT I: Scene ii+
p. 235, l. 17 _The Council-Table._ I have supplied this locale.
p. 235, l. 22 _give._ My own emendation: previous editions ‘be’.
p. 236, l. 12 _make._ 4to 1690 ‘have’.
p. 237, l. 6 _Down. I say._ 4to 1690 wrongly gives this speech to
Dunce.
p. 238, l. 25 _If we wou’d._ 1724 ‘If he wou’d’.
+ACT I: Scene iii+
p. 239, l. 25 _Jeffery._ I have supplied the name here from the
following line.
p. 239, l. 31 _Exit._ Not noted in former editions.
p. 240, l. 2 _of a Baboon._ 4to 1690 ‘of Baboone’.
p. 240, l. 5 _Tumbler._ 4to 1690 misprints ‘Fumbler’.
p. 241, ll. 15, 18 _Pound._ 1724 ‘Pounds’.
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