p. 242, l. 32 _Sure. reads._ 4to 1690 and 1724 ‘she reads’, which is
ambiguous.
p. 243, l. 16 _de la guerre._ 4to 1690 ‘de la gare’.
p. 244, l. 17 _They join with Surelove._ Only in 4to 1690.
+ACT II: Scene i+
p. 245, l. 21 _have Charms._ 1724 ‘have those Charms’.
p. 245, l. 28 _Mediator._ 1724 ‘Meditator’.
p. 245, l. 32 _would make me lay the Conqueror._ 1724 ‘would lay me
a Conqueror’.
p. 248, l. 12 _knip._ 1724 mis-spells this rare word ‘nip’.
+ACT II: Scene ii+
p. 252, l. 36 _A Scots Dance._ 1724 ‘A Scotch Dance.’
p. 253, l. 28 _Billet-Douxs._ 4to 1690 ‘Billet-Deaxs’.
p. 254, l. 12 _Drinking all this while sometimes._ Only in 4to 1690.
+ACT II: Scene iii+
p. 255, l. 16 _Pulls a Bottle._ 4to 1690 ‘Pulls out a Bottle’.
p. 255, l. 28 _Drinks._ Only in 4to 1690.
p. 256, l. 31 _durst._ 4to 1690 ‘darst’.
+ACT II: Scene iv+
p. 258, l. 26 _Enter Brag._ Both 4to 1690 and 1724 have ‘Enter a
Messenger’, and give l. 27 speech-prefix ‘Mes.’ Both, however, give
the next speech he speaks (l. 33) to Brag and have later ‘Exit Brag.’
p. 259, l. 5 _Whimsey._ Both 4to 1690 and 1724 here and elsewhere cut
the name down to ‘Whim.’
p. 259, l. 9 _wish’d that the Plot._ 4to 1690 ‘wish’d the Plot’.
p. 261, l. 17 _care._ 1724 ‘ear’.
p. 262, l. 25 _Wellman’s Guards._ 4to 1690 ‘Wellman, his Guards’. But
Wellman has not left the stage. The comma printed by 1690 is probably
a mistake and we should read ‘Wellman his Guards’.
p. 263, l. 24 _Exit._ 4to 1690 gives no direction. 1724 has ‘Exeunt.’
But Timorous is left alone on the stage.
+ACT III: Scene i+
p. 264, l. 1 _hollow._ 4to 1690 ‘hallow’.
p. 266, l. 15 _That._ Omitted in 4to 1690.
p. 270, l. 8 _Exeunt._ 4to 1690 gives no stage direction here.
+ACT III: Scene ii+
p. 272, l. 28 _’.is a tittle of the D-- breed._ [sic] 4to 1690. 1724
‘’.is little of the D-- breed’.
p. 274, l. 1 _haste with._ 1724 ‘haste you with’.
+ACT III: Scene iia+
p. 275, l. 28 _stands and stares a while._ 1724 ‘stands a while and
stares’.
p. 277, l. 28 _shall be._ 4to 1690 ‘shall not be’.
+ACT IV: Scene i+
p. 279, l. 12 _Priests._ 4to 1690 ‘Priest.’
+ACT IV: Scene ii+
p. 289. l. 10 _draw._ 4to 1690 ‘draws’, but not as a stage direction.
+ACT IV: Scene iii+
p. 289, l. 21 _Scene III._ I have numbered this scene.
p. 290, l. 14 _Daring, looks._ 4to 1690 ‘Daring, and looks’.
p. 290, l. 31 _devote._ 1724 ‘divorce’, a bad error.
p. 290, l. 33 _the fittest._ 1724 ‘a fit’.
+ACT V: Scene i+
p. 295, l. 9 _Exeunt._ 4to 1690 ‘Ex.’ 1724 ‘Exit’.
p. 296, l. 8 _Exeunt._ I have supplied this necessary stage direction.
p. 296, l. 11 _beat._ 4to 1690 ‘beating’.
p. 296, l. 13 _fight, lay._ 4to 1690 ‘fight, so that they lay’.
p. 296, l. 22 _All go out._ Previous editions ‘Goes out.’
+ACT V: Scene ii+
p. 296, l. 23 _Scene II._ I have numbered this scene.
p. 298, l. 26 _All Exeunt._ I have added this direction.
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