p. 15, l. 3 _Mudd._ 1724 ‘mad’.
+ACT I: Scene ia+
p. 16, l. 12 _now, Curry, from._ 1724 omits ‘Curry’.
p. 16, l. 25 _Branford._ 1724 here and _infra_ ‘Brentford’.
p. 16, l. 30 _Cuffet’s._ 1724 ‘Cusset’s’.
p. 22, l. 22 _not._ Erroneously omitted by 4to 1678.
p. 23, l. 2 _a Dog._ 4to 1678 ‘the Dog.’
p. 23, l. 16 _with Page._ I have added the Page’s exit.
p. 25, l. 20 _Ex. severally._ 4to 1678 adds ‘The End of the First
Act.’
+ACT II: Scene i+
p. 25, l. 22 _to Sir Patient Fancy’s House._ I have added these words.
p. 33, l. 27 _Exit with L. Fan._ I have added the necessary ‘with
L. Fan.’ 4to 1678 reads ‘Goes out.’
p. 35, l. 2 _Roger attending._ I have added this entrance of Roger
here.
p. 36, l. 21 _Enter Sir Patient._ 4to 1678 gives this entrance after
‘mercy’, l. 22.
p. 40, l. 25 _Exit Roger._ I have added this exit here, and at p. 43,
l. 2.
+ACT II: Scene ii+
p. 44, l. 6 _Exeunt severally._ 4to 1678 adds ‘The End of the Second
Act.’
+ACT III: Scene i+
p. 44, l. 9 _to a room in Sir Patient Fancy’s house._ I have supplied
this locale.
p. 45, l. 11 _and Maundy._ I have supplied Maundy’s entrance here.
+ACT III: Scene ii+
p. 47, l. 1 _a thousand Faults._ 1724 mistakenly reads ‘a thousand
hidden Faults’.
p. 48, l. 34 _in spite to._ 1724 ‘in spite of’ which makes nonsense
of the passage.
+ACT III: Scene iii+
p. 49, l. 8 _Scene III._ I have numbered this and all the succeeding
scenes of Act III.
+ACT III: Scene vii+
p. 53, l. 32 _Within._ Not in any previous edition.
p. 54, l. 10 _Within._ All previous editions print this stage
direction as part of Sir Patient’s speech.
p. 54, l. 19 _Discovery._ All previous editions here have ‘Enter Sir
Patient’, which is a very patent error. I have supplied ‘Within’ as
stage direction.
+ACT III: Scene viii+
p. 59, l. 6 _Isabella, Fanny._ I have supplied ‘Fanny’ to this stage
direction.
+ACT III: Scene ix+
p. 59, l. 19 _D’on._ 4to 1678 misprints ‘D’on on Flannel’.
p. 60, l. 13 _Enter Roger._ I have supplied the names ‘Roger’ and
‘Abel’ to this stage direction.
p. 61, l. 13 _Exeunt._ 4to 1678 adds ‘The End of the Third Act.’
+ACT IV: Scene i+
p. 71, l. 27 _are._ 4to 1678, not so well, ‘were’.
+ACT IV: Scene ii+
p. 72, l. 19 _A Chamber in Sir Patient Fancy’s House._ I have
supplied this locale.
p. 77, l. 2 _come._ 4to 1678 ‘came’.
p. 77, l. 33 _but for my sending him, Madam, credit me._ 1724 omits
this sentence.
p. 79, l. 13 _sad._ 1724 ‘said’.
p. 79, l. 31 _Exit._ I have supplied this stage direction.
+ACT IV: Scene iii+
p. 81, l. 1 _Exit Roger._ I have supplied this.
p. 81, l. 11 _little._ 1724 misprints ‘letter’.
p. 82, l. 30 _Fanny and Nurse go._ All previous editions have ‘Fanny
goes’.
+ACT IV: Scene iv+
p. 82, l. 31 _Scene IV._ I have numbered this scene.
p. 82, l. 33 _Entering._ I have supplied this necessary stage
direction.
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