The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [Vol. 2 of 9]Shakespeare, William
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The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [Vol. 2 of 9]
Shakespeare, William
English drama
74: _Odours, odours_] Ff. _Odours, odorous_ Qq.
76: _hath_] _that_ Rowe (ed. 1). _doth_ Rowe (ed. 2).
Malone supposes two lines to be lost here.
77: _awhile_] _a whit_ Theobald.
79: Puck.] Ff. Quin. Qq.
[Exit.] Capell.
80, 83, 92: Flu.] This. Qq Ff.
81, 88, 94: Quin.] Pet. Qq Ff.
85: _juvenal_] _juvenile_ Rowe (ed. 2).
92: Re-enter...head.] Capell. om. Qq Ff.
93: _were fair, Thisby_] _were, fair Thisby_ Collier (Malone conj.).
95: [Exeunt......] om. Qq. The Clownes all Exit. F1. The Clowns all
Exeunt. F2 F3 F4.
96: _about_] _’bout_ S. Walker conj.
97: _Through bog,_] _Through bog, through mire_ Johnson conj.
_Through bog, through burn_ Ritson conj.
99: _headless_] _heedless_ Delius conj.
101: Enter Piramus with the Asse head. Ff. om. Qq.
104, 105: _see on thee?_] _see on thee? an ass’s head?_ Johnson conj.
113: _I will_] _will_ F3 F4.
114: _ousel_] _woosel_ Qq Ff.
117: _with little_] Qq. _and little_ Ff.
127–129: As in Q1. In Q2 Ff line 129, _On the first view_, &c.
precedes 127, _So is mine eye..._
130: _mistress_] _mistresse_ Qq F1. _maistresse_ F2 F3.
_maistress_ F4.
145: _dost_] _doth_ F3 F4.
148: _Peaseblossom...Mustardseed!_] Qq. Enter
Pease-blossom...Mustardseede and foure fairies. Ff (as a stage
direction).
_Moth_] _Mote_ Grant White.
149: SCENE III. Pope.
Enter...] Enter foure Fairyes. Q1 (Fairies) Q2.
First Fai. _Ready..._ All. _Where shall we go?_] Capell.
Fairies. _Ready; and I, and I, and I. Where shall we go?_ Qq
Ff. 1. Fai. _Ready._ 2. Fai. _And I._ 3. Fai. _And I._ 4. Fai.
_Where shall we go?_ Steevens (Farmer conj.).
154: _The honey-bags_] _Their honey-bags_ Collier MS.
161–164: First Fai. _Hail, mortal..._ Fourth Fai. _Hail!_] Capell.
1. Fai. _Haile, mortall, haile._ 2. Fai. _Haile._ 3: Fai. _Haile_ Qq
Ff.
168: _you of_] Qq Ff. _of you_ Rowe.
174: _you of_] Qq. _of you_ Ff.
176: After this line F1 inserts Peas. Pease-blossome (in italics):
omitted in F2 F3 F4.
177: _your patience_] _your parentage_ Hanmer. _your passions_
Farmer conj. _you passing_ Mason conj.
180: _hath_] _have_ Capell conj.
181: _your more_] F3 F4. _you more_ Qq F1 F2. _more of your_
Rowe. _you, more_ Capell. _you of more_ Collier MS.
184: _weeps, weeps_] Q1. _weepes, weepe_ Q2 Ff.
186: _love’s_] Pope. _lovers_ Qq Ff.
_love’s tongue,_] _lover’s tongue and_ Collier MS.
~~~~~
SCENE II. _Another part of the wood._
_Enter_ OBERON.
_Obe._ I wonder if Titania be awaked;
Then, what it was that next came in her eye,
Which she must dote on in extremity.
_Enter_ PUCK.
Here comes my messenger.
How now, mad spirit!
What night-rule now about this haunted grove? 5
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