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
81: _Now, when thou wakest_] Q1. _When thou wak’st_ Q2 F1. _When
thou awak’st_ F2 F3 F4.
87: _fair prosperity_] Q1. _fair posterity_ Q2 Ff. _far posterity_
Hanmer.
88: _the_] Qq F1. _these_ F2 F3 F4.
90: _Fairy_] Qq. _Faire_ F1 F2. _Fair_ F3 F4.
92: _sad_] _fade_ Theobald.
93: _the night’s_] Rowe. _the nights_ Q2 Ff. _nights_ Q1.
98: After this line Ff give the stage direction [Sleepers lye still.
99: [Horns......within.] [Winde horne. Q1. [Winde hornes. Q2 Ff.
100. SCENE II. Pope.
104: _let them_] om. Pope.
110: _bear_] Qq Ff. _boar_ Hanmer.
113: _fountains_] _mountains_ Anon. ap. Theobald conj.
114: _Seem’d_] F2 F3 F4. _Seeme_ Qq F1.
119: _Thessalian_] _Thessalonian_ F4.
125: _is_] om. Q1.
127: _Nedar’s_] _Nestor’s_ S. Walker conj.
128: _of their_] Q1. _of this_ Q2 Ff. _at their_ Pope.
130: _rite_] Pope. _right_ Qq Ff.
136: [He and the rest kneel to Theseus. Capell.
141: _is_] _is is_ F1.
149, 150: _might,...law._] _might...lawe,_ Q1. _might be...law._
Q2 Ff. _might,...law,—_ Dyce. _might Be without peril...law._
Hanmer.
160: _following_] Q1. _followed_ Q2 Ff.
162–164: Qq and Ff end the lines at _love...snow...gaud._
163: _Melted as_] _Is melted as_ Pope. _Melted as doth_ Capell. _All
melted as_ Anon. conj.
169: _saw Hermia_] Steevens. _see Hermia_ Qq Ff. _did see Hermia_
Rowe (ed. 1). _Hermia saw_ Rowe (ed. 2).
170: _in sickness_] Steevens (Farmer conj.). _a sickness_ Qq Ff.
172: _I do_] Q1. _do I_ Q2 Ff.
175: _more will hear_] Q1. _will hear more_ Q2. _shall hear more_
Ff.
183: _Come, Hippolyta_] _Come, my Hippolita_ Capell.
184: Dem.] Lys. Capell conj.
[Exeunt...] Exit Duke and Lords. Ff.
188: _like_] om. Hanmer.
_jewel_] _gemell_ Theobald (Warburton).
189, 190: _Are you sure That we are awake?_] Qq. omitted in Ff.
_But are you sure That we are well awake_ Capell. _But are you sure
That we are now awake_ Steevens conj. _Are you sure That we are now
awake_ Malone conj. _Are you sure That we are yet awake_ Anon. conj.
194: _did bid_] Q1. _bid_ Q2 Ff.
195, 196: Printed as prose in Qq Ff, as verse in Rowe (ed. 2).
196: _let us_] Q2 Ff. _lets_ Q1.
197: SCENE III. Pope.
[Awaking] Bottom wakes. Ff. om. Qq.
201: _I have had a dream_] Qq. _I had a dream_ Ff.
203: _to_] om. Q1.
205: _a patched_] Ff. _patcht a_ Qq. {Transcriber's Note: this
linenote has been copied here from the original book's ADDENDA.}
212: _a play_] _the play_ Hanmer. _our play_ S. Walker conj.
213: _at her_] _after_ Theobald. _at Thisby’s_ Collier MS.
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SCENE II. _Athens._ QUINCE’S _house_.
_Enter_ QUINCE, FLUTE, SNOUT, _and_ STARVELING.
_Quin._ Have you sent to Bottom’s house? is he come
home yet?
_Star._ He cannot be heard of. Out of doubt he is
transported.
_Flu._ If he come not, then the play is marred: it goes 5
not forward, doth it?
_Quin._ It is not possible: you have not a man in all
Athens able to discharge Pyramus but he.
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