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
[_Exeunt Oberon, Titania, and train._
_Puck._ If we shadows have offended,
Think but this, and all is mended,
That you have but slumber’d here,
While these visions did appear. 415
And this weak and idle theme,
No more yielding but a dream,
Gentles, do not reprehend:
If you pardon, we will mend.
And, as I am an honest Puck, 420
If we have unearned luck
Now to scape the serpent’s tongue,
We will make amends ere long;
Else the Puck a liar call:
So, good night unto you all. 425
Give me your hands, if we be friends,
And Robin shall restore amends. [_Exit._
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Linenotes: _A Midsummer-Night’s Dream_, V, 1.
Enter...] see note (VIII).
5, 6: _apprehend More than_] Theobald. _apprehend more Than_ Qq Ff.
5–8: Printed in Q1 as three lines, ending
_more...lunatic...compact._
6: _cool_] _cooler_ Pope.
10: _That is, the madman:_] _The madman. While_ Pope.
12, 13: Q1 ends these lines with _glance...and as_, Q2 F1 with
_glance...heaven_.
14–18: These five lines printed as four in Qq Ff, ending
_things...shapes...habitation...imagination._
16: _shapes_] _shape_ Pope.
_airy_] Q2. _ayery_ Q1. _aire_ F1 F3. _ayre_ F2. _air_ F4.
19: _if it would_] _if he would_ Rowe (ed. 2).
21: _Or_] _So_ Hanmer.
21, 22: _Or...bear!_] Grant White conjectures that these lines are
interpolated.
29: _days of love_] F2 F3 F4. _days Of love_ Qq F1.
30, 31: _More......bed!_] Printed as prose in Qq F1, as verse first
in Q2.
31: _Wait in_] _Wait on_ Rowe.
33, 34: The lines end _between...manager_ in Q1. Corrected in Q2.
34: _our_] Ff. _or_ Qq.
38: _Philostrate_] Qq. _Egeus_ Ff.
38, 42, 61: Phil.] Qq. Ege. Ff.
42: _There_] _Here_ Anon. ap. Halliwell conj.
_ripe_] Q1. _rife_ Q2 Ff.
43: [Giving a paper.] Theobald.
44: The. [reads] The. Qq. Lys. Ff. See note (IX).
_Centaurs_] _centaur_ F4.
58–60: Printed as prose in Qq Ff.
59: _That is...snow_] omitted by Pope.
_ice_] _Ise_ Q1.
_and wondrous strange snow_] _and wond’rous scorching snow_
Hanmer. _a wondrous strange shew_ Warburton. _and wondrous
strange black snow_ Capell (Upton conj.). _and wonderous strong
snow_ Mason conj. _and wondrous seething snow_ Collier (Collier
MS.). _and wondrous swarthy snow_ Staunton conj. _and wondrous
staining snow_ Nicholson conj.
61: _there is_] _it is_ Hanmer. _this is_ Collier (Collier MS.).
66–70: Qq F1 end the lines
_Pyramus,...saw...water...laughter...shed._ Corrected in F2.
75: _nuptial_] Qq F1. _nuptials_ F2 F3 F4.
76, 77: Qq Ff end these lines _hear it...heard._ Corrected by Rowe
(ed. 2).
79: Johnson supposes a line to be lost after _intents_.
80: _conn’d_] _penn’d_ Kenrick conj.
81, 82: _I...thing_] As one line in Qq Ff. Corrected by Rowe (ed. 2).
91: _poor duty_] _poor willing duty_ Theobald. _poor duty meaning_
Spedding conj.
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