The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [Vol. 3 of 9]Shakespeare, William
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The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [Vol. 3 of 9]
Shakespeare, William
English drama
_child_] _maid child_ Keightley conj.
[75] _hallooed_] _hallow'd_ F1 F2 F3. hollow'd F4.
[76] Enter Clown.] Ff. Dyce puts it after _hither_, line 78.
Clo.] Clo. [within. Dyce. Clo. [without. Staunton.
[85] _takes_] _rakes_ Hanmer.
[87] _and not_] _and then not_ Capell.
[89] _for_] om. Rowe (ed. 2).
[89, 90] _for the land-service_] _the land-service Rowe_ (ed. 2). _the
land-sight_ Hanmer.
[100] _gentleman_] _old gentleman_ Malone conj.
[101] _the old man_] _the nobleman_ Theobald. _tho' old man_ Jackson
conj.
[102] _would_] _would not_ Theobald conj.
_ship_] _ship's_ Collier.
[103] [Aside. Theobald.
[105] _mettest_] _met'st_ F1 F2 F3. _meet'st_ F4.
[111] _made_] Theobald (L. H. conj.). _mad_ Ff.
[112] _you're_] _you are_ F4.
[113] _'twill_] _will_ Theobald.
[114] _with't_] _with it_ Rowe (ed. 2).
[122] _sight_] _fight_ F1. See note (XI).
ACT IV. SCENE I.
_Enter_ TIME, _the_ Chorus.
_Time._ I, that please some, try all, both joy and terror
Of good and bad, that makes and unfolds error,
Now take upon me, in the name of Time,
To use my wings. Impute it not a crime
To me or my swift passage, that I slide 5
O'er sixteen years and leave the growth untried
Of that wide gap, since it is in my power
To o'erthrow law and in one self-born hour
To plant and o'erwhelm custom. Let me pass
The same I am, ere ancient'st order was 10
Or what is now received: I witness to
The times that brought them in; so shall I do
To the freshest things now reigning and make stale
The glistering of this present, as my tale
Now seems to it. Your patience this allowing, 15
I turn my glass and give my scene such growing
As you had slept between: Leontes leaving,
The effects of his fond jealousies so grieving
That he shuts up himself, imagine me,
Gentle spectators, that I now may be 20
In fair Bohemia; and remember well,
I mentioned a son o' the king's, which Florizel
I now name to you; and with speed so pace
To speak of Perdita, now grown in grace
Equal with wondering: what of her ensues 25
I list not prophesy; but let Time's news
Be known when 'tis brought forth. A shepherd's daughter,
And what to her adheres, which follows after,
Is the argument of Time. Of this allow,
If ever you have spent time worse ere now; 30
If never, yet that Time himself doth say
He wishes earnestly you never may. [_Exit._
LINENOTES:
ACT IV. SCENE I] Actus Quartus, Scena Prima. Ff. om. Warburton. ACT
IV. Capell. See note (XII).
[1-32] Spurious. Heath conj.
[2] _makes and unfolds_] Ff. _make and unfold_ Rowe. _mask and unfold_
Theobald.
[6] _growth_] _gulf_ Warburton.
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