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
[30, 31] Printed as prose in Ff Q, as verse first by Rowe (ed. 2).
[37] _bed_] _side_ Anon. conj.
[41, 42] _waked_. Lord. _Even_ ... _fancy_. _Then_] _waked_, _Even_
... _fancy_. Lord. _Then_ Anon. conj.
[46] _Balm_ ... _head_] _Bath_ ... _hide_ Capell conj.
_in_] _with_ Rowe (ed. 2).
[55] _the third_] _a third_ Rowe.
[62] _And_ ... _he is_,] Ff Q. _And when_ _he says he is poor_, Rowe
(ed. 1). _And_ ... _he's poor_, Rowe (ed. 2). _And_ ... _he
is_,--Theobald. _And_ ... _he's Sly_, Johnson conj. _And when he says
what he is_, Long conj. MS. _When he says what_ _he is_, Collier MS.
_And what he says_ _he is_, Jackson conj. _And when he_ _says who he
is_, Anon. ap. Halliwell conj. See note (III).
[67] _we will_] _we'll_ Rowe (ed. 2).
[71] [Some bear out Sly.] Theobald. om. Ff Q.
A trumpet sounds.] Sound trumpets. Ff Q.
[72] [Exit S.] Ex. Servant. Theobald. om. Ff Q.
[75] SCENE III. Pope.
Re-enter ...] Enter ... Ff Q.
[75, 76] _An't ... players That_] Ff Q.
_Please your honour, players That_ Pope.
_An it ... Players that_ Malone.
[76] _That offer_] _That come to offer_ Capell. _That offer humble_
Collier MS.
[77] Enter P.] Ff Q, after line 76.
[80] A Player.] Edd. 2. Player. Ff Q.
[85] _fitted_] _fit_ S. Walker conj.
[86] A Player.] Sincklo. F1 Q. Sin. F2. Sim. F3 F4. 1. P. Capell. See
note (IV).
[98] A Player.] Plai. F1 F2. Play. Q. Pla. F3 F4. 1. P. Capell.
[99] See note (v).
[101] _And ... one_] omitted by Rowe.
[103] _Barthol'mew_] _Bartholmew_ Ff Q. _Bartholomew_ Rowe.
[108] _bear_] F3 F4. _beare_ F1 F2. _bare_ Q.
[ Linenote 112] _soft low_] _soft slow_ Malone conj.
[113] _will_] _doth_ Q.
[120] _this seven_] _these seven_ Rowe (ed. 2). _twice seven_
Theobald.
_him_] _himself_ Rowe.
[125] _being ... convey'd_] (_being ... convei'd_) Ff Q.
[133] _peasant._] Johnson. _peasant_, Ff Q. _peasant_; Rowe.
[135] _the_] _their_ Collier (Collier MS.).
Scene II. _A bedchamber in the_ Lord's _house._
_Enter aloft_ SLY, _with_ Attendants; _some with apparel_, _others with_
_basin and ewer and other appurtenances_, _and_ Lord.
_Sly_. For God's sake, a pot of small ale.
_First Serv_. Will't please your lordship drink a cup of
sack?
_Sec. Serv_. Will't please your honour taste of these
conserves?
_Third Serv._ What raiment will your honour wear to-day?
_Sly._ I am Christophero Sly; call not me 'honour' nor 5
'lordship:' I ne'er drank sack in my life; and if you give me
any conserves, give me conserves of beef: ne'er ask me
what raiment I'll wear; for I have no more doublets than
backs, no more stockings than legs, nor no more shoes than
feet; nay, sometime more feet than shoes, or such shoes as 10
my toes look through the overleather.
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