The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [Vol. 6 of 9]Shakespeare, William
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The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [Vol. 6 of 9]
Shakespeare, William
English drama
Full merrily the humble-bee doth sing,
Till he hath lost his honey and his sting;
And being once subdued in armed tail,[2448]
Sweet honey and sweet notes together fail.
Good traders in the flesh, set this in your painted cloths:[2449] 45
As many as be here of Pandar's hall,
Your eyes, half out, weep out at Pandar's fall;[2450]
Or if you cannot weep, yet give some groans,
Though not for me, yet for your aching bones.[2451]
Brethren and sisters of the hold-door trade,[2452] 50
Some two months hence my will shall here be made:
It should be now, but that my fear is this,
Some galled goose of Winchester would hiss:
Till then I'll sweat and seek about for eases,[2453]
And at that time bequeath you my diseases. [_Exit._[2454] 55
FOOTNOTES:
[2120] ACT V. SCENE I.] Rowe. om. Q Ff.
The ... tent.] Rowe, substantially.
[2121] _I'll ... tonight_] _With Greekish wine to-night I'll heat his
blood_ Steevens conj.
[2122] _Which ... to-morrow._] Omitted in F₄ and Rowe (ed. 1).
_scimitar_] Rowe (ed. 2). _cemitar_ Q F₁. _semitar_ F₂ F₃.
[2123] _core_] Ff. _curre_ Q.
[2124] _batch_] _botch_ Theobald. _patch_ Becket conj.
[2125] _idol_] _thou idol_ Keightley.
[2126] _adversity_] _perversity_ Collier conj.
_need these_] Ff. _needs this_ Q.
[2127] _boy_] Ff. _box_ Q.
[2128] _thought_] Ff. _said_ Q.
_Achilles'_] _Achilles_ Q Ff. _Achilles's_ F₄.
[2129] _varlet_] F₄. _varlot_ Q F₁ F₂ F₃. _harlot_ Theobald (Thirlby
conj.)
[2130] _rotten_] _rotted_ Rowe (ed. 2).
[2131] _the guts-griping, ruptures_] Capell. _the guts griping
ruptures_ Q. _guts-griping Ruptures_ F₁ F₂ F₃. _Guts-griping, Ruptures_
F₄.
_catarrhs_] F₄. _catarres_ F₁ F₂ F₃. om. Q.
[2132] _o'_] F₄. _a_ Q F₁ F₂ F₃. _of_ Capell.
_i' the_] _i' th'_ Ff. _in_ the Q.
_back_] Q. _backe_ F₁. _backs_ F₂ F₃ F₄.
[2133] _raw eyes ... tetter,_] Q. _and the like,_ Ff.
[2134] _wheezing_] _whissing_ Q.
[2135] _limekilns_] _lime-kills_ Q.
[2136] _discoveries_] _debaucheries_ Hanmer. _discoverers_ Singer.
_discolourers_ Collier (Collier MS.)
[2137] _mean'st_] Ff. _meanes_ Q.
[2138] _butt_] F₃ F₄. _but_ Q F₁ F₂. _burr._ Long MS. _bott_ Becket
conj.
[2139] _no._] Q. om. Ff.
[2140] _sleave_] _sleive_ Q. _sleyd_ Ff. _sley'd_ Rowe.
_sarcenet_] _sacenet_ Q.
[2141] _tassel_] F₁. _tossell_ Q F₂ F₃. _tossel_ F₄.
[2142] _Out, gall!_] _Out gall._ Q Ff. _Nut-gall!_ Hanmer.
[2143] _thwarted_] _th'warted_ F₂ F₃ F₄.
[2144] _Greeks_] _Greekes_ Q F₁. _Greeke_ F₂. _Greek_ F₃ F₄.
[2145] _This ... Patroclus!_] As in Ff. One line in Q.
[2146] [Exeunt ...] Hanmer. Exit. Ff. Ex. Theobald.
[2147] _quails_] _quarrels_ or _squalls_ Warburton conj.
[2148] _goodly_] Q F₁ F₂. _good_ F₃ F₄.
[2149] _his brother, the_] Ff. _his be the_ Q.
[2150] _oblique_] _antique_ Hanmer. _obelisque_ Warburton. _Job-like_
Becket conj.
[2151] _shoeing-horn_] _shooting-horn_ Rowe.
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