[905] _such_] F₁. om. F₂ F₃ F₄. _is_] om. Pope. [906] _corn_] F₃ F₄. _Corne_ F₁ F₂. See note (XIII). [907] _And ... her:_] One line in Rowe (ed. 2). Two lines, the first ending _sorrow,_ in Ff. [908] _read_] _tread_ Collier conj. [909] _ways ... by those claim_] F₄. _way ... by those claime_ F₁ F₂ F₃. _ways ... claim by those_ Pope. _way ... by that claim_ Capell. [910] _Nor shall ... heaven._] See note (XIV). [911] _Our_] om. Pope. [912] _She shall ... mourn her._] See note (XIV). [913] _her; yet a virgin,_] Ff. _her yet a virgin;_ Theobald. [914] _most_] _pure_ Capell (corrected in Errata). [915] _To_] _Unto_ Dyce conj. [916] _your good_] Theobald (Thirlby conj.) _you good_ Ff. _beholding_] _beholden_ Rowe (ed. 2). [917] _Has_] _'Has_ Ff. _H'as_ Rowe (ed. 2). _He'as_ Hanmer. _He has_ Capell. THE EPILOGUE. 'Tis ten to one this play can never please All that are here: some come to take their ease,[918] And sleep an act or two; but those, we fear,[919] We have frighted with our trumpets; so, 'tis clear,[920] They'll say 'tis naught: others, to hear the city[921] 5 Abused extremely, and to cry 'That's witty!' Which we have not done neither; that, I fear, All the expected good we're like to hear[922] For this play at this time, is only in[923] The merciful construction of good women;[923] 10 For such a one we show'd 'em: if they smile, And say 'twill do, I know, within a while All the best men are ours; for 'tis ill hap, If they hold when their ladies bid 'em clap. FOOTNOTES: [918] _ease_] _case_ F₂. [919] _sleep_] _sleep out_ F₃ F₄. [920] _We have_] _W' have_ Ff. _We've_ Rowe (ed. 2). [921] _'tis_] F₁. _it's_ F₂ F₃ F₄. [922] _we're_] _w'are_ Ff. _we are_ Capell. [923] _is only in The_] _we shall not owe men, But_ Collier conj. NOTES. NOTE I. I. 1. 167. Mr Collier says: "In the three earlier folios the word is spelt 'wrenching,' which the printer of the fourth folio, not understanding, altered to 'drenching.'" In the three copies of the fourth folio now before us the word is 'wrenching.' NOTE II. I. 2. Capell, followed by Malone, made many gratuitous alterations in the stage-directions of the Folios, which we have not thought it worth while always to record. NOTE III. II. 3. 7-9. Pope's reading is as follows: 'Still growing in a majesty and pomp, The which to leave, a thousand-fold more bitter Than sweet at first t'acquire.' Theobald, followed by Hanmer, has: 'Still growing to a majesty and pomp, The which to leave's a thousand-fold more bitter Than sweet at first t'acquire.' Capell reads, following the arrangement of the Folios: 'Still growing in a majesty and pomp,--the which To leave, 's a thousand fold more bitter, than 'Tis sweet at first to acquire.'