[1780] _I scorn ... too._] Prose in Ff. Pope prints _I ... see_ as prose, _So ... blood, And.... too_ as two lines. Six lines, ending _should ... number ... not!... meat ... is, ... too,_ in Capell. [1781] _'twould ... flatter thee_] _for I ... flatter thee: 'twould choke me_ Becket conj. _for ... ne'er_] _'fore ... e'er_ Warburton. [1782] _eat_] Rowe. _eats_ F1 F4. _eates_ F2 F3. _'em_] _it_ Hanmer. _them_ Steevens. _It_] _'T_ Capell. [1783] _their_] F3 F4. _there_ F1 F2. [1784] _too_] _to't_ Warburton conj. [1785] _their meat_] _there meate_ F1. [1786] _There's ... meals_;] Prose in Ff. Five lines, ending _that ... pledges ... draught, ... prov'd ... drink,_ (omitting _at meals_) in Pope. [1787] _pledges_] _and pledges_ Pope. [1788] _draught_,] Rowe. _draught_: Ff. [1789] _him: 't has been proved. If_] Rowe. _him: 'Tas been proved, if_ F1 F2 F3 (_been_ F3). _him. 'T has been proved, if_ F4. [1790] _If I_] Put in a separate line by Steevens (1793). _If I were a huge_] _Were I a great_ Pope. _man_,] _man now_ Capell, reading _If ... fear_ as one line. _I should_] _'should_ S. Walker conj., reading as Steevens. [1791] _Lest ... throats._] Verse first in Rowe (ed. 2). Prose in Ff. [1792] _lord, in_] _love in_ Anon. ap. Johnson conj. [1793] Sec. Lord.] Lucull. Rowe. [1794] _Flow ... gods._] See note (IV). [1795] _sinner_] _fire_ Collier (Collier MS.). _liar_ Keightley. [1796] _equals_] F1. _equall_ F2. _equal_ F3 F4. [1797] Apemantus's Grace.] F4. Apermantus ... F1. Apemantus ... F2 F3. om. Capell. [1798] _Amen. So_] _Amen, amen; so_ Theobald. _Amen, amen; so I_ Farmer MS. conj. [1799] _sin_] _sing_ Farmer MS. conj. _dine_ Singer conj. [Eats and drinks.] Johnson. om. Ff. [1800] [falls to his dinner apart. Capell. [1801] _Captain_] As in Pope. As a separate line in Ff. _Captain Alcibiades_] Hanmer. _Captaine, Alcibiades_ Ff (_Captain_, F3 F4). [1802] _be_] _been_ Pope (ed. 2). [1803] _bleeding-new_] Hyphened by Steevens (1793). [1804] _best_] F1. om. F2 F3 F4. [1805] _those_] _these_ Rowe. [1806] _that then thou_] _that thou_ Pope (ed. 2). [1807] _that_] _the_ Rowe (ed. 2). [1808] _much_] _as much_ Rowe. [1809] _have you_] _have you not_ Heath conj. [1810] _charitable_] _character and_ Hanmer. [1811] _thousands, did_] Theobald. _thousands? Did_ Ff. [1812] _did not you ... my heart_] _did I not ... your hearts_ Johnson conj. [1813] _ne'er_] _nere_ F1 F2 F3. _never_ F4. [1814] _they were ... for 'em_,] Omitted by Pope. See note (V). [1815] _and would_] _they would_ Pope. _most resemble_] _resemble most_ S. Walker conj. [1816] _keep_] _keepes_ F1. _their_] _there_ F1. [1817] _joy_] Rowe. _joyes_ F1 F2 F3. _joys_ F4. _made away_] _made a joy_ Hanmer. [1818] _ere't_] F3. _er't_ F1 F2. _e're't_ F4. _ere it_ Steevens. _hold out_] _hold_ Rowe. [1819] _hold out water, methinks: to_] _hold out; they water. Methinks, to_ Johnson conj.