[2670] SCENE II.] om. Rowe. SCENE VI. Pope. The whole scene is transferred to the beginning of ACT II. by Eccles. The ... castle.] A Castle belonging to the Earl of Glo'ster. Pope. A Hall in the Earl of Gloster's Castle. Capell. Enter ... letter.] Theobald. Enter Bastard solus. Qq. Enter Bastard. Ff. [2671] _Thou ... news?_] Verse in Ff. Prose in Qq. [2672] _in_] _to_ Hanmer. _plague_] _plage_ Warburton. _place_ Simpson conj. [2673] _curiosity_] _nicety_ Pope. _curtesie_ Theobald (Thirlby conj.) [2674] _Why ... base?_] _and why bastard? base?_ Hanmer. [2675] _dimensions_] Ff. _dementions_ Qq. [2676] _As ... base?_] Arranged as in Ff. Jennens, reading as Qq, ends the lines _issue?... bastardy?_ [2677] _With ... base?_] _With Base? With basenes Bastardie? Base, Base?_ F₁ and substantially F₂ F₃ F₄. _with base, base bastardy?_ Qq (_bastardie?_ Q₂). [2678] _dull, stale_] Ff. _stale dull_ Qq. _tired_] _tyred_ Ff. _lied_ Q₁ Q₃. _lyed_ Q₂. [2679] _the creating_] _th' creating_ Ff. _the creating of_ Qq. _creating_ Pope. [2680] _'tween asleep_] _atween sleep_ Dodd conj. _asleep_] _a-sleep_ Pope. _a sleepe_ Q₂ F₁ F₂ _a sleep_ F₃ F₄ _sleepe_ Q₁. _sleep_ Q₃. _then,_] Ff _the_ Qq _then, good brother,_ Hanmer. [2681] _fine word, 'legitimate!'_] Ff. Omitted in Qq. [2682] _top the_] Capell. _tooth'_ Qq. _to' th'_ F₁ F₂. _to th'_ F₃ F₄. _be th'_ Pope, ed. 2 (Theobald). _toe th'_ Hanmer. _out th'_ or _rout th'_ Jennens conj. _foe the_ Mason conj. _legitimate._] _legitimate:_ Qq Ff. _legitimate--_ Rowe, reading _to th'_ with F₃ F₄. [2683] SCENE VII. Pope. [2684] _Kent ... gad!_] Put in the margin by Eccles. [2685] _subscribed_] _subscrib'd_ Q₁ Q₃. _subscribd_ Q₂. _Perscrib'd_ Ff. [2686] _this done_] Q₁ F₁ Q₃. _this donne_ Q₂. _this gone_ F₂ F₃ F₄. _is gone_ Pope. [2687] [Putting....] Rowe. om. Qq Ff. [2688] _Why_] _Whe_ F₂. [2689] _needed_] Ff. _needs_ Q₁ Q₃. _needes_ Q₂. _terrible_] _terribe_ Q₂. [2690] _hide_] _hid_ Q₃. [2691] Edm.] Bast. Q₁ Ff Q₃. Ba. Q₂. (Cap. Dev. Mus. per. and Bodl. 1, 2). om. Q₂ (Mus. imp.) [2692] _and_] Ff. om. Qq. [2693] _o'er-looking_] _ore-looking_ Ff. _liking_ Qq. _overlooking_ Warburton. [2694] _I ... blame._] Prose in Qq Three lines ending _it: ... them ... blame,_ in Ff. [2695] _to blame_] Q₃ F₃ F₄. _too blame_ Q₁ Q₂ F₁ F₂. [2696] _essay or taste_] _assay or test_ Johnson conj. [2697] [Reads] Ff. A Letter. Qq. _and reverence_] Ff. Omitted in Qq. _in reverence_ Hanmer. _age_] _ages_ Pope (ed. 2). [2698] _to the best_] _to best_ F₂ F₃ F₄. [2699] _who_] _which_ Rowe. [2700] _Sleep_] F₃ F₄. _sleepe_ F₁ F₂. _slept_ Qq.] _waked_] _wakt_ Qq. _wake_ Ff. [2701] _brain_] _a brain_ Rowe. [2702] _this to you_] Qq F₃ F₄. _you to this_ F₁ F₂. [2703] _were his ... were not._] _was his ... is not._ Seymour conj. [2704] _his ... respect of_] _his but in respect, of_ Q₂. [2705] _It is his._] Ff. _It is his?_ Q₂. _Is it his?_ Q₁ Q₃. [2706] _but_] Qq F₁. om. F₂ F₃ F₄. [2707] _Hath_] Qq. _Has_ Ff.