THE TOWN FOP.
p. 7 Dramatis Personae. I have added ‘Page to Bellmour; Page to Lord Plotwell; Sir Timothy’s Page; Guests; Fiddlers; Ladies.’
p. 12, l. 36 honoured. 1724 ‘honourable’.
p. 13, l. 2 answered the Civility. 1724 ‘answered her the Civility’.
p. 13, l. 23 whats. 1724 ‘what’.
p. 13, l. 26 any thing in Life. 1724 ‘any thing in this Life’.
p. 14, l. 3 God forbid it; 1724 omits ‘it’.
p. 15, l. 11 you speak well. 1724 omits ‘well’.
p. 15, l. 20 Mrs. Celinda Dresswell. Following 4to 1677 and 1724 I have retained the name Dresswell although it should obviously be Friendlove. In the first draft Friendlove was called Dresswell, and in altering the nomenclature of the character Mrs. Behn forgot to make the change here. The same slip occurs in this same scene (p. 20, l. 23) when Friendlove is alluded to as Dresswell.
p. 16, l. 2 help. 1724 ‘help’d’.
p. 16, l. 30 me to. 1724 omits ‘to’.
p. 17, l. 9 and Allurements. 1724 omits ‘and’.
p. 19, l. 29 beholding. 1724 ‘beholden’.
p. 19, l. 31 belong’d. 1724 ‘belongs’.
p. 20, l. 6 Murder. 4to 1677 has here the marginal stage direction ’.A Letter’, to remind the prompter to have that property ready for the immediate entry of Friendlove.
p. 22, l. 4 Exit Sir Tim. 4to 1677 has ‘Ex.’ after ‘Celinda.’ 1724 ’.xit’ after ‘Southampton House.’
p. 22, l. 6 Exeunt. I have supplied this stage direction. 4to 1677 has ’.he End of the First Act.’
p. 22, l. 8 A Palace. I have left this quaint locale untouched although the scene is merely an antechamber in Friendlove’s house, and can have been no more than a drop cloth.
p. 22, l. 27 Scene II. This Scene is not numbered in the previous editions but considered as Scene I with the former.
p. 24, l. 10 To-morrow. 1724 as prose. I follow metrical arrangement of 4to.
p. 26, l. 12 impose. 4to 1677 ‘imposes’.
P. 27, l. 15 Scene III. Sir Timothy’s House. I have supplied the locale. In all former editions Scenes I and II being counted as one this is numbered Scene II.
p. 27, l. 16 and Boy. I have added the entrance of the Boy.
p. 28, l. 12 that I am. 4to 1677 omits ‘that’.
p. 28, l. 28 —and where—and where. 1724 reads ‘—and where—’ once.
p. 29, l. 25 Fortunes. 1724 ‘Fortune’.
p. 30, l. 32 Exeunt. 4to 1677 ‘Ex.’ 1724 ‘Exit.’
p. 30, l. 33 Scene IV. Lord Plotwell’s House. I have added the locale. The former editions, regarding Scenes I and II of this act as one, read ’.cene III.’
p. 34, l. 21 nor one. 1677 ‘nor none’.
p. 37, l. 14 Scene V. ‘Scene IV’ in former editions.
p. 39, l. 34 Exeunt. Not in former editions. 4to 1677 has ‘The End of the Second Act.’
p. 40, l. 2 A Room in Lord Plotwell’s House. All former editions mark the locale as ‘The Street.’ But this is obviously wrong from the sitting, dancing and whole business of the scene.
p. 41, l. 6 Griefs. 1724 ‘Grief.’
p. 41, l. 9 something of disorder. 4to 1677 ‘something in disorder’.
p. 41, l. 24 bear. 4to 1677 ‘bare’.
p. 42, l. 19 Life left. 1724 omits ‘left’.
p. 43, l. 4 plunged in Blood. 1724 ‘plung’d in, in Blood.’
p. 43, l. 5 A Jigg. Not in 1724.
p. 43, l. 19 with all your Faults. 4to 1677 omits ‘your’.
p. 45, l. 4 of it. 4to 1677 ‘on’t’.
p. 47, l. 7 Exeunt. All former editions ‘Exit.’
p. 47, l. 8 Scene II. No former editions number this scene, but read ’.nter Diana, Scene a Bedchamber.’
p. 47, l. 33 unto. 4to 1677 ‘to’.
p. 49, l. 25 Love. 1724 ‘Life’.
p. 50, l. 23 Exit. Not marked in former editions.
p. 50, l. 24 Scene III. A Street. No former editions number this scene.
p. 51, l. 1 Which. 4to 1677 ‘Who’.
p. 54, l. 34 Exeunt. Not in 1724. 4to 1677 adds ‘The End of the Third Act.’
p. 55, l. 2 Celinda’s Chamber. The locale is unmarked in all former editions,
p. 57, l. 15 the longed for. 4to 1677 misprints ‘she long’d for’.
p. 59, l. 8 Blessings. 1724 ‘Blessing’.
p. 59, l. 10 Who ere. 1724 ‘When e’er’.
p. 61, l. 11 and who. 1724 ‘and she who’.
p. 62, l. 6 _Scene II. The former editions have not numbered this scene.
p. 62, l. 11 Jenny and Doll. I have supplied the wenches’ names as given in the Dramatis Personae.
p. 63, l. 1 Garnitures. 1724 ‘Garments’.
p. 64, l. 1 Scene III. I have numbered the scene. Former editions all read ‘Scene a Chamber, a Table with Box and Dice.’
p. 72, l. 20 Ex. severally. 4to 1677 adds ‘The End of the Fourth Act.’
p. 72, l. 22 Scene I. I have numbered this scene.
p. 76, l. 14 Scene II. Lord Plotwell’s House. There is no scene division in 4to 1677. I have numbered this scene and added the locale which is evident from the dialogue.
p. 80, l. 5 Exit. 4to 1677 omits this stage direction.
p. 82, l. 10 Scene III. I have numbered this scene.
p. 82, l. 27 Look on this face. I have metrically arranged this. It is obviously verse. 4to 1677 and 1724 print as prose.
p. 94, l. 24 written by Mr. E.R. i.e. ‘Mr. Edward Ravenscroft.’ Omitted in 1724.