ACT V.
[000] Scene I. Athens. The palace of Theseus.
MSND V. 1 Enter Theseus, Hippolyta, Philostrate, Lords, and Attendants.
Hip. ’Tis strange, my Theseus, that these lovers speak of.
The. More strange than true: I never may believe
These antique fables, nor these fairy toys.
Lovers and madmen have such seething brains,
[005] Such shaping fantasies, that apprehend
[006] More than cool reason ever comprehends.
The lunatic, the lover and the poet
Are of imagination all compact:
One sees more devils than vast hell can hold,
[010] That is, the madman: the lover, all as frantic,
Sees Helen’s beauty in a brow of Egypt:
[012] The poet’s eye, in a fine frenzy rolling,
Doth glance from heaven to earth, from earth to heaven;
[014] And as imagination bodies forth
015 The forms of things unknown, the poet’s pen
[016] Turns them to shapes, and gives to airy nothing
A local habitation and a name.
Such tricks hath strong imagination,
[019] That, if it would but apprehend some joy,
020 It comprehends some bringer of that joy;
[021] Or in the night, imagining some fear,
How easy is a bush supposed a bear!
Hip. But all the story of the night told over,
And all their minds transfigured so together,
025 More witnesseth than fancy’s images,
And grows to something of great constancy;
But, howsoever, strange and admirable.
The. Here come the lovers, full of joy and mirth.
Enter Lysander, Demetrius, Hermia, and Helena.
[029] Joy, gentle friends! joy and fresh days of love
Accompany your hearts!
Lys.
[030] More than to us
[031] Wait in your royal walks, your board, your bed!
The. Come now; what masques, what dances shall we have,
[033] To wear away this long age of three hours
[034] Between our after-supper and bed-time?
035 Where is our usual manager of mirth?
What revels are in hand? Is there no play,
To ease the anguish of a torturing hour?
[038] Call Philostrate.
Phil.
Here, mighty Theseus.
The. Say, what abridgement have you for this evening?
040 What masque? what music? How shall we beguile
The lazy time, if not with some delight?
[042] Phil. There is a brief how many sports are ripe:
[043] Make choice of which your highness will see first. [Giving a paper.
The. [reads] [044] The battle with the Centaurs, to be sung
045 By an Athenian eunuch to the harp.
We’ll none of that: that have I told my love,
In glory of my kinsman Hercules.
[Reads] The riot of the tipsy Bacchanals,
Tearing the Thracian singer in their rage.
050 That is an old device; and it was play’d
When I from Thebes came last a conqueror.
[Reads] The thrice three Muses mourning for the death
Of Learning, late deceased in beggary.
That is some satire, keen and critical,
055 Not sorting with a nuptial ceremony.
[Reads] A tedious brief scene of young Pyramus
And his love Thisbe; very tragical mirth.
[058] Merry and tragical! tedious and brief!
[059] That is, hot ice and wondrous strange snow.
060 How shall we find the concord of this discord?
[061] Phil. A play there is, my lord, some ten words long,
Which is as brief as I have known a play;
But by ten words, my lord, it is too long,
Which makes it tedious; for in all the play
065 There is not one word apt, one player fitted:
[066] And tragical, my noble lord, it is;
For Pyramus therein doth kill himself.
Which, when I saw rehearsed, I must confess,
Made mine eyes water; but more merry tears
070 The passion of loud laughter never shed.
The. What are they that do play it?
Phil. Hard-handed men, that work in Athens here,
Which never labour’d in their minds till now;
And now have toil’d their unbreathed memories
[075] With this same play, against your nuptial.
[076] The. And we will hear it.
Phil.
No, my noble lord;
It is not for you: I have heard it over,
And it is nothing, nothing in the world;
[079] Unless you can find sport in their intents,
[080] Extremely stretch’d and conn’d with cruel pain,
To do you service.
The.
[081] I will hear that play;
For never any thing can be amiss,
When simpleness and duty tender it.
Go, bring them in: and take your places, ladies. [Exit Philostrate.
085 Hip. I love not to see wretchedness o’ercharged,
And duty in his service perishing.
The. Why, gentle sweet, you shall see no such thing.
Hip. He says they can do nothing in this kind.
The. The kinder we, to give them thanks for nothing.
090 Our sport shall be to take what they mistake:
[091] And what poor duty cannot do, noble respect
[092] Takes it in might, not merit.
Where I have come, great clerks have purposed
To greet me with premeditated welcomes;
095 Where I have seen them shiver and look pale,
Make periods in the midst of sentences,
Throttle their practised accent in their fears,
And, in conclusion, dumbly have broke off,
Not paying me a welcome. Trust me, sweet,
100 Out of this silence yet I pick’d a welcome;
And in the modesty of fearful duty
I read as much as from the rattling tongue
Of saucy and audacious eloquence.
Love, therefore, and tongue-tied simplicity
[105] In least speak most, to my capacity.
Re-enter Philostrate.
[106] Phil. So please your Grace, the Prologue is address’d.
[107] The. Let him approach. [Flourish of trumpets.
Enter Quince for the Prologue.
[108] Pro. If we offend, it is with our good will.
That you should think, we come not to offend,
110 But with good will. To show our simple skill,
That is the true beginning of our end.
Consider, then, we come but in despite.
We do not come as minding to content you,
[114] Our true intent is. All for your delight,
115 We are not here. That you should here repent you,
The actors are at hand; and, by their show,
You shall know all, that you are like to know.
[118] The. This fellow doth not stand upon points.
Lys. He hath rid his prologue like a rough colt; he knows not the stop. A good moral, my lord: it is not [120] enough to speak, but to speak true.
[122] Hip. Indeed he hath played on his prologue like a [123] child on a recorder; a sound, but not in government.
[124] The. His speech was like a tangled chain; nothing impaired, [125] but all disordered. Who is next?
Enter Pyramus and Thisbe, Wall, Moonshine, and Lion.
Pro. Gentles, perchance you wonder at this show;
But wonder on, till truth make all things plain.
This man is Pyramus, if you would know;
This beauteous lady Thisby is certain.
[130] This man, with lime and rough-cast, doth present
[131] Wall, that vile Wall which did these lovers sunder;
And through Wall’s chink, poor souls, they are content
To whisper. At the which let no man wonder.
This man, with lanthorn, dog, and bush of thorn,
135 Presenteth Moonshine; for, if you will know,
By moonshine did these lovers think no scorn
To meet at Ninus’ tomb, there, there to woo.
[138] This grisly beast, which Lion hight by name,
[139] The trusty Thisby, coming first by night,
140 Did scare away, or rather did affright;
[141] And, as she fled, her mantle she did fall,
Which Lion vile with bloody mouth did stain.
Anon comes Pyramus, sweet youth and tall,
[144] And finds his trusty Thisby’s mantle slain:
145 Whereat, with blade, with bloody blameful blade,
He bravely broach’d his boiling bloody breast;
[147] And Thisby, tarrying in mulberry shade,
His dagger drew, and died. For all the rest,
Let Lion, Moonshine, Wall, and lovers twain
[150] At large discourse, while here they do remain. [Exeunt Prologue, Thisbe, Lion, and Moonshine.
The. I wonder if the lion be to speak.
Dem. No wonder, my lord: one lion may, when many
Wall. In this same interlude it doth befall
[155] That I, one Snout by name, present a wall;
And such a wall, as I would have you think,
That had in it a crannied hole or chink,
[158] Through which the lovers, Pyramus and Thisby,
Did whisper often very secretly.
[160] This loam, this rough-cast, and this stone, doth show
That I am that same wall; the truth is so:
And this the cranny is, right and sinister,
Through which the fearful lovers are to whisper.
The. Would you desire lime and hair to speak better?
165 Dem. It is the wittiest partition that ever I heard discourse, my lord.
The. Pyramus draws near the wall: silence!
Enter Pyramus.
Pyr. O grim-look’d night! O night with hue so black!
O night, which ever art when day is not!
170 O night, O night! alack, alack, alack,
I fear my Thisby’s promise is forgot!
[172] And them, O wall, O sweet, O lovely wall,
[173] That stand’st between her father’s ground and mine!
Thou wall, O wall, O sweet and lovely wall,
[175] Show me thy chink, to blink through with mine eyne! [Wall holds up his fingers.
Thanks, courteous wall: Jove shield thee well for this!
But what see I? No Thisby do I see.
O wicked wall, through whom I see no bliss!
Cursed be thy stones for thus deceiving me!
The. The wall, methinks, being sensible, should curse 180 again.
Pyr. No, in truth, sir, he should not. ‘Deceiving me’ [183] is Thisby’s cue: she is to enter now, and I am to spy her [184] through the wall. You shall see, it will fall pat as I told 185 you. Yonder she comes.
Enter Thisbe.
This. O wall, full often hast thou heard my moans,
For parting my fair Pyramus and me!
My cherry lips have often kiss’d thy stones,
[189] Thy stones with lime and hair knit up in thee.
[190] Pyr. I see a voice: now will I to the chink,
[191] To spy an I can hear my Thisby’s face.
Thisby!
[193] This. My love thou art, my love I think.
Pyr. Think what thou wilt, I am thy lover’s grace;
[195] And, like Limander, am I trusty still.
[196] This. And I like Helen, till the Fates me kill.
Pyr. Not Shafalus to Procrus was so true.
This. As Shafalus to Procrus, I to you.
Pyr. O, kiss me through the hole of this vile wall!
200 This. I kiss the wall’s hole, not your lips at all.
Pyr. Wilt thou at Ninny’s tomb meet me straightway?
[202] This. ‘Tide life, ’tide death, I come without delay. [Exeunt Pyramus and Thisbe.
Wall. Thus have I, wall, my part discharged so;
[204] And, being done, thus wall away doth go. [Exit.
[205] The. Now is the mural down between the two neighbours.
Dem. No remedy, my lord, when walls are so wilful to
[208] hear without warning.
[209] Hip. This is the silliest stuff that ever I heard.
210 The. The best in this kind are but shadows; and the
worst are no worse, if imagination amend them.
Hip. It must be your imagination then, and not theirs.
The. If we imagine no worse of them than they of
[214] themselves, they may pass for excellent men. Here come
[215] two noble beasts in a man and a lion.
Enter Lion and Moonshine.
Lion. You, ladies, you, whose gentle hearts do fear
The smallest monstrous mouse that creeps on floor,
May now perchance both quake and tremble here,
When lion rough in wildest rage doth roar.
[220] Then know that I, one Snug the joiner, am
[221] A lion-fell, nor else no lion’s dam;
For, if I should as lion come in strife
[223] Into this place, ’twere pity on my life.
The. A very gentle beast, and of a good conscience.
225 Dem. The very best at a beast, my lord, that e’er I saw.
Lys. This lion is a very fox for his valour.
The. True; and a goose for his discretion.
Dem. Not so, my lord; for his valour cannot carry his discretion; and the fox carries the goose.
230 The. His discretion, I am sure, cannot carry his valour; for the goose carries not the fox. It is well: leave it to his [232] discretion, and let us listen to the moon.
Moon. This lanthorn doth the horned moon present;—
Dem. He should have worn the horns on his head.
[235] The. He is no crescent, and his horns are invisible within the circumference.
Moon. This lanthorn doth the horned moon present;
[238] Myself the man i’ the moon do seem to be.
The. This is the greatest error of all the rest: the man 240 should be put into the lantern. How is it else the man i’ the moon?
Dem. He dares not come there for the candle; for, you see, it is already in snuff.
[244] Hip. I am aweary of this moon: would he would 245 change!
[246] The. It appears, by his small light of discretion, that he is in the wane; but yet, in courtesy, in all reason, we must stay the time.
Lys. Proceed, Moon.
250 Moon. All that I have to say, is, to tell you that the lanthorn is the moon; I, the man in the moon; this thorn-bush, my thorn-bush; and this dog, my dog.
[253] Dem. Why, all these should be in the lantern; for all these are in the moon. But, silence! here comes Thisbe.
Enter Thisbe.
[255] This. This is old Ninny’s tomb. Where is my love?
[256] Lion. [Roaring] Oh—— [Thisbe runs off.
Dem. Well roared, Lion.
The. Well run, Thisbe.
Hip. Well shone, Moon. Truly, the moon shines with [260] a good grace. [The Lion shakes Thisbe’s mantle, and exit.
[261] The. Well moused, Lion.
[262] Dem. And then came Pyramus.
Lys. And so the lion vanished.
Enter Pyramus.
Pyr. Sweet Moon, I thank thee for thy sunny beams;
265 I thank thee, Moon, for shining now so bright;
[266] For, by thy gracious, golden, glittering gleams,
[267] I trust to take of truest Thisby sight.
But stay, O spite!
But mark, poor knight,
270 What dreadful dole is here!
Eyes, do you see?
How can it be?
[273] O dainty duck! O dear!
Thy mantle good,
275 What, stain’d with blood!
[276] Approach, ye Furies fell!
O Fates, come, come,
Cut thread and thrum;
Quail, crush, conclude, and quell!
[280] The. This passion, and the death of a dear friend, would go near to make a man look sad.
Hip. Beshrew my heart, but I pity the man.
Pyr. O wherefore, Nature, didst thou lions frame?
[284] Since lion vile hath here deflower’d my dear:
285 Which is—no, no—which was the fairest dame
That lived, that loved, that liked, that look’d with cheer.
Come, tears, confound;
Out, sword, and wound
The pap of Pyramus;
290 Ay, that left pap,
[291] Where heart doth hop: [Stabs himself.
Thus die I, thus, thus, thus.
Now am I dead,
Now am I fled;
295 My soul is in the sky:
[296] Tongue, lose thy light;
[297] Moon, take thy flight: [Exit Moonshine.
[298] Now die, die, die, die, die. [Dies.
Dem. No die, but an ace, for him; for he is but one.
300 Lys. Less than an ace, man; for he is dead; he is nothing.
The. With the help of a surgeon he might yet recover, [303] and prove an ass.
[304] Hip. How chance Moonshine is gone before Thisbe 305 comes back and finds her lover?
The. She will find him by starlight. Here she comes; and her passion ends the play.
Re-enter Thisbe.
Hip. Methinks she should not use a long one for such a Pyramus: I hope she will be brief.
[310] Dem. A mote will turn the balance, which Pyramus, [311] which Thisbe, is the better; he for a man, God warrant us; she for a woman, God bless us.
Lys. She hath spied him already with those sweet eyes.
[314] Dem. And thus she means, videlicet:—
This.
315 Asleep, my love?
What, dead, my dove?
O Pyramus, arise!
Speak, speak. Quite dumb?
Dead, dead? A tomb
[320] Must cover thy sweet eyes.
[321] These lily lips,
[322] This cherry nose,
These yellow cowslip cheeks,
Are gone, are gone:
325 Lovers, make moan:
His eyes were green as leeks.
O Sisters Three,
Come, come to me,
With hands as pale as milk;
[330] Lay them in gore,
Since you have shore
[332] With shears his thread of silk.
Tongue, not a word:
Come, trusty sword;
[335] Come, blade, my breast imbrue: [Stabs herself.
And, farewell, friends;
Thus Thisby ends:
Adieu, adieu, adieu. [Dies.
The. Moonshine and Lion are left to bury the dead.
340 Dem. Ay, and Wall too.
[341] Bot. [Starting up] No, I assure you; the wall is down that parted their fathers. Will it please you to see the epilogue, or to hear a Bergomask dance between two of our company?
345 The. No epilogue, I pray you; for your play needs no excuse. Never excuse; for when the players are all dead, [347] there need none to be blamed. Marry, if he that writ it [348] had played Pyramus and hanged himself in Thisbe’s garter, it would have been a fine tragedy: and so it is, truly; and 350 very notably discharged. But, come, your Bergomask: let [351] your epilogue alone. [A dance.
The iron tongue of midnight hath told twelve:
Lovers, to bed; ’tis almost fairy time.
I fear we shall out-sleep the coming morn,
355 As much as we this night have overwatch’d.
This palpable-gross play hath well beguiled
The heavy gait of night. Sweet friends, to bed.
A fortnight hold we this solemnity,
In nightly revels and new jollity. [Exeunt.
Enter Puck.
Puck.
[360] Now the hungry lion roars,
[361] And the wolf behowls the moon;
Whilst the heavy ploughman snores,
[363] All with weary task fordone.
Now the wasted brands do glow,
[365] Whilst the screech-owl, screeching loud,
Puts the wretch that lies in woe
In remembrance of a shroud.
Now it is the time of night,
That the graves, all gaping wide,
370 Every one lets forth his sprite,
[371] In the church-way paths to glide:
And we fairies, that do run
By the triple Hecate’s team,
From the presence of the sun,
375 Following darkness like a dream,
Now are frolic: not a mouse
Shall disturb this hallow’d house:
I am sent with broom before,
[379] To sweep the dust behind the door.
Enter Oberon and Titania with their train.
Obe.
[380] Through the house give glimmering light,
By the dead and drowsy fire:
Every elf and fairy sprite
Hop as light as bird from brier;
And this ditty, after me,
385 Sing, and dance it trippingly.
Tita.
[386] First, rehearse your song by rote,
To each word a warbling note:
Hand in hand, with fairy grace,
[389] Will we sing, and bless this place. [Song and dance.
Obe.
[390] Now, until the break of day,
Through this house each fairy stray.
To the best bride-bed will we,
Which by us shall blessed be;
And the issue there create
395 Ever shall be fortunate.
So shall all the couples three
Ever true in loving be;
And the blots of Nature’s hand
Shall not in their issue stand;
400 Never mole, hare lip, nor scar,
Nor mark prodigious, such as are
Despised in nativity,
[403] Shall upon their children be.
With this field-dew consecrate,
405 Every fairy take his gait;
And each several chamber bless,
Through this palace, with sweet peace,
[408] Ever shall in safety rest,
And the owner of it blest.
[410] Trip away; make no stay;
[411] Meet me all by break of day. [Exeunt Oberon, Titania, and train.
Puck.
If we shadows have offended,
Think but this, and all is mended,
That you have but slumber’d here,
[415] While these visions did appear.
And this weak and idle theme,
No more yielding but a dream,
Gentles, do not reprehend:
If you pardon, we will mend.
[420] And, as I am an honest Puck,
If we have unearned luck
Now to scape the serpent’s tongue,
We will make amends ere long;
Else the Puck a liar call:
425 So, good night unto you all.
Give me your hands, if we be friends,
And Robin shall restore amends. [Exit.
NOTES.
MSND [TOC]
Note I.
[i. 2. 45.] It may be questioned whether the true reading is not ‘thisne, thisne;’ that is, ‘in this manner,’ a meaning which ‘thissen’ has in several dialects. See Halliwell’s Arch. Dict. ‘So-ne’ is used in the same way in Suffolk.
Note II.
[iii. 1. 2.] Capell appears to have considered the reading ‘marvailes’ of Q1 as representing the vulgar pronunciation of ‘marvellous,’ and he therefore printed it ‘marvels,’ as in iv. 1. 23.
Note III.
[iii. 2. 257], 258. In this obscure passage we have thought it best to retain substantially the reading of the Quartos. The Folios, though they alter it, do not remove the difficulty, and we must conclude that some words, perhaps a whole line, have fallen out of the text.
Note IV.
[iii 2. 337.] We retain the reading of the old copies in preference to Theobald’s plausible conjecture. A similar construction occurs in The Tempest, ii. 1. 27, ‘which, of he or Adrian, for a good wager, first begins to crow?’
Note V.
[iii. 2. 204.] Although Pope’s reading of this line was followed by all editors down to Capell it is rendered extremely improbable by the occurrence of the word ‘Have’ at the beginning of the line in all the old copies, and could only have been suggested by what Pope considered the exigencies of the metre. ‘Needles’ may have been pronounced, as Steevens writes it, ‘neelds;’ but, if not, the line is harmonious enough.
Note VI.
[iv. 1. 1.] Johnson says, ‘I see no good reason why the fourth Act should begin here when there seems no interruption of the action;’ but he does not alter the arrangement of the Folios, which, in the absence of any good reason to the contrary, we also follow.
Note VII.
[iv. 1. 8], &c. We have retained throughout this scene the spelling of the old copies ‘Mounsieur,’ as representing a pronunciation more appropriate to Bottom, like ‘Cavalery’ a few lines lower down. We are aware, however, that the word was generally so spelt.
Note VIII.
[v. 1.] In the Folios the stage direction is ‘Enter Theseus, Hippolita, Egeus and his Lords,’ and the speeches which properly belong to Philostrate as master of the revels are assigned to Egeus, with the exception of that beginning ‘No, my noble lord, &c.’ In line 38 the Quartos correctly read ‘Philostrate’ where the Folios have ‘Egeus.’ The confusion may have arisen, as Mr Grant White suggests, from the two parts having been originally played by the same actor.
Note IX.
[v. 1. 44]–60. We have followed the Quartos in assigning this speech to Theseus alone. In the Folios Lysander is represented as reading the ‘brief’ and Theseus as commenting upon it. Theobald first restored the arrangement of the Quartos.
Note X.
[v. 1. 125.] The stage direction of the Folios is ‘Tawyer with a trumpet before them,’ Tawyer being generally understood to be the name of the trumpeter; but Mr Collier, on the strength of a note in the corrected Folio ‘Enter Presenter,’ interprets ‘Tawyer’ as the name of the actor who filled the part of Presenter and introduced the characters of the play.
Note XI.
[v. 1. 160.] In the Variorum edition of 1821 ‘lime’ is given as the reading of the Folios, and ‘lome’ of the Quartos, the fact being that F1 F2 read ‘loame,’ and F3 F4 ‘loam.’
Note XII.
[v. 1. 390]–411. This speech, which in the Folios is made ‘The Song,’ was restored by Johnson to Oberon, following the Quartos. He adds, ‘But where then is the song?—I am afraid it is gone after many other things of greater value. The truth is that two songs are lost. The series of the scene is this: after the speech of Puck, Oberon enters, and calls his fairies to a song, which song is apparently wanting in all the copies. Next Titania leads another song which is indeed lost like the former, though the editors have endeavoured to find it. Then Oberon dismisses his fairies to the despatch of the ceremonies. The songs, I suppose, were lost, because they were not inserted in the players’ parts, from which the drama was printed.’
Note XIII.
[v. 1. 408], 409. The difficulty in these two lines is at once removed by transposing them, as was suggested by C. R. W. a correspondent in the Illustrated London News. Mr Staunton was at one time inclined to think that ‘Ever shall’ was a corruption of ‘Every hall,’ but he now adheres to the solution above given. Malone incorrectly attributes to Pope the reading which he himself adopts, ‘E’er shall it in safety rest,’ Pope’s reading being ‘Ever shall in safety rest’ as in Rowe’s second edition.
Linenotes-A Midsummer Night’s Dream
A Midsummer-Night’s Dream, I, 1.
[ Sc. i. Enter...] Enter Theseus, Hippolita, with others. Qq Ff.
[ 4]: wanes] waues Q1.
[ 6]: withering out] wintering on Warburton. lithering out Becket conj.
[ 7]: night] Q1. nights Q2 Ff.
[ 8]: nights] Q1 Ff. daies Q2.
[ 10]: New-bent] Rowe. Now bent Qq Ff.
[ 15]: [Exit Ph.] Theobald.
[ 19]: revelling] revelry Holt White conj.
[ 24], 26: Stand forth, Demetrius...Stand forth, Lysander] Printed in Qq Ff as stage directions. Corrected by Rowe.
[ 27]: This man hath bewitch’d] Qq F1. This hath bewitch’d F2 F3 F4.
bewitch’d] witch’d Theobald.
[ 38]: harshness] hardness Collier MS.
[ 51]: leave] ’leve Warburton. lave Becket conj.
[ 69]: if you yield not] not yielding Pope.
[ 76]: earthlier happy] earlier happy Pope conj. earthly happier Capell.
[ 81]: whose unwished] Qq F1. to whose unwished F2 F3. to whose unwish’d F4.
[ 87]: your] you F2.
[ 94]: Hermia’s] Hermia Tyrwhitt conj.
[ 98]: unto] upon Hanmer.
[ 101]: fortunes] fortune’s Rowe.
[ 102]: Demetrius’] Pope. Demetrius Qq Ff.
[ 107]: Nedar’s] Nestor’s S. Walker conj.
[ 125]: nuptial] Qq F1. nuptialls F2 F3 F4.
[ 127]: [Exeunt...] Exeunt. Manet L. and M. Qq Ff.
[ 128]: Scene ii. Pope.
[ 130]: which I could] yet could I Becket conj.
[ 131]: my] Qq. mine Ff.
[ 132]: Ay me! for aught that I could ever] Eigh me; for ought that I could ever Qq. For ought that ever I could F1. Hermia for ought that ever I could F2 F3 F4. Ay me! for aught that ever I could Dyce.
[ 136]: low] Theobald. love Qq Ff.
too...low] to be enthrall’d! too high, too low Becket conj.
[ 138]: to young] too young F4.
[ 139]: friends] Qq. merit Ff. men Collier MS.
[ 140]: eyes] Qq. eie F1. eye F2 F3 F4.
[ 143]: momentany] Qq. momentary Ff.
[ 146]: spleen] shene Becket conj.
[ 148]: do] to F3 F4.
[ 154]: due] dewe Q1.
[ 159]: remote] Qq. remov’d Ff.
[ 167]: observance to a] Qq. observance for a Ff. observance to the Pope.
[ 168]–178: Her. My good......with thee] Her. My good Lysander! Lys. I swear...spoke. Her. In that...with thee Warburton.
[ 172]: loves] Q1. love Q2 Ff.
[ 180]: Scene iii. Pope.
[ 182]: your fair] Qq. you fair Ff. you, fair Rowe (ed. 2).
[ 186]: so] Qq Ff. so! Theobald.
[ 187]: Yours would I] Hanmer. Your words I Qq F1. Your words Ide F2 F3 F4.
[ 191]: I’d] Hanmer. ile Q1. Ile Q2 F1 F2. I’le F3 F4.
[ 200]: folly, Helena, is no fault] Q1. folly, Helena, is none Q2 Ff. fault, Oh Helena, is none Hanmer. fault, fair Helena, is none Collier MS.
[ 205]: as] Q1. like Q2 Ff.
[ 206]: do] must Collier MS.
[ 207]: unto a] Q1. into Q2 Ff.
[ 213]: gates] Qq F1 F2. gate F3 F4.
[ 216]: sweet] Theobald. sweld Qq Ff.
[ 219]: stranger companies] Theobald. strange companions Qq Ff.
[ 225]: dote] Qq. dotes Ff.
[ 229]: do] Qq. doth Ff.
[ 237]: haste] hast F4.
[ 239]: he is so oft] Q1 he is oft Q2. he is often F1. he often is F2 F3 F4.
[ 240]: in game themselves] themselves in game F3 F4.
[ 244]: this] Q1 Ff. his Q2.
[ 245]: So] Lo, Capell.
[ 248]: this] Qq. his Ff.
[ 249]: a dear expense] dear recompense Collier MS.
A Midsummer-Night’s Dream, I, 2.
[ Scene ii.] Scene iv. Pope.
Quince’s house.] Capell. Changes to a cottage. Theobald.
[ 3]: according to] Q1 Ff. according Q2.
[ 6]: the duchess] duchess Pope (ed. 2).
[ 8], 9: grow to a point] Qq. grow on to a point F1 F2 F3. grow on to appoint F4. go on to a point Warburton. go on to appoint Collier MS.
[ 19]: gallant] Qq. gallantly Ff.
[ 22]: storms] stones Collier MS.
[ 24]: cat] cap Warburton.
in, to] in two ed. 1661.
[ 25]–32: Printed as prose in Qq Ff.
[ 26]: And] With Farmer conj.
[ 37]: Flute,] Q1. om. Q2 Ff.
[ 45]: See [note (i)].
[ 56]: and, I hope, here] Qq. and I hope there Ff. I hope there Rowe (ed. 2).
[ 59]: it be] be F1.
[ 66]: An] And Q1. If Q2 Ff.
[ 70]: friends] friend F4.
if] Qq. if that Ff.
[ 73]: roar you] Qq. roar Ff.
[ 84]: colour] Qq. colour’d Ff.
perfect] Ff. perfit Qq.
[ 91]: will we] Q1. we will Q2 Ff.
[ 95]: most] Q1. more Q2 Ff.
obscenely] obscurely Grey conj. (withdrawn).
[ 96]: Take...adieu] given by Singer to Quince.
pains] Qq F1. paine F2 F3 F4.
perfect] Ff. perfit Qq.
A Midsummer-Night’s Dream, II, 1.
[ [Scene i. Enter...] Enter a Fairie at one doore, and Robin goodfellow at another. Qq Ff.
[ 3], 5: Thorough...thorough, Thorough...thorough] Q1. Through...through, Through...through Q2 Ff.
[ 7]: moon’s sphere] moony sphere Grant White (Steevens conj.).
[ 9]: orbs] herbs Grey conj.
[ 10]: tall] all Collier MS.
[ 11]: coats] cups Collier MS.
[ 14]: here] here and there Capell.
[ 30]: square] jar Peck conj. sparre Id. conj.
[ 32]: Either] Or Pope.
[ 33]: sprite] Q1. spirit Q2 Ff.
[ 34]: not you] Q1. you not Q2 Ff.
[ 35]: frights] fright F3 F4.
villagery] villageree Q1. villagree Q2 F1 F2 F3. vilagree F4.
[ 36]–39. Skim...labour...make...make...Mislead] Qq Ff. Skims...labours...makes...makes...Misleads Collier.
[ 42]: Thou] I am—thou Johnson. Fairy, thou Collier (Collier MS.).
speak’st] speakest Q1. speakest me Capell.
[ 46]: filly] Q1. silly Q2 Ff.
[ 50]: dewlap] Rowe (ed. 2). dewlop Qq Ff.
[ 54]: tailor] rails or Capell. tail-sore Anon. ap. Capell conj.
54, 55: cough...laugh] coffe...loffe Qq Ff.
[ 56]: waxen] yexen Singer (Farmer conj.).
[ 58]: room] make room Pope.
fairy] faëry Johnson conj.
room, fairy! here] fairy, room, for here Seymour conj.
[ 59]: he] Qq F1. we F2 F3 F4.
[ 60]: Scene ii. Pope.
Enter...] Enter the King of Fairies at one door with his traine, and the Queen at another with hers. Qq Ff.
[ 61]: Fairies, skip] Theobald. Fairy, skip Qq Ff. Fairies, keep Harness conj. Fairies, trip Dyce conj.
[ 65]: hast] Qq. wast Ff.
[ 69]: steppe] Q1. steepe Q2 Ff.
[ 77]: through the glimmering] glimmering through the Warburton.
[ 78]: Perigenia] Perigune Theobald. Perigyne Hanmer. Perigouna Grant White (North’s Plutarch).
[ 79]: Ægle] Rowe. Eagles Qq Ff.
[ 80]: Antiopa] Atiopa F1.
[ 82]: the] that Hanmer (Warburton).
[ 85]: in] on Pope.
pelting] Qq. petty Ff.
[ 91]: Have] Rowe (ed. 2). Hath Qq Ff.
[ 95]: his] its Pope.
[ 97]: murrion] murrain Warburton.
[ 99]: in] on Collier MS.
[ 101]: want...here;] want;...here, Knight (Anon. conj.). chant,—...here; Grant White conj.
winter here] F3 F4. winter heere Qq F1 F2. winter chear Theobald conj. (withdrawn). winters heryed Warburton. wonted year Johnson conj. winter gere Brae conj.
101–114: Johnson proposes to arrange in the following order: 101, 107–114, 102–104, 106, 105.
[ 106]: thorough] Q1 F2 F3. through Q2 F1 F4.
[ 107]: hoary] Q1 F3 F4. hoared Q2 F1 F2.
[ 109]: thin] Halliwell (Tyrwhitt conj.). chinne Qq F1 F2. chin F3 F4. chill Grey conj.
[ 112]: childing] chiding Pope.
[ 113]: mazed] amazed Rowe.
[ 114]: increase] inverse Hanmer. inchase Warburton.
[ 115]: evils comes] F2 F3. evils, Comes Qq F1. evil comes F4.
[ 122]: The fairy] Thy fairy Collier MS.
[ 123]: votaress] votresse Qq Ff.
[ 127]: on] Qq F1 F2. of F3 F4.
[ 131]: Following,—her...squire,—] Following (her womb...squire) Qq Ff. (Following...squire) Steevens (Kenrick conj.). Follying (her...squire) Theobald (Warburton). Her fellowing womb... Becket conj.
rich] ripe Collier MS.
[ 136]: do I] Q1. I do Q2 Ff.
[ 144]: fairy] om. Steevens (Farmer conj.).
Fairies] Elves Pope.
[ 149]: once] Qq F1. om. F2 F3 F4. that Rowe.
[ 155]: saw] Q1. say Q2 Ff.
[ 157]: all arm’d] alarm’d Theobald (Warburton).
[ 158]: the] Ff. om. Qq.
[ 160]: should] would F4.
[ 162]: Quench’d] Quench F3 F4.
[ 163]: votaress] votresse Qq Ff.
[ 172]: it sees] is seen Collier MS.
[ 175]: I’ll] I’d Collier MS.
round] Q1. om. Q2 Ff.
[ 177]: when] whence Q2.
[ 179]: then] Q1. when Q2 Ff. which Rowe.
[ 181]: on meddling] or meddling Rowe.
[ 183]: from off] from of Q1 off from Q2 Ff.
[ 188]: Scene iii. Pope.
[ 190]: slay......slayeth] Theobald (Thirlby conj.). stay...stayeth Qq Ff.
[ 191]: unto] Qq. into Ff.
[ 192]: wode...wood] Hanmer. wodde...wood Q1. wood...wood Q2 Ff.
[ 197]: you] om. F3 F4.
[ 201]: nor] Ff. not Qq. and Pope.
[ 202]: you] Q1. thee Q2 Ff.
[ 206]: lose] loathe Anon. ap. Halliwell conj.
[ 208]: can] can can F2.
[ 210]: use] Qq. do Ff. do use Reed.
[ 220], 221: privilege: for that It is] Qq Ff. privilege for that. It is Malone (Tyrwhitt conj.).
[ 235]: questions] question Steevens conj.
[ 238]: the field] Q1. and field Q2 Ff.
[ 242]: [Exit Dem.] om. Qq Ff. Demetrius breaks from her and exit. Capell.
[ 243]: I’ll] Ile Qq. I Ff.
[ 244]: [Exit] Q2 Ff. om. Q1.
[ 245]: Scene iv. Pope.
[ 246]: Re-enter Puck] Enter Pucke. Qq Ff (after line 247).
[ 247]: Hast thou...wanderer] Welcome wanderer; hast thou the flower there] Jackson conj.
[ 249]: where] whereon Pope.
[ 250]: oxlips] Q1. oxslips Q2 Ff. the oxslips Rowe. oxslip Pope. oxlip Theobald.
oxlips...violets] violets...ox-lip Keightley conj.
[ 251]: Quite] om. Pope.
over-canopied] overcanopi’d Q1. overcanoped Q2. over-cannoped Ff. O’er cannopy’d Pope.
luscious] Ff. lushious Qq. lush Steevens (Theobald conj.).
[ 253]–256: Keightley proposes to arrange, 255, 256, 253, 254, and would insert a line after 254, e.g. ‘Upon her will I steal there as she lies’.
253: sometime] some time Rowe.
[ 254]: flowers] bowers Grant White (Collier MS.).
with] from Hanmer.
[ 256]: wrap] F2 F3 F4. wrappe Q1. rap Q2 F1.
[ 257]: And] There Hanmer.
[ 266]: fond on] fond of Rowe.
[ 268]: [Exeunt.] Qq. [Exit. Ff.
A Midsummer-Night’s Dream, II, 2.
[ Scene ii.] Capell. Scene v. Pope. Scene iii. Steevens.
[ 2]: for] ’fore Theobald. in Heath conj.
a minute] the midnight Warburton.
[ 7]: spirits] sports Hanmer (Warburton).
[ 9]: Fir. Fairy.] Capell. Fairies sing. Qq Ff.
[ 13], 24: chorus.] Capell. om. Qq Ff.
[ 14]: in our] Qq. in your Ff. now your Collier MS.
[ 20]: Fir. Fairy.] 1. Fai. Q1. 1. Fairy. Q2. 2. Fairy Ff.
[ 21]: spinners] Q1 Ff. spinders Q2.
[ 25]: Sec. Fairy.] 2. Fai. Qq. 1. Fairy. Ff.
[ 26]: [Exeunt Fairies.] Rowe. om. Qq Ff.
Titania sleeps.] Shee sleepes. F1. om. Qq.
Enter...eyelids.] Capell. Enter Oberon. Qq Ff.
[ 32]: that] what Pope.
[ 34]: [Exit.] Rowe. om. Qq Ff.
[ 35]: Scene vi. Pope.
wood] Q1. woods Q2 Ff.
[ 38]: comfort] comfor Q1.
[ 39]: Be it] Q2 Ff Bet it Q1. Be ’t Pope.
[ 45], 46: innocence!...conference] conference!...innocence Warburton.
[ 46]: takes] take Tyrwhitt conj.
conference] confidence Collier MS.
[ 47]: is] it Q1.
[ 48]: we can] Qq. can you Ff. can we Capell.
[ 49]: interchained] Qq. interchanged Ff.
[ 57], 119: human] F4. humane Qq F1 F2 F3.
[ 65]: [They sleep.] Ff. om. Qq.
[ 67]: found] Q1. find Q2 Ff.
[ 77]: Near this lack-love, this kill-courtesy] Near to this lack-love, this kill-curtesie Pope. Near to this kill-courtesie Theobald. Near to this lack-love kill-curtesie Warburton. Near this lack-love, kill-courtesy Steevens. Nearer this lack-love, this kill-courtesy S. Walker conj.
[ 84]: Scene vii. Pope.
Stay] Qq F1. Say F2 F3 F4.
[ 87]: [Exit.] Exit Demetrius. Ff. om. Qq.
[ 96]: marvel] mavaile F2.
[ 100]: Lysander! Capell. Lysander Qq Ff.
[ 104]: Helena] Helen Pope.
Nature shows] Nature shewes Qq. Nature her shewes F1. Nature here shews F2 F3 F4. Nature shews her Singer (Malone conj.).
[ 105]: thy heart] my heart S. Walker conj.
[ 106]: is] Qq F1. om. F2 F3 F4.
[ 113]: I love] Q1. now I love Q2 Ff.
[ 118]: ripe not] not ripe Rowe (ed. 2).
[ 122]: Love’s stories] Love-stories S. Walker conj.
[ 127]: Demetrius’] Rowe (ed. 2). Demetrius Qq Ff. Demetrius’s Rowe (ed. 1).
[ 138]: the stomach] Qq F1. a stomach F2 F3 F4.
[ 140]: they] Qq. that Ff.
[ 143]: your] their Collier MS.
[ 147]: Ay me] Ah me Capell.
[ 150]: you] Qq. yet Ff.
[ 154]: swoon] swoune Q1. swound Q2 F2 F3 F4. sound F1.
[ 156]: Either] Or Pope.
A Midsummer-Night’s Dream, III, 1.
[ Scene i. Titania lying asleep.] om. Qq Ff.
Enter...] Enter the Clowns. Qq Ff.
[ 2]: Pat, pat] Qq F1. Par, pat F2 F3 F4.
marvellous] marvailes Q1. marvels Capell. See [note (ii)].
[ 12]: By’r lakin] Berlakin Q1. Berlaken Q2 Ff.
[ 15]: device] devise Q1.
[ 18]: the more better] the better Rowe (ed. 2). more better Pope.
[ 23], 24: eight and eight] eighty eight Anon. ap. Halliwell conj. MS.
[ 25]: afeard] afraid Rowe (ed. 2).
[ 27]: yourselves] Ff. your selfe Qq.
[ 30]: to ’t] toote Q1. to it Q2 Ff.
[ 35]: defect] deffect Q2.
[ 41]: them] Qq. him Ff.
[ 45]: Snout.] Sn. Qq F1. Snug. F2 F3 F4.
[ 47]: Enter Pucke. Ff.
[ 49]: Bot.] Cet. Q1.
49, 50: great chamber window] great-chamber Anon. conj.
[ 58]: Snout.] Sno. Q1. Sn. Q2 F1. Snu. F2. Snug. F3 F4.
[ 61]: loam] lime Collier MS.
[ 62]: and] Delius (Collier MS.). or Qq Ff.
[ 68]: Scene ii. Pope.
Enter Puck behind.] Enter Robin. Qq Ff.
[ 71]: too perhaps] to perhappes Q1.
[ 73], 75, 93: Bot.] Pir. Qq Ff.
73: flowers] flower Pope.
of] have Collier (Collier MS.).
savours] savour’s Rowe.
[ 74]: Odours, odours] Ff. Odours, odorous Qq.
[ 76]: hath] that Rowe (ed. 1). doth Rowe (ed. 2).
Malone supposes two lines to be lost here.
[ 77]: awhile] a whit Theobald.
[ 79]: Puck.] Ff. Quin. Qq.
[Exit.] Capell.
[ 80], 83, 92: Flu.] This. Qq Ff.
[ 81], 88, 94: Quin.] Pet. Qq Ff.
[ 85]: juvenal] juvenile Rowe (ed. 2).
[ 92]: Re-enter...head.] Capell. om. Qq Ff.
[ 93]: were fair, Thisby] were, fair Thisby Collier (Malone conj.).
[ 95]: [Exeunt......] om. Qq. The Clownes all Exit. F1. The Clowns all Exeunt. F2 F3 F4.
[ 96]: about] ’bout S. Walker conj.
[ 97]: Through bog,] Through bog, through mire Johnson conj. Through bog, through burn Ritson conj.
[ 99]: headless] heedless Delius conj.
[ 101]: Enter Piramus with the Asse head. Ff. om. Qq.
[ 104], 105: see on thee?] see on thee? an ass’s head? Johnson conj.
[ 113]: I will] will F3 F4.
[ 114]: ousel] woosel Qq Ff.
[ 117]: with little] Qq. and little Ff.
[ 127]–129: As in Q1. In Q2 Ff line 129, On the first view, &c. precedes 127, So is mine eye...
[ 130]: mistress] mistresse Qq F1. maistresse F2 F3. maistress F4.
[ 145]: dost] doth F3 F4.
[ 148]: Peaseblossom...Mustardseed!] Qq. Enter Pease-blossom...Mustardseede and foure fairies. Ff (as a stage direction).
Moth] Mote Grant White.
[ 149]: Scene iii. Pope.
Enter...] Enter foure Fairyes. Q1 (Fairies) Q2.
First Fai. Ready... All. Where shall we go?] Capell. Fairies. Ready; and I, and I, and I. Where shall we go? Qq Ff. 1. Fai. Ready. 2. Fai. And I. 3. Fai. And I. 4. Fai. Where shall we go? Steevens (Farmer conj.).
[ 154]: The honey-bags] Their honey-bags Collier MS.
[ 161]–164: First Fai. Hail, mortal... Fourth Fai. Hail!] Capell. 1. Fai. Haile, mortall, haile. 2. Fai. Haile. 3: Fai. Haile Qq Ff.
[ 168]: you of] Qq Ff. of you Rowe.
[ 174]: you of] Qq. of you Ff.
[ 176]: After this line F1 inserts Peas. Pease-blossome (in italics): omitted in F2 F3 F4.
[ 177]: your patience] your parentage Hanmer. your passions Farmer conj. you passing Mason conj.
[ 180]: hath] have Capell conj.
[ 181]: your more] F3 F4. you more Qq F1 F2. more of your Rowe. you, more Capell. you of more Collier MS.
[ 184]: weeps, weeps] Q1. weepes, weepe Q2 Ff.
[ 186]: love’s] Pope. lovers Qq Ff.
love’s tongue,] lover’s tongue and Collier MS.
A Midsummer-Night’s Dream, III, 2.
[ Scene ii.] Scene iv. Pope.
Enter Oberon.] Enter King of Fairies and Robin Goodfellow. Qq. Enter King of Fairies (Pharies F1), solus Ff.
[ 3]: Enter Puck.] Ff. om. Qq.
[ 4]: spirit] sprite Pope.
[ 5]: haunted] gaunted F1.
[ 6], 7: love. Near...bower,] Rowe. love, Neare...bower. Q1 love, Neere...bower, Q2 Ff.
[ 13]: thick-skin] thick-skull Hanmer.
[ 17]: nole] nowl Johnson.
[ 19]: mimic] Mimmick F1 F2 F3. Mimick F4. Minnick Q1. Minnock Q2. mammock Ritson conj.
[ 21]: russet-pated] Q1 F4. russed-pated Q2 F1 F2 F3.
[ 25]: our stamp] a stump Johnson (Theobald conj.).
[ 30]: yielders] F3 F4. yeelders Qq F1 F2.
[ 36]: latch’d] latcht Q1 F3 F4. lacht Q2 F1 F2. lech’d Hanmer. laced Anon. conj.
[ 40]: waked] wak’t Qq Ff. wakes Pope.
[ 41]: Scene v. Pope.
[ 48], 49: Being...too] Printed as one line in Qq Ff. Corrected by Rowe (ed. 2).
48: the deep] knee deep Phelps (Coleridge conj.).
[ 52]: From] Frow Q1.
[ 54]: displease] disease Hanmer.
[ 55]: with the] i’ th’ Warburton.
[ 57]: dead] dread Pope.
[ 58]: murder’d] murthered Q1. murdered Q2. murderer Ff.
[ 60]: look] looke Qq. looks Ff.
[ 64]: I had] Q1. Ide Q2. I’de Ff. I’d Rowe. I’ad Pope.
[ 65]: bounds] bonds Q2.
[ 68]: tell true, tell true] Q1. tell true Q2 F1. tell true, and F2 F3 F4.
[ 69]: have] Qq. a Ff.
[ 70]: touch] tutch Qq Ff.
[ 72]: An] And F2.
[ 74]: on] in Steevens conj.
on a misprised mood] in a misprised flood Collier MS.
[ 80], 81: part I so: See me no more, whether] Pope. part I: see me no more; Whether Qq Ff.
[ 85]: sleep] Rowe. slippe Q1. slip Q2 Ff.
[ 87]: [Lies down and sleeps.] Collier. [Ly doune. Q1. [Lie downe. Q2 Ff.
[ 88]: Scene vi. Pope.
[ 94]: Obe.] Ob. Qq F1 F3 F4. Rob. F2.
[ 97]: costs] Qq Ff. cost Hanmer.
[ 99]: do] Qq. doth Ff.
[ 100]: look] look, master, Hanmer.
[ 101]: [Exit] Q2 Ff. om. Q1.
[ 109]: her] her, Q1.
[ 122]: Scene vii. Pope.
[ 123]: come] Qq. comes Ff.
[ 137]: [Awaking.] om. Qq. Awa. Ff (at the end of line 136).
[ 143], 144: O...white, this] This...white—O Becket conj.
[ 144]: princess] pureness Hanmer. impress Collier MS.
[ 145]: all are] Qq. are all Ff.
[ 150]: you must join in souls] you must join in flouts Hanmer. must join insolents Warburton. you must join in soul Mason conj. you must join, ill souls, Tyrwhitt conj.
[ 151]: were] Qq. are Ff.
[ 164]: here] heare Q1.
[ 166]: of] in Collier (Collier MS.).
[ 167]: will do] will love Edd. conj.
till] Q1. to Q2 Ff.
[ 171]: to her] with her Johnson.
[ 172]: is it] Q1. it is Q2 Ff.
[ 173]: There] There ever Pope.
Helen,] Q1. om. Q2 Ff.
[ 175]: aby] Q1. abide Q2 Ff.
dear] here S. Walker conj.
[ 177]: Scene viii. Pope.
[ 182]: thy] Qq. that Ff.
[ 188]: oes] orbs Grey conj.
[ 190]: bear] F4. bare Qq F1 F2 F3.
[ 199]: sisters’] sisters Qq Ff. sister Capell.
[ 201]: O, is all] Qq F1. O, and is all F2 F3 F4. O, is all now Malone. O, now is all Reed. O, is it all Spedding conj.
[ 202]: school-days’] school-day Capell.
childhood] childhoods F3 F4.
[ 204]: Have...created both] Created with our needles both Pope. See [note (v)].
needles] neelds Steevens.
[ 210]: yet] om. F3 F4.
an] Qq F4. a F1 F2 F3.
[ 211]: lovely] loving Collier MS.
[ 213]: first, like] Theobald (Folkes conj.). first life Qq Ff.
213, 214: Omitted in Collier MS.
[ 215]: rent] rend Rowe.
[ 218]: for it] for’t S. Walker conj.
[ 220]: I am amazed at your passionate words] Ff. I am amazed at your words Qq. Helen, I am amazed at your words Pope.
[ 237]: Ay, do, persever] I do, persever Q2 Ff. I doe. Persever Q1. Ay, do, persevere Rowe.
[ 238]: Make mouths] Make mows Steevens.
[ 241]: have] had Collier (Collier MS.).
[ 243]: my] Q1. mine Q2 Ff.
[ 246]: my life] Qq F1. omitted in F2 F3 F4.
[ 250]: prayers] Theobald. praise Qq Ff. prays Capell (Theobald conj.).
[ 257]: Ethiope] Ethiope you Heath conj.
257, 258: No, no; He’ll...Seem to break loose] Edd. No, no; heele Seeme to breake loose Q1. No, no, hee’l seeme to breake loose (as one line) Q2. No, no, sir, seem to break loose (as one line) Ff. No, no he’ll seem To break away Pope. No, no; he’ll not come.—Seem to break loose Capell. No, no; he’ll—sir, Seem to break loose Malone. No, no; sir:—he will Seem to break loose Steevens. No, no, he’ll not stir: Seem to break loose Jackson conj. See [note (iii)].
[ 258]: you] he Pope.
[ 260]: burr] bur Qq F1. but F2 F3 F4.
[ 264]: hated] Pope. O hated Qq Ff.
potion] Q1. poison Q2 Ff.
[ 271]: hate] harm F4.
[ 272]: news] means Singer (Collier MS.)
[ 279]: of doubt] doubt Pope. om. Anon conj.
[ 282]: juggler! you] jugler, you! you Capell.
[ 289]: why so?] Qq Ff. why, so: Theobald.
way goes] ways go Rowe.
[ 292]: tall personage] tall parsonage Q2.
[ 299]: gentlemen] gentleman Q1.
[ 304]: she is] Qq F1 F2 F3. she’s F4.
[ 320]: Hel.] Her. F1 F2.
[ 321]: shall] will F4.
Helena] Helen Anon. conj.
[ 323]: she’s] Q2 Ff. she is Q1.
[ 329]: You minimus] You minim, you Theobald conj.
[ 335]: aby] Q1. abie Q2. abide Ff.
[ 337]: Of] Or Theobald. See [note (iv)].
Of...mine] Of mine or thine Malone conj.
[ 340]: you, I] you Rowe (ed. 1).
[ 344]: I...say] omitted in Ff.
[Exit.] Exit pursuing Helena. Malone.
[ 345]: Scene ix. Pope.
Enter Oberon and Puck. Ff.
[ 346]: wilfully] Qq. willingly Ff.
[ 349]: had] Q1. hath Q2 Ff.
[ 351]: ’nointed] nointed Qq Ff.
[ 352]: so did] did so Rowe.
[ 357]: fog] fogs Warburton.
[ 368]: his] its Rowe.
[ 374]: employ] imploy Q1 F4. apply Q2. imply F1 F2 F3.
[ 379]: night’s swift] Q1. night swift Q2. night-swift F1. nights-swift F2 F3 F4.
[ 386]: exile] exil’d Theobald conj., making Oberon’s speech begin with this line.
[ 389]: morning’s love] Qq F1. morning love F2 F3 F4. morning-love Rowe (ed. 1). morning-light Id. (ed. 2).
[ 392]: fair blessed] far-blessing Hanmer (Warburton).
[ 393]: salt green] sea-green Grey conj.
[ 394]: notwithstanding,] Q1. not-withstanding Q2 Ff.
[ 396], 437, 448: Puck.] Puck [sings]. Anon. conj.
[ 406]: Speak! In some bush?] Capell. Speak in some bush. Qq. Speak in some bush: Ff.
[ 413]: Re-enter...] om. Qq Ff.
[ 414]: calls, then he is] Q1. call’s then he’s Q2 F1. calls me, then he’s F2 F3 F4.
[ 416]: [Shifting places. Ff.
[ 418]: [Lies down.] Lie down. Ff. om. Qq.
[ 420]: [Sleeps.] Capell.
[ 421]: Ho, ho, ho!] Ho, ho; ho, ho! Capell.
[ 425]: now] Q1. om. Q2 Ff.
[ 426]: buy] Qq Ff. ’by Collier (Johnson conj.).
[ 430]: [Lies...] Capell.
[ 431]: Scene x. Pope.
[ 432]: Shine comforts] Q2 Ff. Shine comforts, Q1. Shine, comforts, Theobald.
[ 435]: sometimes] Qq F3 F4. sometime F1 F2.
[ 436]: [Lies...] Sleep. Qq Ff.
[ 437]: three?] three here? Hanmer.
[ 438]: makes] Qq F1 F2 F4. make F3.
[ 439]: comes] cometh Hanmer.
[ 442]: Re-enter...] Enter H. after line 440. F1 F2.
[ 447]: Heavens] Heaven Anon. conj.
[Lies...] om. Qq Ff.
[ 449]: Sleep] Sleep thou Capell. Sleep you Seymour conj.
[ 451]: To your eye] Rowe. your eye Qq Ff.
[ 452]: [Squeezing...] Rowe.
[ 454]: Thou] Then thou Seymour conj. See thou Tyrwhitt conj.
takest] Qq F1 F4. rak’st F2 F3.
[ 463]: well] still Steevens conj.
[They sleep all the Act. Ff.
A Midsummer-Night’s Dream, IV, 1.
[ Act iv.] See [note (vi)].
Enter...] Enter Queen of Fairies, and Clown, and Fairies, and the King behind them. Qq Ff.
[ 7]: Mounsieur] Qq Ff. Monsieur Rowe. See [note (vii)].
[ 10]: get you] Q1. get Q2 Ff.
[ 18]: your] thy Pope.
neaf] neafe Qq F1. newfe F2. newse F3. news F4.
Mustardseed] Qq F1 F2. Mustard F3 F4.
[ 21]: Cavalery] Qq F1. Cavalero F2 F3 F4.
[ 22]: Cobweb] Peas-blossom Grey conj.
[ 23]: marvellous] marvailes Q1 marvels Capell. See [note (ii)].
[ 24]: do] doth Rowe (ed. 2).
[ 25]: some] some some Q2.
[ 26]: Let’s] Q1. Let us Q2 Ff.
[ 27]: tongs] tongues F2.
Musick Tongs, Rural Musick. Ff. om. Q1.
[ 32], 33: Printed in Q2 Ff as three lines ending fairy...hoard...nuts.
[ 33]: hoard] Q2 Ff. om. Q1.
thee] thee thence Hanmer. thee the S. Walker conj.
[ 38]: all ways] Theobald. alwaies Qq F1. alwayes F2 F3. always F4. a while Hanmer.
all ways away] away—away Upton conj. always i’ th’ way Heath conj.
[ 39]: Qq and Ff punctuate woodbine,...honisuckle,...entwist;
woodbine] woodrine Upton conj. weedbind Steevens conj.
[ 40]: entwist; the female] entwist the maple; Warburton conj.
40, 41: entwist;......Enrings] entwist,...Enring, Capell.
[ 46]: favours] Q1 F4. savours Q2 F1 F2 F3.
[ 52]: flowerets’] flouriets Qq Ff.
[ 57]: fairy] Qq Ff. fairies Dyce.
[ 62]: this] the Johnson.
[ 63]: other] others Rowe.
[ 68]: Be] Qq. Be thou Ff.
[ 70]: o’er] Theobald (Thirlby conj.). or Qq Ff.
[ 76]: do] Q1 F2 F3 F4. doth Q2 F1.
his] Q1. this Q2 Ff.
[ 77]: this] Qq. his Ff.
[ 79]: sleep of all these five] Theobald (Thirlby conj.). sleepe: of all these, fine Qq F1 F2. sleep; of all these find F3 F4. sleep. Of all these fine Rowe (ed. 2).
[ 80]: ho!] howe Q1.
[ 81]: Now, when thou wakest] Q1. When thou wak’st Q2 F1. When thou awak’st F2 F3 F4.
[ 87]: fair prosperity] Q1. fair posterity Q2 Ff. far posterity Hanmer.
[ 88]: the] Qq F1. these F2 F3 F4.
[ 90]: Fairy] Qq. Faire F1 F2. Fair F3 F4.
[ 92]: sad] fade Theobald.
[ 93]: the night’s] Rowe. the nights Q2 Ff. nights Q1.
[ 98]: After this line Ff give the stage direction [Sleepers lye still.
[ 99]: [Horns......within.] [Winde horne. Q1. [Winde hornes. Q2 Ff.
[ 100]. Scene ii. Pope.
[ 104]: let them] om. Pope.
[ 110]: bear] Qq Ff. boar Hanmer.
[ 113]: fountains] mountains Anon. ap. Theobald conj.
[ 114]: Seem’d] F2 F3 F4. Seeme Qq F1.
[ 119]: Thessalian] Thessalonian F4.
[ 125]: is] om. Q1.
[ 127]: Nedar’s] Nestor’s S. Walker conj.
[ 128]: of their] Q1. of this Q2 Ff. at their Pope.
[ 130]: rite] Pope. right Qq Ff.
[ 136]: [He and the rest kneel to Theseus. Capell.
[ 141]: is] is is F1.
[ 149], 150: might,...law.] might...lawe, Q1. might be...law. Q2 Ff. might,...law,— Dyce. might Be without peril...law. Hanmer.
[ 160]: following] Q1. followed Q2 Ff.
[ 162]–164: Qq and Ff end the lines at love...snow...gaud.
[ 163]: Melted as] Is melted as Pope. Melted as doth Capell. All melted as Anon. conj.
[ 169]: saw Hermia] Steevens. see Hermia Qq Ff. did see Hermia Rowe (ed. 1). Hermia saw Rowe (ed. 2).
[ 170]: in sickness] Steevens (Farmer conj.). a sickness Qq Ff.
[ 172]: I do] Q1. do I Q2 Ff.
[ 175]: more will hear] Q1. will hear more Q2. shall hear more Ff.
[ 183]: Come, Hippolyta] Come, my Hippolita Capell.
[ 184]: Dem.] Lys. Capell conj.
[Exeunt...] Exit Duke and Lords. Ff.
[ 188]: like] om. Hanmer.
jewel] gemell Theobald (Warburton).
[ 189], 190: Are you sure That we are awake?] Qq. omitted in Ff. But are you sure That we are well awake Capell. But are you sure That we are now awake Steevens conj. Are you sure That we are now awake Malone conj. Are you sure That we are yet awake Anon. conj.
[ 194]: did bid] Q1. bid Q2 Ff.
[ 195], 196: Printed as prose in Qq Ff, as verse in Rowe (ed. 2).
[ 196]: let us] Q2 Ff. lets Q1.
[ 197]: Scene iii. Pope.
[Awaking] Bottom wakes. Ff. om. Qq.
[ 201]: I have had a dream] Qq. I had a dream Ff.
[ 203]: to] om. Q1.
[ 205]: a patched] Ff. patcht a Qq. {Transcriber's Note: this linenote has been copied to this location from the original book's ADDENDA.}
[ 212]: a play] the play Hanmer. our play S. Walker conj.
[ 213]: at her] after Theobald. at Thisby’s Collier MS.
A Midsummer-Night’s Dream, IV, 2.
[ Scene ii.] Scene iv. Pope.
[ 1]: Enter...] Enter Quince, Flute, Thisby, and the rabble. Qq. Enter Quince, Flute, Thisby, Snout, and Starveling. Ff.
[ 3]: Star.] Ff. Flute. Qq.
[ 5], 6: goes not] Qq F1 F2. goes F3 F4.
[ 11]: Quin.] Snout. Halliwell conj.
[ 13]: Flu.] Quin. Anon. conj.
[ 14]: naught] F2 F3 F4. nought Qq F1.
[ 19]: scaped] scraped Grey conj.
[ 27]: no] Ff. not Qq.
[ 28]: right] Qq. om. Ff.
[ 30]: All that] all Rowe.
[ 34]: preferred] proffered Theobald conj.
[ 38], 39: doubt but] Qq F1 F2. doubt F3 F4.
[ 40]: go, away!] go away Qq Ff.
A Midsummer-Night’s Dream, V, 1.
[ Enter...] see [note (viii)].
[ 5], 6: apprehend More than] Theobald. apprehend more Than Qq Ff.
5–8: Printed in Q1 as three lines, ending more...lunatic...compact.
[ 6]: cool] cooler Pope.
[ 10]: That is, the madman:] The madman. While Pope.
[ 12], 13: Q1 ends these lines with glance...and as, Q2 F1 with glance...heaven.
[ 14]–18: These five lines printed as four in Qq Ff, ending things...shapes...habitation...imagination.
[ 16]: shapes] shape Pope.
airy] Q2. ayery Q1. aire F1 F3. ayre F2. air F4.
[ 19]: if it would] if he would Rowe (ed. 2).
[ 21]: Or] So Hanmer.
21, 22: Or...bear!] Grant White conjectures that these lines are interpolated.
[ 29]: days of love] F2 F3 F4. days Of love Qq F1.
[ 30], 31: More......bed!] Printed as prose in Qq F1, as verse first in Q2.
[ 31]: Wait in] Wait on Rowe.
[ 33], 34: The lines end between...manager in Q1. Corrected in Q2.
[ 34]: our] Ff. or Qq.
[ 38]: Philostrate] Qq. Egeus Ff.
38, 42, 61: Phil.] Qq. Ege. Ff.
[ 42]: There] Here Anon. ap. Halliwell conj.
ripe] Q1. rife Q2 Ff.
[ 43]: [Giving a paper.] Theobald.
[ 44]: The. [reads] The. Qq. Lys. Ff. See [note (ix)].
Centaurs] centaur F4.
[ 58]–60: Printed as prose in Qq Ff.
[ 59]: That is...snow] omitted by Pope.
ice] Ise Q1.
and wondrous strange snow] and wond’rous scorching snow Hanmer. a wondrous strange shew Warburton. and wondrous strange black snow Capell (Upton conj.). and wonderous strong snow Mason conj. and wondrous seething snow Collier (Collier MS.). and wondrous swarthy snow Staunton conj. and wondrous staining snow Nicholson conj.
[ 61]: there is] it is Hanmer. this is Collier (Collier MS.).
[ 66]–70: Qq F1 end the lines Pyramus,...saw...water...laughter...shed. Corrected in F2.
[ 75]: nuptial] Qq F1. nuptials F2 F3 F4.
[ 76], 77: Qq Ff end these lines hear it...heard. Corrected by Rowe (ed. 2).
[ 79]: Johnson supposes a line to be lost after intents.
[ 80]: conn’d] penn’d Kenrick conj.
[ 81], 82: I...thing] As one line in Qq Ff. Corrected by Rowe (ed. 2).
[ 91]: poor duty] poor willing duty Theobald. poor duty meaning Spedding conj.
do] do aright Seymour conj. do, yet would Coleridge conj.
91, 92: noble respect Takes] Noble respect takes Theobald.
[ 92]: it in might, not] not in might, but Johnson conj. it in mind, not Spedding conj.
[ 105]: Re-enter...] Enter... Theobald. Enter Philomon. Pope.
[ 106]: Phil.] Qq. Egeus. Ff.
[ 107]: Flourish of trumpets.] Flor. Trum. Ff. om. Qq.
[ 108]: Scene ii. Pope.
Enter Quince for the Prologue] Rowe. Enter the Prologue. Qq. Enter the Prologue. Quince. F1 F2. Enter Prologue. Quince. F3 F4.
[ 114]–117: Pope alters the punctuation here.
[ 118]: points] his points Collier (Collier MS.).
[ 120]: A good] Dem. A good Edd. conj.
[ 122]: his] Ff. this Qq.
[ 123]: a recorder] Qq F1. the recorder F2 F3 F4.
[ 124]: chain] skein Anon. conj.
[ 125]: next] Qq F1. the next F2 F3 F4.
125: [Tawyer with a trumpet before them. Ff. See [note (x)].
Enter...] Enter... as in dumb show. Capell.
[ 130]: lime] loam Capell conj. MS.
[ 131]: that] Qq F1. the F2 F3 F4.
[ 138]: grisly] grizy F1.
Lion hight by name] by name Lion hight Theobald.
[ 139]: Malone conjectures that a line has been lost after night.
[ 141]: did fall] let fall Pope.
[ 144]: trusty] Qq. om. F1. gentle F2 F3 F4.
[ 147]: And Thisby, tarrying] Qq Ff. And, Thisby tarrying Malone.
in] in the F3 F4.
[ 150]: [Exeunt...] Exit Lyon, Thisby, and Moonshine. Qq (after line 153). Exit all but Wall. Ff (which repeat the stage direction of Qq).
[ 155]: Snout] Ff. Flute Qq.
[ 158]: Pyramus] Pyr’mus Theobald.
Thisby] This-be Theobald.
[ 160]: loam] F3 F4. lome Qq. loame F1 F2. lime Reed. See [note (xi)].
[ 172]: O sweet, O] Qq. thou sweet and Ff. O sweet and Pope.
[ 173]: stand’st] Q1. stands Q2 Ff.
[ 175]: [Wall...fingers.] Capell.
[ 183]: now] Qq. om. Ff.
[ 184]: it will fall pat...comes Enter Thisbe.] Qq. it will fall. [Enter Thisbie.] Pat...comes Ff.
[ 189]: hair] hayire Q1.
up in thee] Ff. now againe Qq.
[ 190]: see] Qq F1. heare F2 F3 F4.
[ 191]: hear] Qq F1. see F2 F3 F4.
[ 193]: love thou art, my love] Qq Ff. love! thou art, my love, Theobald.
[ 195]: Limander] Limandea Pope.
[ 196]: I] Qq F2. om. F1 F3 F4.
[ 202]: [Exeunt P. and T.] Dyce.
[ 204]: [Exit.] Exit Clow. Ff. om. Qq. [Exeunt Wall, P. and T. Capell.
[ 205]: The.] Duk. Qq Ff.
mural down] Pope (ed. 2). Moon used Qq. morall downe Ff. mure all down Hanmer. wall down Collier MS.
[ 208]: hear] rear Hanmer (Warburton). disappear Heath conj.
[ 209]: Hip.] Dutch. Qq Ff.
ever] Q1. ere Q2 Ff.
[ 214]: come] Qq. com F1. comes F2 F3 F4.
[ 215]: beasts in, a man] Rowe (ed. 2). beasts, in a man Qq Ff. beasts—in a moon Theobald conj. beasts in, a moon-calf Farmer conj. beasts in, a man in a lion Jackson conj.
[ 220]: one] Ff. as Qq.
[ 221]: A lion-fell] Singer. A lion fell Qq Ff. No lion fell Rowe. A lion’s fell Dyce (Barron Field conj.).
[ 223]: on] Qq. of Ff. o’ Capell conj. MS.
my] your Collier MS.
[ 232]: listen] Q1. hearken Q2 Ff.
moon] man Anon. conj.
[ 235]: no] not Collier (Collier MS.).
[ 238]: do] Qq. doth Ff.
[ 244]: aweary] Q1. weary Q2 Ff.
[ 246]: his] this Pope.
[ 253], 254: for all these] Q1. for they Q2 Ff.
[ 255]: old...tomb] ould...tumbe Q1.
Where is] wher’s Q2.
[ 256]: [The Lion roares, Thisby runs off. Ff. om. Qq.
[ 260]: a] om. Rowe (ed. 1).
[The Lion......exit.] Capell. om. Ff Qq.
[ 261]: moused] mouz’d Qq Ff. mouth’d Rowe.
[ 262], 263: And then...vanished] and so...And then the moon vanishes Steevens (Farmer conj.). Mr Spedding conjectures that these lines should be transposed.
[ 266]: gleams] Staunton (Knight conj.). streams F2 F3 F4. beames Qq F1.
[ 267]: take] Qq. taste Ff.
Thisby] Qq. Thisbies Ff.
[ 273]: dear] deare Qq. Deere F1 F2. Deer F3 F4.
[ 276]: ye] Qq. you Ff.
[ 280], 281: Printed as verse in Ff, ending friend...sad.
280: and] on Collier MS.
[ 284]: dear] deare Qq. deere F1 F2. Deer F3 F4.
[ 291]: [Stabs himself.] om. Qq Ff.
[ 296]: Tongue] Sun Halliwell conj.
lose] Q2 Ff. loose Q1.
[ 297]: [Exit M.] Capell. om. Qq Ff.
[ 298]: [Dies.] Capell. om. Qq Ff.
[ 303]: and prove] Q2 Ff. and yet prove Q1.
[ 304]: Moonshine] the Moon-shine F3 F4.
before Thisbe] Rowe. before? Thisby Qq Ff.
[ 310]: mote] Steevens (Heath conj.). moth Qq Ff.
[ 311], 312: he for a man...God bless us] Qq. omitted in Ff.
311: warrant] warnd Qq.
[ 314]: means] Qq Ff. moans Theobald.
[ 320]: thy] my F3 F4.
[ 321], 322: These...nose] These lips lily, This nose cherry Farmer conj. This lily lip, This cherry tip Collier (Collier MS.).
321: lips] brows Theobald.
[ 322]: nose] nip Grant White conj.
[ 330]: Lay] Love Theobald.
[ 332]: his] this F3 F4.
[ 335]: [Stabs herself.] om. Qq Ff.
[ 341]: Bot.] Ff. Lyon. Qq.
[Starting up] Capell.
[ 347]: need] be Capell conj.
Marry] Mary Q1.
[ 348]: hanged] Qq. hung Ff.
[ 351]: [A dance.] A dance and exeunt clowns. Capell. om. Qq Ff. Here a dance of clowns. Rowe.
[ 360]: Scene ii. Capell. Scene iii. Pope.
lion] Rowe. lions Qq Ff.
[ 361]: behowls] Theobald (Warburton). beholds Qq Ff.
[ 363]: fordone] foredoone Q1. foredone Q2 Ff.
[ 365]: screech-owl] scriech-owle Q1. scritch-owle Q2 Ff.
[ 371]: church-way] churchyard Poole’s Eng. Parnassus.
[ 379]: Enter...] Enter King and Queene of Fairies with all their traine. Q1. Enter... with their traine. Q2 Ff.
[ 380]: Through] Though Grant White.
the] this Warburton.
the house give] this house in Johnson conj.
[ 386]: your] Q1. this Q2 Ff.
[ 389]: [Song and dance.] Capell.
[ 390]–411: Given to Oberon in Qq. Called The Song in Ff and printed in italics. Restored to Oberon by Johnson. See note [(xii)].
[ 403], 404: be. With...consecrate,] Qq Ff. be, With...consecrate. Collier MS.
[ 408]: Ever shall in safety] Qq Ff. Ever shall it safely Rowe (ed. 2). E’er shall it in safety Malone. See [note (xiii)].
408, 409: These lines are transposed by Staunton.
[ 410]: away;] away, then Hanmer.
[ 411]: Exeunt...] Capell. om. Qq Ff.
[ 415]: these] this Q2.
[ 420]: I am] I’m Capell.
an] om. F3 F4.
THE MERCHANT OF VENICE.
DRAMATIS PERSONÆ[1]
The Duke of Venice.
The Prince of Morocco[2], suitor to Portia.
The Prince of Arragon, ” ”
Antonio, a merchant of Venice.
Bassanio, his friend, suitor likewise to Portia.
Salanio, friend to Antonio and Bassanio.
Salarino, ” ” ”
Gratiano, ” ” ”
Salerio[3], ” ” ”
Lorenzo, in love with Jessica.
Shylock, a rich Jew.
Tubal, a Jew, his friend.
Launcelot Gobbo, the clown, servant to Shylock.
Old Gobbo, father to Launcelot.
Leonardo, servant to Bassanio.
Balthasar[4], servant to Portia.
Stephano, ” ”
Portia, a rich heiress.
Nerissa, her waiting-maid.
Jessica, daughter to Shylock.
Magnificoes of Venice, Officers of the Court of Justice, Gaoler, Servants to Portia, and other Attendants.
Scene5—Partly at Venice, and partly at Belmont, the seat of Portia, on the Continent.
FOOTNOTES:
1: Dramatis Personæ] First given in Q3. See [note (i)].
2: The......Morocco] Morochus, a Prince. Q3 Q4. Morochius, a Moorish Prince. Rowe.
3: Salerio] See [note (ix)].
4: Balthasar] Theobald, om. Q3 Q4.
THE MERCHANT OF VENICE.