NOTE XIX.
[IV. 4, 365, 366.] The first Quarto alone preserves the proper order of the lines here. Its words are:
‘King. Harpe not one that string Madam that is past.
Qu. Harpe on it still shall I till hartstrings breake.’
The second Quarto omits the first line and gives the second to the King, thus:
‘King. Harpe on it still shal I, till hartstrings breake.
King. Now by my George &c.’
The third follows the second in omitting the first line, but it continues the second to the Queen. All the remaining Quartos read with the third.
The Folios give both lines, but in reverse order, thus:
..............‘graves,
Harpe on it still shall I, till heart-strings breake.
Rich. Harpe not on that string Madam, that is past.
Now by my George &c.’