FOOTNOTES:
[1262] Act ii. Scene i.] Rowe. om. Q Ff.
The Grecian Camp.] Rowe.
[1263] boils] biles Q Ff.
[1264] [Talking to himself. Rowe.
[1265] then] Q. om. Ff.
core] sore Collier MS. corps Grant White. cur Staunton conj.
[1266] would] Q. there would Ff.
[1267] [Strikes him.] Ff. Omitted in Q.
[1268] thou] Q. you Ff.
vinewed'st] vinew'dest Knight. vinnidst Upton conj. unsalted Q. whinid'st Ff. unwinnow'd'st Theobald. whinnid'st Hanmer. windyest Warburton. vinew'd Johnson conj. vinniedst Heath conj. vinied'st Rann.
leaven] baven Hanmer.
[1269] con] Ff. cunne Q.
oration] Ff. oration without booke Q.
[1270] a prayer] Ff. praier Q.
[1271] murrain] Rowe. murren Ff. murrion Q.
o' thy] F3 F4. ath thy Q. o'th thy F1 F2.
[1272] Toadstool] Tode-stoole Q. Toads stoole F1 F2. Toads stool F3. Toads-stool F4.
[1273] a] om. Q.
[1274] porpentine] Ff. porpentin Q. porcupine Rowe.
[1275] When ... another] Q. Omitted in Ff.
[1276] ay, that thou bark'st] O that thou bark'dst Johnson conj.
[1277] Mistress] Master Grant White conj.
[1278] Thou shouldest ... He would] Shouldst thou strike him, Ajax, cobloaf! he would Nares conj.
[1279] Ajax. Cobloaf!] Aiax Coblofe, Q (in italics, as part of Thersites' speech).
Cobloaf] Cop-loaf Malone conj.
[1280] pun] pound Pope.
[1281] [Beating him] Rowe. om. Q Ff.
[1282] Ajax.] om. Q.
[1283] Ther.] om. Q.
Do, do.] Ff. Do? do? Q.
[1284] Ay, do, do;] I, Do? do? Q. I do, do. Ff. Ay, do, Rowe.
[1285] brain] brain in thy head Capell conj.
mine] my Rowe (ed. 2).
assinego] Pope, asinico Q Ff. asnico] Grant White conj.
[1286] thou] Ff. You Q.
scurvy-valiant] Dyce (S. Walker conj.) scurvy valiant Q Ff.
but] put Steevens.
[1287] thrash] Q. thresh Ff.
[1288] bowels] vowels Warburton conj.
[1289] Enter....] Ff. om. Q.
[1290] Scene ii. Pope.
ye thus] Q. you this Ff (yo F4).
[1291] so I do] Q. I do so Ff.
[1292] whosoever] F3 F4. who some ever Q F1 F2.
[1293] evasions] orations Collier (Collier MS.)
[1294] I will] Ff. It will Q.
[1295] I'll tell] I tell Q.
[1296] Ajax....] Ajax ... him, Achilles interposes. Rowe. om. Q Ff.
[1297] for a] Ff. the Q.
[1298] Thersites] Thesites Q.
[1299] the vile] Q. thee vile F1 F2 F3. thee, vile F4.
tenour] tenor Q. tenure Ff.
[1300] E'en] Even Steevens.
so;] so, Q Ff. so— Rowe. so? Capell.
[1301] if he knock out] Ff. and knocke at Q. an a' knock out Edd conj.
a'] a Q. he Ff.
[1302] your] Theobald. their Q Ff.
on their toes] Ff. Omitted in Q.
[1303] wars] Q. waire F1 F2. waie F3 F4. war Hanmer.
[1304] to, Achilles! to, Ajax!] Theobald. to Achilles, to Ajax, Q Ff.
to!] Capell. to— Q Ff.
[1305] as much] as much wit Capell.
[1306] peace!] peace. Q. Omitted in Ff.
[1307] brooch] Q Ff. brach Rowe. brock Malone conj.
[1308] clotpoles] clatpoles Q. clodpoles Hanmer.
[1309] fifth] F3 F4. fift F1 F2. first Q.
[1310] Maintain—I] Hanmer. Maintaine I Q Ff.
[1311] Farewell.] Farewell, Q. Farewell? Ff.
[1312] I will] I'll Pope.
[Exeunt.] Pope. Exit. Ff. om. Q.
[1313] Scene ii.] Capell. Scene iii. Pope.
Troy....] Priam's Palace in Troy. Rowe.
[1314] hours] years Theobald conj.
[1315] damage] domage Q.
[1316] travail] travaile F1 F2. travel F3 F4. travell Q.
[1317] hot] Q Ff. not F2 F3 F4.
cormorant] comorant F1.
[1318] struck] F4. stroke Q F1 F2 F3.
[1319] As ... Priam,] Arranged as by Collier. One line in Q Ff. As ... yet, in one line, omitting dread Priam, Pope. As ... yet, Dread Priam, Capell.
[1320] toucheth] Q. touches Ff.
[1321] There is ... more softer] there's ... softer Seymour conj. reading Dread ... bowels as one line.
[1322] wound] worm Hanmer.
[1323] surety, Surety] Ff. surely, Surely Q.
[1324] worst. Let] Ff. worst let Q. wound. Let Hanmer.
go.] F3 F4. goe. F2. go, Q F1.
[1325] nor] not Theobald. See note ([IV]).
[1326] ten] tenth Seymour conj. (withdrawn).
[1327] merit's] Ff. merits Q.
[1328] Weigh] Ff. Way Q.
[1329] as] is F4.
father] Ff. fathers Q.
[1330] past] vast Rowe.
past proportion] past-proportion Johnson. part-proportion Anon. conj.
[1331] waist] waste Q F1 F2. wast F3 F4.
[1332] godly] Ff. Godly Q. goodly Capell conj.
[1333] at] Ff. of Q.
[1334] are so empty ... father] Q F1. are empty ... father F2 F3 F4. 're empty ... father Priam Pope.
[1335] reasons] Ff. reason Q.
[1336] tells] tell Q.
[1337] gloves] gloze Becket conj.
reason] reasons Rowe (ed. 2).
[1338] And ... Jove, Or ... reason,] As in Q. These lines are inverted in Ff.
[1339] Let's] Ff. Sets Q.
[1340] have hearts] Q. hard hearts Ff.
[1341] Make] Q. Makes Ff.
livers] F1. lyvers Q. lovers F2 F3 F4.
[1342] Brother.... The holding] Arranged as by Theobald. Prose in Q. Two lines, the first ending worth, in Ff.
[1343] holding] Ff. keeping Q.
What's] What is Theobald.
[1344] his] its Pope.
[1345] mad] madde Q. made Ff. rank Long MS.
[1346] god] gods Pope.
[1347] attributive] Q. inclineable Ff.
[1348] affected] affected's Hanmer.
[1349] by] in Rowe.
[1350] shores] shore Q.
[1351] avoid, ... chose?] avoid ... chose? Rowe. auoide?... choose, Q. avoyde ... chose, Ff.
[1352] chose] choose Q. chuse Pope.
[1353] soil'd] soild Q. spoyl'd Ff.
[1354] in] in the Keightley.
sieve] Johnson. siue Q. same F1. place F2 F3 F4. sink Delius conj. safe Anon. conj.
[1355] are] ate F2.
[1356] of] Ff. with Q.
[1357] Apollo's] Apollo Lettsom conj.
stale] Ff. pale Q.
[1358] he] be Q.
noble] Ff. worthy Q.
[1359] rate] rate thus Keightley.
[1360] Fortune never] Ff. never fortune Q.
did] bid Becket conj.
[1361] That ... what] What ... that Hanmer. That ... that Grant White.
[1362] But] Base Hanmer.
[1363] That in] Who in Pope. What in Hanmer.
[1364] Scene iv. Pope.
[1365] Cas. [Within] Theobald.
[1366] Enter ...] Enter Cassandra, raving. Q (after line 96). Enter Cassandra with her haire about her eares. Ff (after line 96). Theobald first removed the stage direction from line 96 to 100.
[1367] Scene iv. Hanmer.
[1368] eld] Collier (Theobald conj.) elders Q. old Ff.
[1369] canst] Q. can Ff.
[1370] clamours] Q. clamour Ff.
[1371] youthful] youth Pope (ed. 2).
these] the Rowe.
[1372] We may] May we Heath conj.
[1373] touch'd] touched Nicholson conj.
[1374] convince] conceive Becket conj.
[1375] my ... counsels] your counsels, as my undertakings Hanmer.
[1376] But] For Hanmer.
[1377] pass] poise Collier MS.
the] these Anon. conj.
[1378] footing in] Q F1. foot in F2 F3 F4. foot within Rowe.
[1379] There's] Q F1 F4. There F2 F3.
[1380] nor] om. Pope.
[1381] And] But Theobald.
[1382] glozed, but] glozd, but Q. gloz'd, but Ff. gloss'd, but Rowe. glos'd but Theobald. gloss'd but Hanmer.
[1383] Aristotle thought] graver sages think Rowe, followed by Pope.
[1384] adders] adders' Anon. conj.
[1385] well-order'd] well-orderd Q. well-ordred F1 F2. well-ordered F3 F4.
[1386] refractory] refracturie Q F1.
[1387] nations] Q. nation Ff.
[1388] design] designs Rowe (ed. 2).
[1389] strike] shrike Q.
[1390] Whilst ... crept] Omitted by Pope.
[1391] Scene iii.] Capell. Scene ii. Rowe. Scene v. Pope.
The Grecian camp.] Rowe.
Before the tent of Achilles.] Theobald.
[1392] How now] Q F1. Now now F2 F3 F4.
[1393] enginer] F1 F2. inginer Q. enginier F3. engineer F4.
[1394] ye] yee Q. thou Ff.
[1395] short-armed] short-aimed Singer (Dyce).
[1396] their] Q. the Ff.
irons] iron Capell. irons out Keightley.
[1397] Neapolitan] Neopolitan Q. om. Ff.
[1398] dependant] Ff. depending Q.
[1399] Enter Patroclus.] Ff. om. Q.
[1400] Patr.] Patr. [within. Anon. conj.
[1401] ha'] a Q. have Ff.
counterfeit] counter Rowe.
[1402] wouldst] Ff. couldst Q.
[1403] art] Ff. art not Q.
[1404] Amen.] Amen. Enter Patroclus. Anon. conj.
[1405] in prayer] Q. in a prayer Ff.
[1406] Patr. Amen.] Q. Omitted in Ff.
[1407] Where, where?] Where, where, Ff. Where? where? O where? Q.
[1408] in to] Capell. into Q Ff. up to Rowe.
[1409] thyself] Ff. Thersites Q.
[1410] mayst] maist Ff. must Q.
[1411] Patr. You rascal!... fool.] Ff. Omitted in Q.
[1412] of Agamemnon] Ff. Omitted in Q.
[1413] Patroclus] Ff. this Patroclus Q.
[1414] of the prover] Q. to the creator Ff. to thy creator Rowe (ed. 2). of thy creator Capell.
[1415] Scene vi. Pope.
[1416] Patroclus] Ff. Come Patroclus Q. Come:—Patroclus Edd. conj.
[1417] [Exit.] Ff. om. Q.
[1418] a cuckold and a whore] Ff. a whore, and a cuckold Q.
[1419] emulous] Q. emulations F1 F2. emulatious F3 F4.
[1420] Now ... all!] Ff. Omitted in Q.
[1421] serpigo] F4. suppeago F1. sarpego F2. serpego F3.
[1422] [Exit.] Theobald. om. Q Ff.
Enter ... and Ajax.] Capell, after line 63: transferred by Dyce. Enter ... Diomed, Aiax & Calcas. Q. Enter ... Ajax, and Chalcas. Ff (after line 63).
[1423] He shent our] Theobald. He sate, our Q. He sent our Ff. He sent us Hanmer. We sent our Collier (Theobald conj.) He sent back Keightley. See note ([V]).
[1424] appertainment] Ff. appertainings Q.
[1425] told so, lest] told so, least Q. told of, so F1. told of, least F2. told of, lest F3 F4. told, if so Collier conj. (withdrawn).
[1426] say so] so say Ff.
[Exit.] Rowe (ed. 2). om. Q Ff.
[1427] proud] Q F1. a proud F2 F3 F4.
[1428] you will] Q F2 F3 F4. will F1.
[1429] the cause] Ff. a cause Q.
[1430] A word, my lord.] Ff. Omitted in Q.
[1431] [Takes ...] Malone. Drawing Agamemnon apart. Capell. To Agamemnon. Rowe. om. Q Ff.
[1432] their] this Rowe (ed. 2).
[1433] composure] Q. counsell that Ff.
[1434] knits not,] knits, not F1.
[1435] Re-enter ...] Enter ... Ff. om. Q.
[1436] Scene vii. Pope.
[1437] him.] Q. him? Ff.
[1438] The ... flexure] As prose first by Malone. As two lines in Q Ff, the first ending courtesie.
[1439] legs are] Q F3 F4. legge are F1. legges are F2.
are ... for flexure] Q. are ... for flight Ff. are for necessity, not flexure Pope. are for necessity, not for flexure Capell.
[1440] upon] on Pope.
[1441] breath] breathing Capell conj.
Hear] F3 F4. Heare F1 F2. Heere Q.
[1442] wing'd] F2 F3 F4. winged Q F1.
[1443] all] om. Pope.
[1444] on] Q. of Ff.
beheld] upheld Mason conj.
[1445] Yea,] Q. Yea, and F1. And F2 F3 F4.
unwholesome] unholsome Q F2. unholdsome F1. unwholsome F3. unwholsom F4.
[1446] come] Q F2 F3 F4. came F1.
and] om. Pope.
[1447] And under-honest ... worthier] In self-assumption greater than in note Of judgment: say, men worthier Pope.
[1448] in the] om. Steevens conj.
and worthier] Tell him this; And add, besides, that worthier S. Walker conj.
[1449] tend] Q. tends Ff. shend Becket conj.
[1450] on, Disguise the] Ff. on Disguise, the Q.
[1451] underwrite] under-write Q. under write Ff. under-goe Pope.
[1452] pettish lunes] Hanmer. pettish lines Ff. course, and time Q. course and times Pope.
his flows] F3 F4. his flowes F1 F2. and flowes Q.
as if] Ff. and if Q.
[1453] carriage of this action] Ff. streame of his commencement Q.
[1455] cannot] can't Pope.
[1456] [Exit.] Rowe. om. Q Ff.
[1457] enter you] Ff. entertaine Q. enter Pope. enter to him Anon. conj.
[Exit Ulysses.] Ff. om. Q.
[1458] wise] wise too Capell, reading 137-155 as verse.
[1459] what pride is] Q. what it is Ff.
[1460] mind is] mind's Capell.
the clearer] clearer Rowe.
Ajax] om. Q.
[1461] that is] that's Capell.
[1462] whatever] whate'er Capell.
in the] i' the Capell.
[1463] Scene viii. Pope.
as I hate] Ff. as I do hate Q.
[1464] [Aside] Capell.
Yet] Ff. And yet Q.
is't] is it Capell.
Re-enter Ulysses.] Capell. Enter Ulysses. Q Ff, after line 152.
[1465] will peculiar] will-peculiar Warburton.
[1466] request's] Pope. requests Q Ff.
[1467] possess'd he is] he's possest. Pope.
[1468] worth] Q. wroth F1 F2. wrath F3 F4.
[1469] And batters.... He is] As one line S. Walker conj.
[1470] down himself] Q. gainst it selfe Ff. 'gainst himself Singer.
[1471] plaguy] om. Steevens conj.
of it] om. Hanmer.
[1472] led] Ff. lead Q.
[1473] seam] scum Mason conj.
[1474] do] F3 F4. doe F1 F2. doth Q.
[1475] he] him Hanmer.
[1476] Must] Ff. Shall Q.
stale] Rowe. staule Q F1 F2. staul F3 F4.
[1477] As ... to Achilles] One line in Q Ff. See note ([VII]).
[1478] titled] Ff. liked Q.
Achilles is] Achilles' is Hanmer.
[1479] Marked by Keightley as an imperfect line.
fat-already pride] Capell. fat already pride Q F3 F4. fat already, pride F1 F2. fat, already, pride Rowe. pride, already fat Pope.
[1480] lord] Lord Q F4. L. F1 F2 F3.
[1481] [Aside] Johnson.
[1482] this] Ff. his Q.
[1483] If ... face] As prose in Q Ff. As verse first in Rowe (ed. 2).
[1484] pash] Ff. push Q.
[1485] An a' ... to him] Arranged as in Q. As prose in Ff.
[1486] An a'] An a Knight. And he Q. And a Ff. An he Pope.
pheeze] phese Q Ff.
[1487] Steevens reads as verse, ending the lines describes ... raven ... blood ... patient ... men ... fashion ... so ... carry it ... shares ... supple ... praises ... dry.
[1488] [Aside] First marked by Capell.
[1489] let] Ff. tell Q.
humours] Ff. humorous Q.
[1490] He will be the] He'll be Steevens (1793).
[1491] An] Hanmer. And Q Ff.
o'] Rowe (ed. 2). of Q. a Ff.
[1492] A' ... a'] A ... a Q Ff. He ... he Rowe (ed. 2).
[1493] An 'twould] Pope. And two'od Q. And 'twould Ff.
[1494] Ulyss. A' would ... warm: force....] Distributed as by Theobald. Ajax. A would ... warme? Nest. Force.... Q. Ulis. A would ... shares. Aia. I will ... warme. Nest. Force.... Ff.
[1495] A' would] A would Q Ff. He would Rowe (ed. 2). He'd Steevens.
[1496] I will ... I'll] I'll ... I will Capell.
[1497] through] thorough Capell, reading as verse.
[1498] praises] praiers Q.
pour in, pour in] poure in, poure Q.
[1499] [To Agamemnon] Capell. om. Q Ff.
lord] Lord Q F4. L. F1 F2 F3.
[1500] does] do's Q. doth Ff.
[1501] Here ... silent] As in Ff. One line in Q.
[1502] valiant.] Ff. valiant—Q.
[1503] shall palter] palters Pope (reading as verse).
thus with us] Ff. with us thus Q.
[1504] Would] I would Keightley.
[1505] Ajax] our Ajax Capell.
[1506] Ulyss.] Nest. Lettsom conj.
[1507] the heavens] heaven Anon. conj.
lord] Lord Q. L. Ff.
[1508] got] Ff. gat Q.
she] her Pope.
[1509] Famed] Fam'd Q. Fame Ff.
[1510] beyond, beyond all] Ff. beyond all thy Q. beyond all Steevens (1793). above all, thy Boswell conj.
[1511] thine] Q. thy Ff.
[1512] vigour] strength and vigour Hanmer. vigor, lord Capell. vigour, let Grant White (S. Walker conj.)
[1513] I will] I'll Pope.
[1514] bourn] F3 F4. bourne F1 F2. boord Q. borne Hanmer.
[1515] Thy] Ff. This Q.
[1516] antiquary times] antiquary, Time Anon. conj.
[1517] Ajax'] Hanmer. Ajax Ff.
[1518] be] Q F1. he F2 F3 F4.
[1519] Nest.] Q. Ulis. Ff.
[1520] thicket] thicker F2.
great] Q. om. Ff.
[1521] his] Q F1. this F2 F3 F4.
[1522] to Troy] to succour Troy Steevens conj.
to-morrow] to-morrow, friends, Pope. to-morrow, sirs, Capell. to-morrow-morn Keightley.
[1523] cull] Ff. call Q.
[1524] council] F4. counsell Q. counsaile F1 F2. counsel F3.
[1525] sail] saile Q. may saile Ff.
hulks] hulkes Q. bulkes Ff.