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[1170] Act iv. Scene i.] Rowe. om. Qq Ff.

Friar Laurence's cell.] Capell. The Monastery. Rowe.

[1171] Enter....] Rowe. Enter Frier and Countie Paris. Qq Ff (Count F₂ F₃ F₄).

[1172] nothing] something Collier conj.

slow to slack his] slacke to slow his (Q₁). slow to back Johnson conj. slack,—too slow's his Jackson conj.

[1173] is] in Warburton.

[1174] talk'd] talkt Q₅. talke Q₂ Q₃ Q₄ F₁ F₂ Q₅. talk F₃ F₄.

[1175] doth] (Q₁) Q₃ Q₄ F₁ F₂ Q₅. do Q₂. should F₃ F₄.

sway] way Collier MS.

[1176] haste.] Q₂. hast. (Q₁). hast? or haste? The rest.

[1177] [Aside] Theobald. om. Qq Ff.

[1178] toward] Q₂. towards The rest.

[1179] Happily met] Welcome my love (Q₁) Pope.

my wife] my life Johnson conj.

[1180] I should] were to (Q₁) Pope.

[1181] ye] you Capell.

[1182] Being] Benig F₁.

[1183] no] om. Q₄.]

slander ... a truth] wrong, sir, that is but a truth Capell, from (Q₁). wrong, sir, that that is a truth Jackson conj.

a truth] (Q₁) Qq F₁. truth F₂ F₃ F₄. but truth Rowe.

[1184] spake, I spake] speak, I speak F₄.

my] thy F₄

[1185] we] (Q₁) Qq. you F₁. I F₂ F₃ F₄.

[1186] God shield I] Q₄. Godshield, I Q₂ Q₃ Q₅. Godsheild: I F₁ F₂. God shield: I F₃. God shield, I F₄.

[1187] Juliet ... kiss] Juliet farewel, and keep this holy kiss. (Q₁) Pope.

[1188] [Exit.] Qq. Exit Paris. Ff.

[1189] O,] Go (Q₁) Pope.

[1190] cure] (Q₁) Q₅. care Q₂ Q₃ Q₄ Ff.

[1191] Ah] (Q₁) Capell. O Qq Ff.

thy] your Pope.

[1192] It ... wits] Omitted by Pope.

strains] streames F₁.

[1193] county] count F₂ F₃ F₄.

[1194] hear'st] Q₅. hearest The rest.

[1195] with this] with' his F₁. with' this F₂.

[1196] Romeo's] Q₅. Romeos Q₂ Q₃ Q₄. Romeo Ff.

[1197] long-experienced] long-experienc'd Pope. long experienst Q₂ Q₃. long experien'st Q₄ F₂ F₃. long expetiens't F₁. long experienc't Q₅. long experienc'd F₄.

[1198] umpire] umpeere Q₂ Q₃ F₁.

[1199] thy] my F₃ F₄.

[1200] Be ... die] Speak not, be brief; for I desire to die (Q₁) Pope. Speak now, be brief; for I desire to die Hanmer.

[1201] an] om. S. Walker conj.

[1202] of will] or will (Q₁) Pope.

slay] (Q₁) Q₄ Q₅ F₃ F₄. stay Q₂ Q₃ F₁. lay F₂.

[1203] is it] it is F₃ F₄.

[1204] copest] coapst (Q₁) Q₂ Q₃. coop'st Q₄ Q₅. coap'st F₁ F₂ F₃. cop'st F₄. copes Hanmer.

from] fro F₁ F₂ F₃.

it;] it. (Q₁) Qq. it: Ff.

[1205] And, if] An if Delius conj.

[1206] off] (Q₁) Q₅ F₃ F₄. of The rest.

yonder] (Q₁) Pope. any Qq Ff.

[1207] Or walk ... bears] Or chain me to some sleepy mountain's top Where roaring bears and savage lions roam Pope, from (Q₁). Or chain ... top Where savage bears and roaring lions roam Johnson conj.

[1208] shut] (Q₁) Pope. hide Qq Ff.

[1209] O'er-covr'd] Orecoverd Q₂. Orecovered Q₃ F₁ F₂. Ore covered Q₄ Q₅. Ore-covered F₃. O're-covered F₄.

[1210] reeky] reekie Qq. reckie F₁. recky F₂ F₃ F₄.

yellow] Q₄ Q₅ Ff. yeolow (Q₁). yealow Q₂ Q₃.

chapless] chapels Q₂. chappels Q₃ F₁.

[1211] shroud] Q₄ Q₅. grave Ff. Omitted in Q₂ Q₃. tomb Malone conj.

[1212] told] nam'd (Q₁) Pope.

[1213] unstain'd] unstained F₁.

[1214] Hold ... bed] For these lines Pope substitutes three lines Hold ... vial from (Q₁).

[1215] Wednesday] Q₅ F₄. wendsday Q₂. wensday Q₃ Q₄ F₁ F₂ F₃.

[1216] thy nurse] the nurse Q₂.

[1217] distilled] (Q₁) Pope. distilling Qq Ff.

[1218] for ... surcease] which shall seize Each vital spirit; for no pulse shall keep His nat'ral progress, but surcease to beat (Q₁) Pope.

[1219] breath] breast Q₂.

[1220] fade] fade: Q₂.

[1221] To paly] Q₅. Too paly Q₄. Too many Q₂ Q₃. To many F₁. To mealy F₂ F₃ F₄.

thy] Q₂ Q₅. the Q₃ Q₄ Ff.

[1222] shuts] shut F₁.

[1223] Each part ... like death] Omitted by Pope.

[1224] borrow'd] Q₅. borrowed The rest.

[1225] thee] the F₂.

[1226] In] Is Q₂.

uncover'd] uncovered Q₂.

bier] Hanmer. beere, Be borne to buriall in thy kindreds grave: Qq Ff. (beer ... born F₃ F₄). See note (IX).

[1227] shalt] shall Q₂.

[1228] and ... waking] Q₃ Q₄ Q₅. an ... walking Q₂. Omitted in Ff.

[1229] And ... shame] Omitted by Pope.

[1230] inconstant] unconstant F₃ F₄.

toy] ioy Q₄. joy Q₅.

[1231] Give ... not me] Give me, oh give me, tell not me Pope. Give me, oh give me, tell me not Theobald. O, give 't me, give 't me! tell not me Lettsom conj.

fear] care F₁.

[Taking the vial. Pope.

[1232] Love ... afford] One line in Qq. Two in Ff.

[1233] [Exeunt.] Q₄ Q₅. Exit. Q₂ Q₃ Ff. om. Rowe.

[1234] Scene II.] Rowe. Scene III. Capell.

Hall....] Capell. Capulet's House. Rowe.

[1235] Enter....] Enter Father Capulet, Mother, Nurse, and Serving men, two or three. Qq Ff. Enter ... Servant. Malone.

[1236] [Exit....] to a Servant, who goes out. Capell. om. Qq Ff.

[1237] twenty] dainty Jackson conj.

[1238] Sec. Serv.] Ser. Qq Ff. 1. S. Capell. 2. Serv. Malone.

[1239] Sec. Serv. You ... gone.] Put in the margin by Pope.

[1240] [Exit....] Exit Servant. Capell. om. Qq Ff.

[1241] Go ... Laurence?] As in Theobald. Two lines, the first ending time in Qq. Prose in Ff.

[1242] self-will'd] selfewield Q₂. selfe willde Q₃. selfe-will'd Q₄ Q₅. selfewild F₁ F₂. self-wild F₃ F₄.

[1243] See ... look.] One line in Qq. Two, the first ending shrift, in Ff.

shrift ... look] her confession Pope, from (Q₁).

[1244] How ... gadding?] One line in Qq. Two in Ff.

[1245] me] om. Q₄ Q₅.

[1246] enjoin'd] injoin'd Q₅.

[1247] To beg] And beg Pope.

[1248] county] count F₂ F₃ F₄.

[1249] becomed] Ff. becomd Q₂ Q₃. becommed Q₄ Q₅. becoming Rowe.

[1250] as't] ast Q₂ Q₃.

[1251] hither] hether Q₃.

[1252] reverend holy] holy reverent (Q₁). holy reverend Q₅.

[1253] to him] to hymn Warburton conj. unto (Q₁) Steevens conj.

[1254] there is] there's F₁.

[1255] Go ... to-morrow.] One line in Qq. Two in Ff.

to-morrow.] to-Morrow? Rowe (ed. 2).

[Exeunt ... Nurse.] Ff. Exeunt. Qq.

[1256] provision] privision Q₅.

[1257] him up] Ff. up him Qq.

[1258] heart is] heart's Pope.

[1259] [Exeunt.] Q₄ Q₅. Exit. Q₂ Q₃. Exeunt Father and Mother. Ff.

[1260] Scene III.] Rowe. Scene IV. Capell.

Juliet's chamber.] Rowe.

[1261] know'st] Ff Q₅. knowest Q₂ Q₃ Q₄.

[1262] Enter Lady Capulet.] Rowe. Enter Mother. Qq Ff.

[1263] La. Cap.] Mo. Qq Ff.

[1264] ho? need you] do you need (Q₁) Pope.

[1265] behoveful] F₄. behoofefull Q₂ Q₃ Q₄. behoovefull F₁ F₂ Q₅. behooveful F₃.

[1266] [Exeunt ... Nurse.] Capell. Exeunt. Qq Ff.

[1267] Farewell!] As in Qq. As a separate line in Ff.

[1268] life] Qq. fire Ff.

[1269] again] om. F₄.

[1270] Nurse!—] Hanmer. Nurse— Rowe. Nurse; Q₅. Nurse, The rest.

[1271] Come, vial! What] As in Hanmer. In the same line in Qq Ff. Come, phial, come! Keightley, reading Nurse ... come! as two lines, the first ending scene.

[1272] vial] F₄. violl Q₂. viall The rest.

[1273] Shall ... morning] Shall I of force be marry'd to the Count Pope, from (Q₁).

then] om. F₄.

[1274] it. Lie] it:—knife, lie Lettsom conj. from (Q₁).

[Laying ...] Johnson. Pointing to a Dagger. Rowe. om. Qq Ff.

[1275] a holy] an holy Q₅.

man.] man: I will not entertain so bad a thought. (Q₁) Steevens.

[1276] Come] Comes Pope.

[1277] stifled] stiffled Q₂ Q₃ Q₄.

[1278] mouth] month Rowe.

[1279] And ... comes?] Omitted by Pope.

die] be Theobald.

[1280]. is it] it is Rowe.

[1281] Together] Togither Q₂.

[1282] this] Q₂. these The rest.

[1283] Alack, alack] Alas, alas! Pope.

[1284] shrieks] F₄. shrikes The rest.

mandrakes'] Malone (Capell's Errata). mandrakes Qq Ff. mandrake's Johnson.

[1285] O, if I wake] Hanmer. O if I walke Q₂ Q₃ F₁. Or if I wake Q₄ Q₅. Or if I walke F₂. Or if I walk F₃ F₄.

[1286] Environed] Inviron'd F₄. Invironed The rest.

[1287] joints] ioynes Q₄.

[1288] great kinsman's] great-kinsman's Delius conj.

[1289] that ... point] Omitted by Pope, from (Q₁).

[1290] a] Qq. my F₁. his F₂ F₃ F₄.

stay!] stay Romeo,— or stay,—Romeo, Nicholson conj.

[1291] Romeo, ... thee] (Q₁) Pope. Romeo, Romeo, Romeo, heeres drinke, I drinke to thee. Qq Ff, substantially, (Rome, Romeo, Romeo, F₂). Romeo, here's drink! Romeo, I drink to thee. Johnson. Romeo, Romeo, Romeo, I drink to thee. Knight (Stratford Ed.). See note (XI).

I come, this do] Romeo, here's drink Nicholson conj.

[1292] She ... curtains.] (Q₁) Edd. She throws herself on the bed. Pope. Omitted in Qq Ff. Exit. Rowe. Drinks; throws away the Vial, and casts herself upon the Bed. Scene closes. Capell.

[1293] Scene IV.] Rowe. Scene V. Capell.

Hall ...] A Hall. Rowe. Capulet's Hall. Theobald.

[1294] Lady Capulet] Rowe. Lady of the house, Qq Ff.

[1295] Hold,] As in Qq. A separate line in Ff.

[1296] [Exit Nurse. Singer.

[1297] Enter Capulet.] Rowe. Enter old Capulet. Qq Ff. Enter Capulet, hastily. Capell.

[1298] Come ... crow'd] One line in Qq. Two in Ff.

crow'd] Ff. crowed Qq.

[1299] rung] roong Q₂. roung Q₃ Q₄.

o'clock] Theobald. a clock Qq Ff.

[1300] Nurse.] La. Cap. Singer.

Go] Go, go Theobald.

[1301] go, Get] go.—[To Cap.] Get Hunter conj.

[1302] what!] om. F₄.

[1303] lesser] Q₂. lesse Q₃ Q₄ F₁ Q₅. a lesse F₂ F₃. a less F₄.

[1304] [Exeunt ...] Exit Lady and Nurse. Qq Ff. Exit Lady Capulet. Singer.

[1305] A ... there?] Arranged as by Capell. One line in Qq. Two, the second beginning Now, in Ff.

[1306] jealous-hood] Hyphen inserted in F₄.

Servingmen] om. Qq Ff.

[1307] What's] whats F₂. what's F₃ F₄. what is Qq. what F₁.

[1308] First Ser.] 1. S. Capell. Fel. Qq Ff. Ser. Rowe.

[1309] haste. [Exit ...] haste. [Exit Ser. Capell. haste Q₂ Q₃ Q₄. haste, Ff. haste; Q₅.

[1310] Sec. Ser.] 2. S. Capell. Fel. Qq Ff. Ser. Rowe.

[1311] [Exit Sec. Serv.] Edd. Exit. Capell (after line 19). om. Qq Ff.

faith] Q₄ F₂ Q₅ F₃ F₄. father Q₂ Q₃ F₁.

[1312] [Music within.] Capell, after line 22. Play Musicke. (after line 21) Qq Ff. Play Musick. (after line 23) Hanmer.

[1313] Re-enter Nurse.] Dyce. Enter Nurse. Qq Ff.

[1314] Make ... already:] Omitted by Rowe and Pope.

[1315] Make ... say.] As in Ff. One line in Qq.

[1316] [Exeunt.] Capell. Ex. Capulet and Nurse, severally. Theobald. Exit Capulet. Rowe. Omitted in Qq Ff.

[1317] Scene V.] Pope. Scene VI. Capell.

Juliet's Chamber.] Juliet's Chamber, Juliet on a bed. Theobald. Scene draws and discovers Juliet on a Bed. Rowe. Anti-room of Juliet's Chamber. Door of the Chamber open, and Juliet upon her Bed. Capell.

[1318] Enter Nurse.] Hanmer. Re-enter Nurse. Theobald. om. Qq Ff.

[1319] she] om. F₂ F₃ F₄.

[1320] pennyworths] penniworth Q₅.

[1321] shall] should Rowe.

little. God ... me,] little: ... me Q₅. little, ... me. Q₂ Q₃ Q₄. little, ... me: Ff.

[1322] needs must] Q₂. must needs The rest.

[goes towards the Bed. Capell.

[1323] fright] ferret Long MS.

[1324] [Undraws the curtains.] Capell.

[1325] wake] awake Rowe.

[shaking her. Capell.

[1326] well-a-day] wereaday Q₂. weleaday Q₃. weary day Anon. conj.

[1327] Enter Lady Capulet.] Enter Mother. (Q₁) Ff. Omitted in Qq.

[1328] Look, look] Look Pope.

[1329] Enter Capulet.] Rowe. Enter Father. Qq Ff.

[1330] La. Cap. Alack ... dead!] Omitted by Pope.

[1331] all] om. Rowe.

field.] field. Accursed time! unfortunate old man! Pope, from (Q₁).

[1332] Nurse. O ... speak.] Omitted by Pope.

[1333] Enter ...] Enter Frier and the Countie, with the Musitians. Q₄. Enter ... County, with Musicians. Q₅. Enter Frier and the Countie. Q₂ Q₃ Ff.

[1334] Fri. L.] Par. (Q₁) Staunton.

[1335] thy] the Rowe (ed. 2).

[1336] wife] bride (Q₁) Steevens (1778).

see] F₂ F₃ F₄. om. Qq F₁. See note (XII).

[1337] deflowered] Steevens (1793). deflowred Qq F₁. deflowred now F₂. deflowr'd now F₃ F₄. deflowered now Johnson.

[1338] death is my heir ... Death's] Omitted by Pope.

[1339] all; life, living.] Collier. all life living, Q₂ Q₃ Ff. all, life, living, Q₄ Q₅. all; live leaving, Capell.

[1340] long] loue Q₂.

[1341] e'er time] time e'er Rowe (ed. 2).

[1342] one poor and] one dear and S. Walker conj.

loving] living Johnson (1771).

[1343] catch'd] snatch'd Capell conj.

[1344] behold] bedold Q₂.

[1345] Par. Beguiled ... buried] Omitted by Pope.

[1346] Dead art thou!] Dead art thou! dead; Theobald. Dead, dead, art thou! Malone conj.

[1347] See note (XIII).

[1348] confusion's cure] Theobald. confusions care Q₂. confusions, care Q₃ Q₄ Q₅. confusions: care Ff. confusions? care Rowe.

lives] lies Lettsom conj.

[1349] she] that she F₂ F₃ F₄.

[1350] itself] himselfe Q₅.

[1351] But ... young] Omitted in Johnson (1771).

dies married] dies unmarried Theobald conj.

[1352] In all] Capell, from (Q₁). And in Qq Ff. All in Rowe.

[1353] fond] F₂ F₃ F₄. some Qq F₁.

us all] Qq. all us Ff.

[1354] ordained] ordain'd for Anon. conj.

[1355] burial] funerall Q₅.

[1356]. And all ... will.] Omitted by Pope.

[1357] [Exeunt....] Theobald. Exeunt manet. Q₂ Q₃. Exeunt manent Musici. Q₄. Exeunt. Ff. Exeunt. Manent Musici. Q₅. They all but the Nurse goe foorth, casting Rosemary on her and shutting the Curtens. Enter Musitions. (Q₁).

[1358] Scene VI. Pope.

First Mus.] 1. M. Capell. Musi. Qq. Mu. Ff.

[1359] pitiful] piteous Steevens conj.

[Exit.] Exit Nurse. Theobald. om. Qq Ff.

[1360] First Mus.] 1. M. Capell. Fid. Qq. Mu. Ff.

by my] my my Q₂.

[Exit omnes. Q₂. Exeunt omnes. Q₃ Q₄ Q₅.

Enter Peter.] Q₄ Ff Q₅. Enter Will Kemp. Q₂. Enter Will Kempe. Q₃. Enter Servingman. (Q₁). Enter another Servant. Capell.

[1361] Pet.] Q₄ Ff. Peter. Q₂ Q₃. Pe. Q₅. Ser. Capell.

[1362] Musicians ... ease.] Prose by Pope. Two lines in Qq. Three in Ff.

[1363] Heart's ... Heart's] harts ... harts Q₂ Q₃. hatts ... harts Q₄.

[1364] an you] Pope. and you Qq Ff.

play] why, play Johnson.

Heart's] harts Q₂.

[1365] First Mus.] 1. M. Capell. Fidler. Q₂ Q₃ Q₄. Mu. Ff. Fid. Q₅.

[1366] of woe] Q₄ Q₅. Omitted in Q₂ Q₃ Ff.

[1367] O ... comfort me.] Qq. Omitted in Ff.

[1368] First Mus.] 1. M. Capell. Minstrels. Q₂ Q₃ Q₄. Mu. Ff. Min. Q₅.

[1369] First Mus.] 1. M. Capell. Minst. Q₂. Min. Q₃ Q₄ Q₅. Mu. Ff, and similarly in 110, 113, 117.

[1370] No ... minstrel.] Prose first by Theobald. Two lines in Qq Ff.

[1371] but ... crotchets:] Omitted by Pope.

[1372] minstrel] ministrell F₂ F₃. ministrel F₄.

[1373] lay] say Q₄.

[1374] I will ... note me?] Prose in Q₄ Ff. Two lines, the first ending fa, in Q₂ Q₃. Two lines, the first ending fa you, in Q₅.

[1375] An] Pope. And Ff.

[1376] Pray ... your wit.] Prose in Qq. Two lines in Ff.

[1377] Then ... wit!] Given to Peter in Q₄ Q₅. Continued to Sec. Mus. in Q₂ Q₃ Ff.

[1378] I will ... dagger.] Omitted by Pope.

[1379] an iron wit] my iron wit Collier MS.

[1380] When ... sound—] Verse in (Q₁). Prose in Qq Ff.

[1381] grief] Hanmer. griefe (Q₁). griefes Qq F₁ F₂. griefs F₃ F₄.

[1382] And ... oppress,] (Q₁) Capell. Omitted in Qq Ff.

[1383] First Mus.] 1. (Q₁). 1. Mus. Johnson. Minst. Q₂. Min. Q₃ Q₄ Q₅. Mu. Ff.

[1384] Pretty!] Pope. Pretie, (Q₁). Prates, Q₂. Pratest, Q₃ Ff. Pratee, Q₄ Q₅. Pratest? Rowe. Thou pratest: Collier (Collier MS.).

Rebeck] Rowe. Rebick Q₂ Q₃ Q₄ F₃ F₄. Rebicke F₁ F₂ Q₅.

[1385] Pretty too!] Pope, from (Q₁). Prates to, Q₂. Pratest to, Q₃ F₁ F₂. Pratee to, Q₄. Pratee too: Q₅. Pratest too, F₃ F₄. Thou pratest too: Collier (Collier MS.).

James Soundpost] Samuel Sound-board Pope.

[1386] O ... sounding:] Prose in Pope. Three lines in Qq Ff.

[1387] musicians] such fellows as you (Q₁) Pope.

no gold] seldom gold (Q₁) Capell.

[1388] Then ... redress.] Omitted by (Q₁) Pope. Two lines by Johnson. One in Q₂ Q₃ Q₄. Prose in Ff Q₅. The music ... sound Doth lend redress. Theobald.

[1389] [Exit.] Exit, singing. Theobald.

[1390] First Mus.] 1. M. Capell. Min. Qq. Mu. Ff.

[1391] him, Jack!] Hanmer. him Iacke, or him Jack, Qq Ff. him.—Jack, Johnson.

[1392] [Exeunt.] (Q₁) Q₄ Q₅. Exit. The rest.