FOOTNOTES:

[1007] Act iii. Scene i.] Q (1676) and Rowe. Omitted in Ff.

A room in the castle] Malone. The Palace. Rowe. Another room in the same. Capell.

Rosencrantz, and Guildenstern.] Capell. Rosencraus, Guyldensterne, Lords. Qq. Rosincrance, Guildenstern, and Lords. F₁. Rosincros, Guildenstar, and Lords. F₂ F₃ F₄ (Guildenstare, F₄).

[1008] circumstance] Ff. conference Qq.

[1009] confusion] confesion Rowe (ed. 2). confession Pope (in margin).

[1010] he will] a will Q₂ Q₃ Q₄ Q₅.

[1011] Nor ... state.] Continued to Ros. by Jennens.

[1012] state] estate Q₆.

[1013] Niggard of ... of our ... Most free] Unapt to ... of our ... Most free Q (1676). Most free of ... to our ... Niggard Hanmer. Most free of ... of our ... Niggard Warburton. Niggard of ... to our ... Most free Collier MS.

[1014] Did ... pastime?] As in Capell. One line in Qq Ff.

[1015] assay] invite Q (1676).

[1016] To] unto Hanmer.

[1017] so] om. Johnson.

[1018] o'er-raught] ore-raught Qq. ore-wrought F₁ F₂. o're-took F₃ F₄. o'er-rode Warburton.

[1019] about] Ff. heere about Q₂ Q₃ Q₄ Q₅. here about Q₆.

[1020] With ... delights.] Arranged as by Pope. Five lines ending hart, ... me, ... inclin'd ... edge, ... delights, in Qq. Four lines, ending me ... gentlemen, ... on ... delights, in Ff.

[1021] drive ... on to] drive ... on To Ff. drive ... into Qq. urge him to Q (1676).

[1022] [Exeunt....] Exeunt Ros. & Guyl. Qq. Exeunt. Ff.

Gertrude] Ff. Gertrard Qq.

too] Ff. two Qq.

[1023] hither] Ff Q₆. hether The rest.

[1024] he] we Jennens.

here] Q₆. heere Q₂ Q₃ Q₄ Q₅. there Ff.

[1025] here Affront Ophelia] meet Ophelia here Q (1676).

[1026] Affront ... espials,] As in Johnson. One line in Ff. One line, ending myself, in Qq.

[1027] lawful espials] Omitted in Qq.

[1028] Will] Ff. Wee'le Q₂ Q₃ Q₄ Q₅. Wee'll Q₆.]

unseen] and unseen Q (1676).

[1029] frankly] om. Q (1676).

[1030] no] Qq. no, F₄. no. F₁ F₂ F₃.

[1031] for your] Q₂ Q₃ Ff. for my Q₄ Q₅ Q₆.

[1032] beauties ... virtues] beauty ... virtue S. Walker conj.

[1033] shall] om. Pope.

[1034] Will] May Pope.

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

[1035] please you] Qq. please ye Ff.

[1036] [To Ophelia.] To Oph. Johnson.

[1037] loneliness] lowlines Q₂ Q₃. lowlinesse Q₄ Q₅.

to blame] Q₆ F₃ F₄. too blame The rest.

[1038] sugar] Qq. surge Ff.

[1039] [Aside] First marked by Pope.

'tis too] Qq. 'tis Ff. it is but too Hanmer.

[1040] Pol.] Erased in Collier MS. See note ([II]).

let's] om. Qq.

[Exeunt....] Capell. Exeunt. Ff. om. Qq. Exeunt all but Ophelia. Rowe.

[1041] Scene ii. Pope.

Enter Hamlet.] As in Ff. After burthen, line 54, in Qq. Enter Hamlet, with a book in his hand. Hunter conj. He would transfer the soliloquy to II. 2. 169.

[1042] slings] sling Campbell. stings Fleischer (S. Walker conj.)

slings and arrows] stings and harrows Anon. conj. (Misc. Obs. on Hamlet, 1752). stings and horrors Anon. MS.

[1043] a sea of] a siege of Theobald conj. (withdrawn). th' assay of or a 'say of Theobald conj. assailing Hanmer conj. assail of Warburton. assays of Keightley conj. the seat of Bailey conj. assay of Brae conj.

[1044] opposing] a poniard or deposing Bailey conj.

them?] Pope. them, Q₂ Q₃. them: Q₄ Q₅ Ff Q₆. om. S. Evans conj.

[1045] die: to sleep; No] die to sleepe No Qq (dye Q₆). dye, to sleepe No F₁. dye, to sleepe: No F₂. dye, to sleep No F₃ F₄. die,—to sleep—No Pope.

[1046] more;] F₁ Q₆. more, Q₂ Q₃. more: Q₄ Q₅ F₂ F₃ F₄. more? Capell.

say we end] straightway end Bailey conj.

[1047] to,] to; Qq. too? F₁. to? F₂ F₃. {to.} F₄.

[1048] wish'd. To] Ff. wisht to Q₂ Q₃ Q₄ Q₅. wisht, to Q₆.

[1049] we have] he have F₂. he hath F₃ F₄.

shuffled] shuffel'd F₁ F₂.

coil] spoil Mason conj. vail or clay Elze conj.

[1050] Must ... life;] As three lines ending pause ... calamity ... life; S. Walker conj.

[1051] whips ... time] quips ... time Grey conj. whips ... th' time Warburton conj. whips ... tyrants or quips ... title Johnson conj. whips ... o' the times Steevens conj. scorns of weapon'd time Becket conj. scorns of whiphand time Id. conj. (withdrawn).

[1052] proud] Q₅ Q₆. proude Q₂ Q₃ Q₄. poore F₁ F₂. poor F₃ F₄.

[1053] pangs] pang Pope.

despised love, the] despiz'd love, the Q₂ Q₃. office, and the Q₄ Q₅. dispriz'd love, the Ff. despised love, and the Q₆. mispriz'd love, the Collier MS. (erased). See note ([II]).

[1054] When he] When Q₄ Q₅. When as Q₆.

quietus] quietas Q₂ Q₃ Q₄.

[1055] who would fardels] who'd these fardels Grant White (S. Walker conj.)

fardels] Qq. these fardles Ff.

[1056] grunt] groan Q (1676) and Pope.

[1057] The undiscover'd] Qq. The undiscovered Ff. That undiscover'd Pope. In the undiscover'd Keightley.

bourn] Capell. bourne Pope. borne Qq F₁ F₂. born F₃ F₄.

[1058] returns, puzzles] returnes. Puzels F₁.

[1059] of us all] (Q₁) Ff. om. Qq.

[1060] hue] F₃ F₄. hiew Qq. hew F₁ F₂.

[1061] sicklied] Ff Q₆. sickled The rest.

[1062] pitch] Qq. pith Ff. See note ([XVI]).

[1063] awry] Qq. away Ff.

[1064] [Seeing Oph. Rowe.

[1065] Ophelia!] Ophelia? Ff. Ophelia, Qq.

orisons] Theobald. orizons Q₂ Q₃ Q₄ Q₅ F₁. horizons F₂ F₃ F₄. orizons? Q₆. oraisons Rowe.

[1066] remember'd.] remembred? Q₆.

[1067] you: well, well, well.] Ff. you well. Q₂ Q₃. you: well. Q₄ Q₅. you, well. Q₆.

[1068] long] om. Q (1676). much Pope.

[1069] No, not I] Qq. No, no Ff. No Pope.

[1070] No ... aught.] Arranged as by Capell. One line in Qq Ff.

[1071] you know] Qq. I know Ff.

[1072] the things] Ff. these things Qq.

rich: their perfume lost,] Q₄ Q₅ Q₆. rich, their perfume lost, Q₂ Q₃. rich, then perfume left: F₁ F₂ F₃. rich, than perfume left: F₄. rich: that perfume lost, Rowe.

[1073] lord?] Capell. lord. Qq Ff. lord— Rowe.

[1074] your honesty] Ff. you Qq.

[1075] your honesty ... beauty.] you should admit your honesty to no discourse with your beauty. Johnson conj.

[1076] commerce] Q₅ Q₆ F₄. comerse Q₂ Q₃. comerce Q₄ F₁ F₂ F₃. converse Anon. conj.

[1077] with] Qq. your Ff.

[1078] into] in Q₅ to Q₆.

his] its Pope.

[1079] sometime] sometimes F₃ F₄.

[1080] inoculate] innocculate F₁. inocculate F₂ F₃. inocualte F₄. euocutat Q₂ Q₃. euacuat Q₄. euacuate Q₅. evacuate Q₆.

[1081] I loved you not.] I did love you once. Rowe (ed. 2).

[1082] to] Ff. om. Qq.

[1083] at my beck] on my back Long MS. at my back Collier MS.

[1084] in, imagination to] Qq. in imagination, to Ff. in name, imagination to Warburton.

[1085] heaven and earth] (Q₁) Ff. earth and heaven Qq.

[1086] all] (Q₁) Ff. om. Qq.

[1087] Let ... house.] Prose in Ff. Two lines, the first ending him, in Qq.

[1088] no where] Qq. no way Ff.

[1089] plague] plage Q₄.

[1090] go] Ff. om. Qq.

[1091] too] Ff Q₆. to The rest.

[1092] O] Ff. om. Qq.

[1093] paintings] (Q₁) Qq. pratlings F₁. pratling F₂ F₃ F₄. painting Pope.

too] Ff. om. Qq.

[1094] God] Nature Q (1676).

hath] Qq. has Ff.

face] (Q₁) Qq. pace Ff.

yourselves] your selves Q₅ Q₆. your selfes Q₂ Q₃ Q₄. your selfe F₁ F₂. your self F₃ F₄.

[1095] you jig] gig Q₆. fig (Q₁).

jig] Q (1676). gig Qq. gidge Ff.

you amble] Ff. and amble Qq.

lisp,] Q (1676) F₄. lispe, F₁ F₂ F₃. list Qq.

and nick-name] Ff. you nickname Qq.

[1096] God's] Heavens Q (1676).

[1097] wantonness your ignorance] ignorance your wantonness Anon. conj.

your ignorance] (Q₁) Ff. ignorance Qq.

[1098] Go to] Q₅. Goe to Q₂ Q₃ Q₄. Go too F₁ Q₆. Goe F₂. Go F₃ F₄.

[1099] no more marriages] (Q₁) Ff. no mo marriage Q₂ Q₃ Q₄ Q₅. no moe marriages Q₆.

[1100] live] om. F₂ F₃ F₄.

[1101] [Exit.] Qq. Exit Hamlet. Ff.

[1102] o'erthrown] othrowne Q₄ Q₅.

[1103] soldier's, scholar's] scholar's, soldier's Hanmer and Staunton, from (Q₁).

scholar's,] schollers, Q₂ Q₃ Q₄. scholers, Q₅. scholars, Q₆. scholiers: F₁. schollers? F₂. schollars? F₃. scholars! F₄. om. Jennens.

[1104] expectancy] F₃ F₄. expectansie F₁ F₂. expectation Qq.

[1105] And I] Qq. Have I F₁ F₂. I am F₃ F₄.

[1106] music] musickt Q₂ Q₃ Q₄.

vows,] Pointed as by Hanmer. vowes; Qq. vowes: or vows: Ff.

[1107] that noble] Ff. what noble Qq.

[1108] jangled, out of tune] Capell. jangled out of time, Qq. jangled out of tune, Ff.

[1109] unmatch'd] unmarcht Q₅. unsnatch'd Jennens.

form] forme Qq F₁. fortune F₂ F₃ F₄.

feature] Ff. stature Qq. statute Q (1695).

[1110] To have] T' have Qq Ff.

see!] see. Exit. Qq and Elze.

Re-enter....] Capell. Enter.... Qq Ff.

[1111] Scene iii. Pope.

Love!] Q₆. Love, Q₂ Q₃. Love: Q₄ Q₅. Love? Ff.

[1112] Nor] For Q₆.

[1113] There's something] Something's Pope.

soul] soule? F₁.

[1114] for to] Qq. to F₁ F₂. how to F₃ F₄.

[1115] it] om. Q₄ Q₅ Q₆.

[1116] something-settled] Hyphened by Warburton. sometime-settled Daniel conj.

[1117] Whereon ... on't?] Arranged as in Ff. Three lines, ending beating ... himselfe ... on't? in Qq.

[1118] brains] F₃ F₄. braines Qq F₁ F₂. brain Collier MS. brain's Grant White.

[1119] but ... grief] Arranged as in Ff. One line in Q₂ Q₃.

[1120] do I] I doe Q₆.

[1121] his grief] Q₂ Q₃. it Q₄ Q₅ Q₆, reading But ... of it as one line. this greefe Ff.

[1122] [Enter Ophelia. Elze.

[1123] [Exit Ophelia. Elze.

[1124] grief] griefe Qq. greefes F₁. griefes F₂. griefs F₃ F₄.

[1125] placed, so please you] plac'd so, please you F₁ F₂.

[1126] unwatch'd] Ff. unmatcht Qq.

[1127] Scene ii.] Capell. Scene iv. Pope. om. Ff.

A hall....] A Hall, in the same, fitted as for a Play. Capell.

and Players.] and the Players. (Q₁). and three of the Players. Qq. and two or three of the Players. Ff.

[1128] pronounced] pronoun'd Q₂ Q₃.

[1129] trippingly on] smoothly from Q (1676).

[1130] your players] (Q₁) Ff. our players Qq.

lief] Steevens (1793). live Q₂ Q₃ Q₄ Q₅ F₁ F₂. lieve Q₆ F₃ F₄.

spoke] Qq. had spoke Ff.

[1131] Nor] And Pope.

much with your] Qq. much your Ff. much, your Caldecott.

[1132] whirlwind of your passion] Qq. the whirle-winde of passion Ff. whirlwind of passion Collier. the whirlwind of your passion Staunton.

[1133] hear] Qq. see Ff.

robustious] robustous Q (1676) F₄.

[1134] periwig-pated] Q (1676). perwig-pated Qq. Pery-wig-pated F₁. Pery-wig-parted F₂. Perriwig-parted F₃ F₄.

to tatters] Ff. to totters Qq. om. Q (1676).

[1135] split] Ff. spleet Qq.

[1136] would] (Q₁) Qq. could Ff.

[1137] First Play.] 1. P. Capell. Player. or Play. Qq Ff.

[1138] suit] Hanmer. sute Qq F₁ F₃ F₄. sure F₂.

[1139] o'erstep] ore-steppe Q₂ Q₃ Q₄. ore-step Q₅ Q₆. ore-stop Ff. ore-top Long MS.

[1140] overdone] ore-doone Q₂ Q₃ Q₄. ore-done Q₅ Q₆.

[1141] at the first] at first Q₅ Q₆.

[1142] her own feature] her feature Qq.

scorn] sin Bailey conj.

[1143] the very] every Mason conj.

age] face or page Johnson conj. eye Taylor conj. MS.

the very age] the visage Bailey conj.

[1144] tardy] trady Q₄.

off] of Q₆, and Mason conj.

pressure] posture Bailey conj.

[1145] though it make] though it makes Qq.

[1146] the censure] in the censure Long MS.

the which one] Ff. which one Qq. one of which Hanmer.

[1147] o'erweigh] ore-weigh Qq. o're-way F₁. ore-sway F₂ F₃ F₄.

[1148] praise] Ff Q₆. praysd Q₂ Q₃ Q₄. praisd Q₅.

[1149] neither ... nor man,] Put within brackets, as an interpolation, by Warburton.

[1150] accent of Christians] accent of Christian Pope.

nor the] or the Rowe.

[1151] nor man] Qq. Nor Turke (Q₁). or Norman Ff. nor Mussulman Farmer conj. or man Pope. or Turk Grant White.

[1152] men] them Rann (Theobald conj. withdrawn). the men Farmer conj.

[1153] sir] Ff. om. Qq.

[1154] themselves] of themselves F₃ F₄.

[1155] too] to Q₂ Q₃ Q₄ Q₅.

[1156] [Exeunt Players.] F₂ F₃ F₄. Exit Players. F₁. Omitted in Qq.

Enter ... Rosencrantz, and Guildenstern.] As in Ff. Enter ... Guyldensterne, & Rosencrans. Qq (after work? line 42).

[1157] Scene iv.] Warburton.

[1158] too] Ff Q₆. to The rest.

[1159] [Exit Polonius.] Ff. om. Qq.

[1160] Ros. Guil.] Both. Ff. Ros. Qq.

We will] Ff. I Qq.

[Exeunt....] Exeunt they two. Q₂ Q₃. Exeunt those two. Q₄ Q₅ Q₆. Exeunt. Ff.

[1161] Scene v. Pope.

What ho!] What hoe, Q₆. What hoa, F₁ F₂ F₃. What ho, F₄. What howe, Q₂ Q₃. What how, Q₄ Q₅.

Enter Horatio.] As in Q₂ Q₃ Q₄ Q₅. After line 46 in Ff. Omitted in Q₆.

[1162] sweet lord] my lord Q (1676).

[1163] coped] copt Q₂ Q₃ Q₄ Q₅. cop't Q₆. coap'd Ff. met Q (1676).

[1164] lord,—] lord— Rowe. lord. Qq Ff.

[1165] no revenue hast] hast no revenue Q (1676).

[1166] thee?] Q₆. thee, Q₂ Q₃ Q₄ Q₅. thee. Ff.

Why] om. Pope.

[1167] lick] Q₄ Q₅. licke Q₂ Q₃ Q₆. like Ff.

absurd] obsurd Q₄ Q₅.

[1168] pregnant] begging Collier MS. (in pencil). See note ([II]).

[1169] fawning.] fawning: Q₆. fauning; Q₂ Q₃. fauning, Q₄. fawning, Q₅. faining. F₁ F₂ F₃. feigning. F₄.

hear?] heare? Q₆. heare, or hear, The rest.

[1170] dear] clear Johnson conj.

her] Qq. my Ff.

[1171] distinguish, ... Hath] Ff. distinguish her election, S'hath Qq (Shath Q₄ Q₅. Sh'ath Q₆).

[1172] fortune's] fortune F₃ F₄.

[1173] Hast] Qq. Hath Ff.

[1174] commingled] co-mingled Ff. comedled Qq. commedled Q (1676, 1683, 1695). commended Q (1703). comêl'd Capell conj.

[1175] stop] stops Q (1676).

[1176] of heart] of hearts Q (1676).

[1177] thee of] Qq. thee, of Ff.

[1178] a-foot] on foot Q₆.

[1179] very] om. F₂ F₃ F₄.

thy] Qq. my Ff.

[1180] my] Qq. mine Ff.

his occulted] then his hidden Q (1676). his occult Rowe (ed. 2).

[1181] unkennel] discover Q (1676).

[1182] stithy] Qq. stythe F₁. styth F₂ F₃ F₄. smithy Theobald.

heedful] Q(1676) F₄. heedfull Qq. needfull F₁ F₂ F₃.

[1183] face,] face? F₂.

[1184] judgements] judgement F₂.

[1185] In] Qq. To Ff.

[1186] he] Ff. a Qq.

[1187] detecting] Ff. detected Q₂ Q₃ Q₄ Q₅. detection Q₆.

[1188] Scene vi. Pope. Scene v. Warburton.

They are] They're Pope.

[1189] Danish march. A flourish. Enter ... the Guard ... torches.] Capell, substantially. Enter ... his Guard ... torches. Danish March. Sound a Flourish. Ff (after line 84). Enter Trumpets and Kettle Drummes, King, Queene, Polonius, Ophelia. Qq (after line 84).

[1190] our] my F₃ F₄.

[1191] Excellent ... say?] Prose in Ff. Irregular lines in Qq.

[1192] dish: I] dish I Q (1676).

[1193] mine now. My lord,] Johnson. mine now my lord. Qq. mine. Now my lord, Ff.

[To Polonius] Rowe.

[1194] i' the] in the Q₆.

[1195] did I] Qq. I did Ff.

[1196] What] Qq. And what Ff.

[1197] Capitol] F₁ F₄. Capitall Q₂ Q₃ Q₄ Q₅. Capitoll F₂ Q₆ F₃.

[1198] stay] wait Q (1676).

patience] pleasure Johnson conj. patents Becket conj.

[1199] dear] deere Q₂ Q₃. deare Q₄ Q₅ Q₆. good Ff.

[1200] metal] metall Q₆. mettle The rest.

[1201] [To the King] Capell.

O, ho!] Oh, oh, Q₄ Q₅.

that?] Ff Q₆. that. Q₂ Q₃ Q₄ Q₅.

[1202] [Lying....] Rowe. Seating himself at Ophelia's feet. Capell (after line 103).

[1203] Ham. I mean ... lord.] Omitted in Qq.

[1204] upon] in Capell.

[1205] country] contrary (Q₁). contray Singer (ed. 1), a misprint.

matters] manners Johnson conj.

[1206] maids'] maydes or maids Qq Ff. a maid's Rowe.

[1207] lord.] Qq. lord? Ff.

[1208] O God,] om. Q (1676). Oh! Johnson.

[1209] within 's] Qq Ff. within these Pope.

[1210] twice] om. Hanmer. quite Ingleby conj.

[1211] devil] deule Q₂ Q₃.

[1212] for ... sables] (Q₁) Qq Ff. for ... ermyn Hanmer. 'fore ... sable Warburton. for ... sabell Anon. conj. (The Critic, 1854, p. 317).

[1213] have] not have Keightley. leave Lloyd conj. leave him Anon. conj. have ne'er Anon. conj.

a suit] no suit Becket conj.

[1214] by'r lady] by'r-lady F₄. byr-lady F₁. ber Lady Q₂ Q₃ Q₄ Q₆. ber Ladie Q₅. berlady F₂ F₃. om. Q (1676).

[1215] he ... he] Ff. a ... a Qq.

[1216] Hautboys ... love.] Ff, substantially. The Trumpets sounds. Dumbe show followes. Enter a King and a Queene, the Queene embracing him, and he her, he takes her vp, and declines his head vpon her necke, he lyes him downe vppon a bancke of flowers, she seeing him asleepe, leaues him: anon come in an other man, takes off his crowne, kisses it, pours poyson in the sleepers eares, and leaues him: the Queene returnes, finds the King dead, makes passionate action, the poysner with some three or foure come in againe, seeme to condole with her, the dead body is carried away, the poysner wooes the Queene with gifts, shee seemes harsh awhile, but in the end accepts loue. Qq ( ... anon comes ... comes in ... Q₄ Q₅ Q₆). Theobald substitutes 'a Duke and a Dutchess, with regal coronets,' for 'a King and a Queen'.

and a] and Ff.

and he her] om. Ff.

exit.] exits. Ff.

[Exeunt.] Ff. om. Qq.

[During the dumb show King and Queen whisper confidentially to each other and so do not see it. Halliwell conj.

[1217] Scene vii. Pope. Scene vi. Warburton.

[1218] Marry] om. Q(1676).

this is] Ff. this Q₂ Q₃. tis Q₄. it is Q₅ Q₆.

miching mallecho] Malone. myching Mallico (Q₁). munching Mallico Qq. miching Malicho Ff. miching Malhechor Warburton. miching Malbecco Grey conj. munching Malicho Capell. mimicking Malbecco Farmer conj. mucho malhecho Keightley (Maginn conj.)

it] Qq. that Ff.

[1219] Belike] Be like F₂.

play.] Qq. play? Ff.

Enter Prologue.] As in Theobald. After fellow, line 132, in Qq. After play, line 138, in Ff.

[1220] this fellow] Qq. these fellowes Ff.

[1221] counsel] Omitted in Qq.

[1222] he] Pope, a Qq. they Ff.

tell us] shew us Q (1676).

[1223] you'll] you will Qq.

not you] not Q (1676).

[1224] mark] make F₂ F₃ F₄.

[1225] posy] posie Qq F₄. poesie F₁ F₂ F₃.

[1226] Enter ...] Enter King and Queen, Players. Pope. Enter King and Queene. Qq. Enter King and his Queene. F₁ F₂. Enter King, and Queen. F₃ F₄. Enter Duke, and Dutchess, Players. Theobald, from (Q₁).

[1227] P. King.] Steevens (1778). King. Qq Ff.

[1228] Phœbus' ... Tellus'] Apostrophes inserted by Pope.

[1229] cart] carr Q (1676). car Rowe.

[1230] orbed] Ff. orb'd the Qq.

[1231] borrowed] Qq Ff. borrow'd Q (1676) and Capell.

[1232] times twelve thirties] Q₂ Q₃ Q₄ Q₅ F₁. time, twelve thirties F₂ F₃ F₄. twelve times thirty Q₆. times twelve thirty Hanmer.

[1233] commutual in most] infolding them in Q (1676).

[1234] P. Queen.] Steevens (1778). Quee. or Que. Qq F₂ F₃. Queen. F₄. Bap. or Bapt. F₁.

[1235] from cheer and] different Q (1676).

your] our Q₂ Q₃.

former] forme F₁.

[1236] must: For] Ff. must. For women feare too much, even as they love, And Qq. See note ([XVII]).

[1237] holds] Ff. hold Qq.

[1238] In neither aught] In neither ought Ff. Eyther none, in neither ought Qq. 'Tis either none Pope. In neither: aught Hunter conj. Either in nought Anon. conj.

[1239] love] Lord Q₂ Q₃.

is, proof hath made] has been, proof makes Q (1676).

[1240] sized] ciz'd Q₂ Q₃ Q₆. ciz'st Q₄ Q₅. siz'd F₁. siz F₂. fixt F₃ F₄. great Q (1676).

[1241] Where love ... there.] Qq. Omitted in Ff.

[1242] littlest] Q₆. litlest Q₂ Q₃ Q₄ Q₅. smallest Q (1676).

[1243] operant] working Q (1676).

their functions] Qq. my functions Ff.

[1244] fair] fare Q₄.

[1245] kind] Q₆. kind, Q₂ Q₃ Q₄_ Q₅. kinde. F₁. kind. F₂ F₃ F₄. a kind Rowe (ed. 2).

[1246] thou—] Ff. thou. Qq.

[1247] kill'd] kill Theobald.

[1248] [Aside] Capell.

Wormwood, wormwood.] Ff. O wormewood, wormewood! (Q₁). That's wormwood. Qq (in the margin).

[1249] P. Queen.] Bapt. Ff. om. Qq.

[1250] thrift] Trift F₂.

[1251] husband dead] lord that's dead (Q₁) Staunton.

[1252] you think] Pointed as in Qq. you. Think Ff.

[1253] but] and Q (1676).

[1254] like] Ff. the Qq.

fruit] fruits Q (1676) and Pope.

[1255] either] Q₅ Q₆. eyther, Q₂ Q₃. either, Q₄. other Ff.

[1256] enactures] Q₆. ennactures Q₂ Q₃ Q₄ Q₅. ennactors F₁. enactors F₂ F₃ F₄.

[1257] joys] F₄. joyes F₁ F₂ F₃. joy Qq.

grieves F₃ F₄. greeves F₁ F₂. griefes Qq.

[1258] nor] and Pope.

'tis not] is it Q (1676).

[1259] lead fortune] fortune lead Pope. leads fortune Theobald.

else] om. Pope.

[1260] favourite] favourites F₁.

[1261] hitherto] hither to F₂.

[1262] friend,] Qq. friend: F₁. friend? F₂ F₃ F₄.

[1263] seasons him] sees in him Anon. conj.

[1264] So think] Think still Q (1676).

[1265] die thy thoughts] thy thoughts dye Q (1676).

[1266] to me give] Qq. to give me Ff. oh! give me Hanmer. do give me Seymour conj.

Nor ... give] Let earth not give me Anon. conj. (Misc. Obs. on Hamlet, 1752).

[1267] To desperation ... scope!] Qq. Omitted in Ff.

[1268] An anchor's] Theobald. And anchors Qq. And anchors' Jennens. An anchoret's Anon, apud Rann conj.

cheer] chair Steevens conj.

[1269] once ... wife] (Q₁) Ff. once I be a widdow, ever I be a wife Q₂ Q₃ Q₄ Q₆ (bee Q₄. widow Q₆). once I be a widdow, ever I be wife Q₅. once I widow be, and then a wife Q (1676). once I be a widow, 'ere a wife Anon. MS.

[1270] Ham. If ... now!] Ham. If ... now. Qq (in the margin) Ff. Ham. If ... now— Pope. Ham. [to Oph.] If ... now,— Capell.

it now] her vow Elze (Collier MS.)

[1271] 'Tis ... awhile;] One line in Qq. Two in Ff.

here] heare Q₄ Q₅ F₂.

[1272] [Sleeps.] Ff (after brain). om. Qq. Lays him down. Capell.

[1273] betw 'en] betwixt Q₄ Q₅.

[Exit.] Ff. Exeunt. Qq. Exit Lady. (Q₁). Exit Dutchess. Duke sleeps. Capell.

[1274] this] the F₂ F₃ F₄.

[1275] doth protest] Qq. protests Ff.

[1276] i' the world] om. Q (1676).

[1277] how?] Ff Q₆. how Q₂Q₃Q₄Q₅.

[1278] Gonzago] Gonzaga Johnson.

[1279] wife] wife's Theobald.

[1280] o'] Ff. a (Q₁). of Qq.

[1281] that have] shall have Q₄ Q₅ Q₆.

us not] not us Q (1676).

[1282] wince] (Q₁) Steevens. winch Qq Ff.

unwrung] Q₄ Q₅ Q₆ F₃ F₄ unwrong Q₂ Q₃. unrung F₁F₂.

[1283] Enter Lucianus.] Ff. After king, line 233, in Qq.

[1284] king] duke Pope, ed. 2 (Theobald).

[1285] as good as a] (Q₁) Qq. a good Ff.

[1286] my] Ff. mine Qq.

[1287] better,] worse Q (1676 and Rowe).

[1288] must take your husbands.] Pope. must take your husband (Q₁). mistake your husbands Qq. mistake husbands Ff. most of you take husbands Hanmer. must take husbands Long MS.

[1289] murderer] murther Ff.

[1290] pox,] Ff. om. Qq. a poxe (Q₁.)

[1291] the ... revenge.] Printed as a quotation in two half lines, the first ending raven, by Steevens (1793).

[1292] Thoughts ... agreeing;] One line in Qq. Two in Ff.

[1293] Confederate](Q₁) Ff. Considerat Q₂ Q₃ Q₄. Considerate Q₅ Q₆.

else] and Q (1676) and Theobald.

[1294] ban] bane (Q₁) Q₆ F₄.

infected] invected Q₂ Q₃.

[1295] Thy] The F₄. Thou Pope.

[1296] usurp] F₃ F₄. usurpe F₁ F₂. usurps (Q₁) Qq.

[Pours ... ear.] Capell, substantially. Powres the poyson in his eares. Ff. Omitted in Qq.

[1297] He] (Q₁) Ff. A Qq.

for his] (Q₁) Qq. for's F₁ F₃ F₄. fors F₂

[1298] name's] F₁ Q₆. names The rest.

written in very] Qq. writ in Ff.

[1299] Ham. What, ... fire] Ff. Ham. Frighted ... fires (Q₁). Omitted in Qq.

[1300] Pol.] Qq. All. Ff. [Exeunt ...] Exeunt all but Ham. & Horatio. Qq. Exeunt. Manet Hamlet & Horatio. Ff (Manent F₄).

[1301] Scene viii. Pope. Scene vii. Warburton.

stricken] (Q₁) Hanmer. strooken Q₂ Q₃. stroken Q₄ Q₅. strucken Ff Q₆.

[1302] hart] heart F₂ F₃.

[1303] while] whilst Q₄ Q₅. whilest Q₆.

sleep:] sleepe? F₂ F₃ F₄.

[1304] Thus] (Q₁) Qq. So Ff.

[1305] two] Ff. om. Qq.

Provincial] Provencial Capell (Warton conj.) Provençal Warton conj.

[1306] razed] raz'd Qq. rac'd Ff. rack'd Rowe (ed. 2). rayed Pope. rais'd Jennens (Theobald conj.)

cry] city Q₄ Q₅ Q₆.

players] player Q₅.

[1307] sir] Ff. om. Qq.

[1308] A whole one, I.] Ay, a whole one. Hanmer. A whole one;—ay— Malone conj. A whole one, ay, Grant White.

[1309] This ... himself] Arranged as in Qq. One line in Ff.

[1310] pajock] F₃ F₄. paiock Q₂ Q₃ Q₄ Q₅. paiocke F₁ Q₆. pajocke F₂. paicock Q (1676). pecock Q (1695). peacock Pope. paddock Theobald. puttock or meacock Id. conj. (withdrawn). baiocco Anon. conj. (1814). hedjocke (i.e. hedgehog) S. Evans conj. padge-hawk Id. conj. (withdrawn). patokie (i.e. pataicco or pataikoi) E. Warwick conj. Polack Anon. conj. [hiccups. (as a stage direction) Leo conj.

[1311] pound] pounds Rowe (ed. 2).

[1312] poisoning?] poysoning? Ff. poysning. Q₂ Q₃. poysoning. Q₄. poisoning. Q₅ Q₆.

[1313] Ah, ha!] Ah ha, Qq. Oh, ha? F₁ F₂ F₃. Oh ha! F₄.

[1314] like] likes Q₆.

[1315] Re-enter....] Dyce. Enter.... Qq. Enter.... Ff. (after line 278).

[1316] vouchsafe] Ff Q₆. voutsafe Q₂ Q₃ Q₄ Q₅.

[1317] sir,—] sir— Rowe. sir. Qq Ff.

[1318] him?] Qq F₁. him. F₂ F₃ F₄.

[1319] rather] Ff. om. Qq.

[1320] more richer] Qq F₁. more rich F₂ F₃ F₄. richer Q (1676).

[1321] the doctor] Qq. his doctor F₁. F₂ F₃. this doctor F₄.

for, for] Q₂ Q₃ Q₄ Q₅. for for F₁ Q₆ for F₂ F₃ F₄.

[1322] far] F₄. farre F₁ F₂ F₃. om. Qq.

[1323] Good ... affair.] Prose in Ff. Two lines, the first ending frame, in Qq.

[1324] start] Ff. stare Qq.

from] upon Q₆.

my] the Collier MS.

affair] business Q (1676).

[1325] [with great ceremony. Capell.

[1326] of my] Ff. of Q₂ Q₃ Q₄ Q₅. of the Q₆.

[1327] Guil.] Guild. Ff. Ros. Qq.

lord?] Ff Q₆. lord. The rest.

[1328] wit's] Q₆ F₄. wits The rest.

[1329] answer] Q₅ Q₆. answere Q₂ Q₃ Q₄. answers Ff.

[1330] as you] Qq. you Ff.

[1331] say,—] say— Rowe. say. Qq Ff.

[1332] struck] F₄. strooke Qq. stroke F₁ F₂ F₃.

[1333] so] thus Q (1676).

astonish] Ff Q₆. stonish Q₂ Q₃ Q₄ Q₅. 'stonish Capell.

[1334] mother's admiration] mother admiration F₃. mother-admiration F₄.

admiration?] admiration, Q₂ Q₃.

[1335] Impart.] Qq. om. Ff.

[1336] So I] Ff. And Qq.

[1337] surely ... upon] Qq. freely of Ff. surely ... of Grant White.

bar] but bar Reed (1803).

[1338] sir] Qq. om. Ff.

grows,—] grows— Pope. growes, Q₂ Q₃ Q₄ F₁ F₂ F₃. grows, Q₅ F₄. growes; Q₆.

[1339] Re-enter....] Dyce. Enter the Players with Recorders. Qq (after line 326). Enter one with a Recorder. Ff.

[1340] recorders] Qq. recorder Ff.

see one. To] Pope. see one, to Qq. see, to F₁ F₂. see to F₃ F₄. set one. To Rowe. See note ([XVIII]).

To ... you:] Marked as 'Aside' by Capell.

you:—] you; Q₆. you, The rest.

[1341] love is too unmannerly.] love is not unmannerly. Tyrwhitt conj. love too unmannerly.... Keightley.

[1342] Guil.] Ros. Nicholson conj.

[1343] do] om. Q₄ Q₅ Q₆.

[1344] Guil.] Ros. Staunton conj.

[1345] It is] Qq. 'Tis Ff.

ventages] Qq. ventiges Ff.

[1346] with ... thumb] and the umbo with your fingers Becket conj.

fingers] Qq. finger Ff.

and thumb,] F₄. and thumbe F₁ F₂ F₃. & the vmber, Q₂ Q₃. and the thumb Q₄ Q₅. and the thumbe, Q₆.

[1347] eloquent] Qq. excellent Ff.

[1348] make] would make Johnson.

[1349] the top of] Ff. om. Qq.

[1350] speak] om. Ff.

[1351] 'Sblood] s'bloud Q₂ Q₃ Q₆. s'blood Q₄ Q₅. Why Ff. om. Q (1676).

I] Qq. that I Ff.

[1352] can fret me] (Q₁) Ff. fret me not Qq.

[1353] yet] (Q₁) Edd. (Globe ed.) om. Qq Ff.

[1354] Enter Polonius.] As in Capell. After sir!, line 356, in Qq Ff.

[1355] you] your F₂.

[1356] yonder] Qq. that Ff.

[1357] cloud ... camel?] Pointed as in Qq. cloud?... camell. F₁ F₂. cloud, ... camell. F₃. cloud, ... camel? F₄.

[1358] of] Qq. like Ff.

[1359] camel ... camel] weasel ... weasel Capell.

[1360] By the mass] By'th masse Qq. By th' mass F₄. By 'th' misse F₁ F₂. By th' misse F₃.

'tis like] Q₄ Q₅ Q₆. tis, like Q₂ Q₃. it's like Ff (its F₂). 'tis—like Jennens.

[1361] a weasel ... a weasel] an ouzle ... an ouzle Pope, reading black in line 363. a camel ... a camel Capell.

[1362] backed] back'd Ff. back't (Q₁). backt Q₂ Q₃. black Q₄ Q₅. blacke Q₆. beck'd Tollet conj.

[1363] whale?] Ff. whale. Qq.

[1364] I will] Qq. will I Ff.

[1365] They fool me] They fool me [to Hor. Capell.

They ... bent.] A separate line in Ff.

[1366] See note ([XIX]).

[1367] [Exit Polonius.] Exit. Ff. om. Qq. After said, line 370, in Dyce.

[1368] [Exeunt....] Exeunt Ros. and Gui. Horatio, and the Players, withdraw. Capell. Exe. Rowe. om. Qq Ff.

[1369] breathes] Q₆ F₃ F₄. breaths F₁ F₂. breakes Q₂ Q₃ Q₄. breaks Q₅.

[1370] this] the Q₆.

[1371] bitter ... day] Ff. busines as the bitter day Qq. business as day it self Q (1676). business as the better day Warburton. business as the bitter'st day Heath conj. business as the light of day Cartwright conj.

[1372] Soft! now] soft, now Qq. Soft now, Ff.

[1373] lose] Q₆. loose The rest.

[1374] not] but not Johnson.

[1375] daggers] Ff Q₆. dagger Q₂ Q₃ Q₄ Q₅.

[1376] How ... consent!] Omitted by Pope.

[1377] soever] Q₆. somever The rest.

[1378] never, my soul, consent] Pointed as by Capell. never my soule consent Qq Ff.

[Exit.] Q₂ Q₃ Q₄. om. Q₅ Ff Q₆.

[1379] Scene iii.] Capell. Scene ix. Pope. Scene vii. Warburton. om. Ff.

A ... castle.] Capell, substantially.

[1380] range] rage Pope.

[1381] estate may] estate, may F₂ F₃ F₄.

[1382] near us] neare us Q₆. neer's Q₂ Q₃ Q₄ Q₅. dangerous Ff.

[1383] lunacies] Ff. browes Qq. lunes Theobald. frows Johnson conj. braves Anon. conj.

ourselves provide] provide our selves Pope.

[1384] To keep ... live] One line in Rowe, reading many.

[1385] many many] many F₂ F₃ F₄ and Q (1676). very many Collier (Collier MS.) many-many Staunton.

[1386] The ... bound] One line in Qq. Two, the first ending single, in Ff.

[1387] noyance] 'noyance Hanmer.

[1388] upon] on Pope.

weal] weale Qq. spirit Ff.

depends and rests] depend and rest Hanmer.

[1389] many. The] many: the Q₆. many, the The rest.

cease] Ff. cesse Qq. decease Pope.

The cease of] Deceasing Bailey conj.

[1390] it is] It is Ff. or it is Qq. It's Pope.

[1391] summit] Rowe. somnet Qq Ff and Q (1676).

[1392] huge] hough Q₂ Q₃. hugh Q₄.

[1393] mortised] morteist Qq. mortiz'd Ff.

[1394] ruin] ruine Ff. raine Qq.

Never] Ne'er Pope.

[1395] with] Ff. om. Qq.

groan] F₃ F₄. growne Q₄ Q₅. grone The rest.

[1396] voyage] viage Q₂ Q₃. voiage Q₄ Q₅ Q₆.

[1397] about] Qq. upon Ff.

[1398] Ros. Guil.] Steevens (1793). Both. Ff. Ros. Qq.

haste us] make haste Q₆.

[Exeunt....] Capell. Exeunt Gent. Qq Ff.

[1399] warrant] warnt Q₆.

[1400] speech, of vantage] Theobald. speech of vantage Qq Ff.

[1401] know] heare Q₆.

[Exit Polonius.] Capell. Exit. Qq Ff (after know).

[1402] upon't] Ff Q₆. uppont Q₂ Q₃ Q₄ Q₅.

[1403] A] That of a Theobald.

murder] murderer S. Walker conj.

can I not] I cannot Q (1676) and Rowe. alas! I cannot Hanmer. can I?—No! Jackson conj. that can I not Seymour conj.

[1404] not, ... will:] Pointed as in Ff. not, ... will, Qq.

[1405] will] 't will Hanmer (Anon. ap. Theobald conj.) th' ill Warburton.

[1406] guilt defeats] guilt, defeats F₁ F₂ F₃.

[1407] neglect. What] neglect: what Q₄ Q₅ Q₆. neglect; what Ff. neglect, what Q₂ Q₃.

[1408] pardon'd] Ff. pardon Qq.

[1409] fault is] faults is Q₄ Q₅.

[1410] murder?] murther? Q₆. murther, Q₂ Q₃. murther: Q₄ Q₅ F₁ F₂ F₃. mother: F₄. murther! Pope.

[1411] effects] affects Q₄ Q₅ Q₆.

[1412] pardon'd] pardoned Q₄ Q₅ Q₆.

offence] effects Warburton.

[1413] corrupted currents] Q₂ Q₃ Q₅ Q₆. conrupted currents Q₄. corrupted currants Ff. corrupt occurrents Anon. conj. MS. and Misc. Obs. on Hamlet, 1752. corrupted 'currents Dyce, ed. 2 (S. Walker conj.)

currents of this world] courts of this bad world Long MS.

[1414] gilded] F₁ F₄. guilded Q₂ Q₃ F₂ F₃. guided Q₄ Q₅ Q₆.

shove] Ff. showe Q₂ Q₃. show Q₄ Q₅. shew Q₆.

[1415] prize] purse Collier (Collier MS.)

[1416] his] it's Long MS.

and] om. Pope.

[1417] it] aught Hanmer.

can not] can but Warburton.

[1418] angels] angles Q₄ Q₅.

[1419] heart] hearts Q₆.

steel] steale Q₂ Q₃ Q₄.

[1420] [Retires....] Malone. hee kneeles. (Q₁). The King kneels. Rowe. Remains in Action of Prayer. Capell. om. Qq Ff.

[1421] Scene x. Pope. Scene ix. Warburton.

it pat, now he is] Ff. it, but now a is Q₂ Q₃ Q₅ Q₆. it, bot now a is Q₄.

praying] a praying Q₂ Q₃ Q₄ Q₅.

[1422] so he goes] Ff. so a goes Q₂ Q₃ Q₅ Q₆. so goes Q₄.

[1423] revenged.] revendge, Q₂ Q₃ Q₄. revenged, Q₅. reveng'd: F₁ F₂ F₃. reveng'd? Q₆. revenged: F₄.

[1424] sole] Qq. foule F₁ F₂ F₃. foul F₄. fal'n Warburton. fool Heath and Capell conj.

[1425] To heaven] A separate line in Qq. Joined to line 79 in Ff.

[1426] O,] Oh Ff. Why Qq.

hire and salary] hire and salery Ff. base and silly Qq. a reward Q (1676). reward Q (1703).

[1427] He] Ff. A Qq.

bread] blood Mason conj.

[1428] as flush] Qq. as fresh Ff. and flush Warburton.

[1429] and] om. Pope.

[1430] season'd] seasoned Q₄ Q₅ Q₆.

[1431] No.] A separate line in Qq. Ends line 86 in Ff. Omitted by Pope.

[1432] hent] bent F₄. time Q (1676) and Rowe. hest Warburton conj. (withdrawn). hint Capell (Theobald conj.)

[1433] drunk asleep] Pointed as in Ff. drunke, asleep Qq. drunk-asleep Johnson.

[1434] incestuous] incestious Q₂ Q₃ Q₄ Q₅.

pleasure] pleasures Q (1676) and Capell.

[1435] game, a-swearing] game a swearing Q₂ Q₃. game swaring (Q₁). game, a swearing Q₄ Q₅ Q₆. gaming, swearing Ff.

[1436] heels may] heele mas Q₄ Q₅. heele may Q₆.

[1437] [Rising] Rises. Capell. The King rises, and comes forward. Theobald om. Qq Ff.

[1438] Scene iv.] Capell. Scene ii. Rowe. Scene xi. Pope. Scene x. Warburton.

The Queen's closet.] Steevens. The Queen's Apartment. Rowe.

Enter Queen....] Ff. Enter Gertrard.... Qq.

[1439] He] Ff. A Qq.

He.... him:] One line in Qq. Two in Ff.

[1440] bear] berre F₂.

[1441] screen'd] scree'nd F₂ F₃.

[1442] sconce me even] Hanmer. silence me even Qq. silence me e'ene F₁. silence me e'ne F₂ F₃ F₄. 'sconce me e'en Warburton. silence me in Long MS. See note ([XX]).

[1443] with him] Ff. om. Qq.

Ham ... mother!] Ff. Omitted in Qq.

[1444] Queen.] Qu., Que. or Queen. Ff. Ger. Qq (and throughout the scene, except line 51).

[1445] I'll ... coming.] Prose by Edd. Two lines, the first ending not, in Qq Ff.

[1446] warrant] Ff Q₆. wait Q₂ Q₃. waite Q₄ Q₅.

not. Withdraw] not: you withdraw Hanmer, ending the previous line warrant you.

[1447] [Polonius hides....] Polonius hides himself.... Rowe. om. Qq Ff.

Enter Hamlet.] Ff. After round, line 5, in Qq. Enter Hamlet, abruptly. Capell.

[1448] a wicked] Qq. an idle Ff.

[1449] What's the matter now?] Continued to Queen, S. Walker conj.

[1450] And—would ... so!—you] Pointed as in Pope, substantially. And would it were not so, you Qq. But would you were not so. You Ff. But 'would it were not so!—You Theobald conj. (withdrawn).

[1451] set] send Collier MS.

[1452] budge] Q₆ F₃ F₄. boudge The rest.

[1453] go not] go not hence Long MS. reading with F₂.

set you up] set up F₂ F₃ F₄.

[1454] glass Where ... you.] glasse. Where ... you? F₂ F₃ F₄.

[1455] inmost] Ff. most Qq. utmost Q (1676).

[1456] Help, help, ho!] Helpe, helpe, hoa. F₁ F₂. Help, help, hoa. F₃ F₄. Helpe how. Q₂ Q₃ Q₄. Helpe hoe. Q₅. Helpe ho. Q₆.

[1457] Help, ... rat?] As one line in Capell, reading What, ho! help!

[1458] [Behind] Capell. Behind the arras. Rowe. on. Ff.

What, ho!... help!] Ff. What how helpe. Q₂ Q₃ Q₄. What hoe helpe. Q₅ Q₆.

[1459] [Drawing] Draws. Malone, after rat? om. Qq Ff.

[Makes ... arras.] Capell, substantially. om. Qq Ff.

[1460] [Behind] Capell. om. Qq Ff.

[Falls and dies.] Falls forward, and dies. Capell. Killes Polonius. Ff. om. Qq.

what hast] hast F₃.

[1461] Nay ... king?] As in Qq Ff. Capell ends line 25 at know not.

[1462] is] was Q (1676).

[1463] kill] Qq F₁. killd F₂. kill'd F₃ F₄.

king!] king? Ff Q₆. king. Q₂ Q₃ Q₄ Q₅.

'twas] F₁ F₃ F₄. twas F₂. it was Qq.

[Lifts ... discovers....] Lifts ... sees.... Dyce. Lifts up the arras, and draws forth Polonius. Capell (after line 26). om. Qq Ff.

[1464] [To Polonius. Pope.

[1465] better] Qq. betters Ff.

[1466] brass'd] brasd Q₂ Q₃ Q₄ Q₅. bras'd Ff Q₆.

[1467] be] Qq. is Ff.

sense] thy sense Q (1703).

[1468] hypocrite] hippocrit Q₂ Q₃. hipocrit Q₄.

off] Ff Q₆. of The rest.

[1469] sets] Qq. makes Ff.

[1470] rhapsody] F₄. rapsedy Q₂ Q₃. rapsody Q₄ F₂ F₃. rapsodie Q₅ Q₆. rapsidie F₁.

doth] Ff. dooes Q₂ Q₃ Q₄. does Q₅ Q₆.

[1471] glow; Yea,] glow, Yea Ff. glowe Ore Q₂ Q₃. glow Ore Q₄ Q₅. glow Yea Q₆. glow; Yet Smyth conj. MS.

[1472] solidity] solidiry Q₄ Q₅.

[1473] tristful] F₄. tristfull F₁ F₂ F₃. heated Qq.

as against] and, as 'gainst Warburton, reading O'er in line 49.

[1474] act.] act. Ah me, that act! Q (1676).

[1475] Ay ... index?] Prose in Ff. See note ([XXI]).

[1476] was] om. F₂ F₃ F₄.

this] Q₂ Q₃. his The rest.

[1477] and] Qq. or Ff.

[1478] New-lighted] New lighted Qq F₁. Now lighted F₂ F₃ F₄.

a heaven-kissing] Ff Q₆ (Ingleby's copy). a heaue, a kissing Q₂ Q₃ Q₄ Q₅ Q₆ (Capell's copy).

[1479] and a] and Q₄ Q₅ Q₆.

[1480] mildew'd] Ff Q₆. mildewed Q₂ Q₃ Q₄. mil-dewed Q₅.

ear] eare Qq F₁. deare F₂. deer F₃ F₄.

[1481] brother] Qq. breath Ff.

[1482] batten] batter Q (1676).

[1483] in the] of the Q (1676).

it's] its F₂.

[1484] step] stoop Collier (Collier MS. and Anon. MS.) See note ([XXII]).

[1485] Sense ... difference.] Qq. Omitted in Ff.

[1486] motion] notion Warburton.

[1487] cozen'd] F₃ F₄. cosund Q₂ Q₃. cosond Q₄ Q₅. cousend F₁ F₂. couzen'd Q₆.

hoodman] Ff. hodman Qq. hobman (Q₁).

hoodman-blind] Hyphen omitted in Q₂ Q₃.

[1488] Eyes ... mope.] Qq. Omitted in Ff.

[1489] Could ... blush?] As in Ff. One line in Qq.

[1490] hell] heat Hanmer.

[1491] mutine] mutiny Q (1676) and Rowe.

[1492] ardour] Pope. ardure Qq Ff.

[1493] And] Qq. As Ff.

panders] Ff. pardons Qq. guerdons Anon. conj. MS.

[1494] eyes into my very] Ff. very eyes into my Qq.

[1495] grained] Ff. greeued Q₂ Q₃ Q₄. grieued Q₅. grieved Q₆.

[1496] not leave] Ff. leave there Qq.

[1497] enseamed] Ff. inseemed Q₂ Q₃. incestuous Q₄ Q₅ Q₆.

[1498] sty,—] sty;— Theobald. stie. Q₂ Q₃ Q₄ Q₅. stye. F₁ F₂ Q₆ F₃. sty. F₄.

to me] om. Pope.

me no] Qq. me, no Ff.

[1499] in] into Q (1676).

my] Q₂ Q₃ Q₄ Q₅. mine Ff Q₆.

[1500] that is not] that's not the Q (1676). that is not a Keightley.

tithe] tythe Ff. kyth Qq.

[1501] the rule,] a rogue Anon. apud Rann conj.

[1502] pocket!] pocket, a— Seymour conj.

Queen. No more!] Omitted in Q₄ Q₅ Q₆.

No] Oh! no Hanmer.

[1503] patches—] Rowe. patches, Q₂ Q₃ Q₄ Q₅. patches. Ff Q₆. patches, all unseemly. Seymour conj.

Enter Ghost.] As in Dyce. Before line 102 in Qq Ff. Enter the Ghost in his night gowne. (Q₁). Enter Ghost unarmed. Collier MS.

[1504] [Starting up. Rowe.

[1505] your] Qq. you Ff. you, Knight.

[1506] Queen. Alas, he's mad!] om. (Q₁) and Seymour conj.

he's] hee's Qq. hes F₂.

[1507] time] fume Collier MS.

[1508] O, say!] As in Theobald. At the end of the previous line in Qq Ff.

[1509] fighting] sighting Q₄. sighing Q₅ Q₆.

[1510] you do] you doe Qq. you F₁. thus you F₂ F₃ F₄.

[1511] the incorporal] th' incorporall Qq. their corporall F₁. the corporall F₂ F₃. th' incorporeal Q (1676). the corporal F₄.

[1512] bedded] Q₂ Q₃ Ff. beaded Q₄ Q₅ Q₆. om. Q (1676).

hairs] Rowe. haire Qq F₁ F₂. hair F₃ F₄.

like ... excrements] om. Q (1676).

[1513] Start ... stand] Q₂ Q₃ Ff. Starts ... stands Q₄ Q₅ Q₆.

an end] Qq Ff. on end Q (1676) and Pope (ed. 2).

[1514] glares] gleres Q₅ Q₆.

[1515] conjoin'd] conioyned Q₄ Q₅.

[1516] upon] on Pope.

[1517] effects] affects Singer.

I have] have I F₃ F₄.

[1518] whom] who F₁.

[Pointing to the Ghost. Rowe.

[1519] that is] that's here Q (1676).

is] is there Q₄ Q₅ Q₆.

[1520] steals] stalks Anon. conj. MS. and Misc. Obs. on Hamlet, 1752.

[1521] father, in his habit as] father—in his habit—as Steevens conj.

lived] lives Q₄.

[1522] [Exit Ghost.] Qq. Exit. Ff.

[1523] This ... in.] As in Pope. One line in Qq Ff.

[1524] Ecstasy!] Extasie? Ff. om. Qq. What ecstasie? Pope. How! ecstasy! Seymour conj.

[1525] utter'd] uttred Qq. uttered Ff.

[1526] And I the] Ff Q₆. And the Q₂ Q₃ Q₄ Q₅.

re-word] re-ward Q (1703).

[1527] Would gambol from. Mother,] Cannot do mother, Q (1676).

[1528] that] Q₂ Q₃ Q₄ Q₅. a Ff. this Q₆.

[1529] Whiles] Qq. Whilst Ff.

mining] running F₃ F₄.

[1530] what is] what else Seymour conj.

[1531] on] Qq. or Ff. o'er Knight.

[1532] ranker] Q₅ Q₆. rancker Q₂ Q₃ Q₄. ranke F₁ F₂. rank F₃ F₄.

[1533] Forgive ... good.] Marked as 'aside' by Staunton.

[1534] me] om. Pope.

[1535] these] this F₁.

[1536] curb] F₄. curbe Q₂ Q₃ Q₄ Q₅ F₃. courb F₁ Q₆. courbe F₂.

him] it Pope.

[1537] O Hamlet] As in Qq. A separate line in Ff.

in twain] om. Q (1676).

[1538] O] Then Q (1676).

[1539] live] Ff. leave Qq.

[1540] my] Qq. mine Ff.

[1541] That ... put on.] Qq. Omitted in Ff.

[1542] eat, Of habits devil,] eat, Of habits divell, Q₆. eate Of habits deuill, Q₂ Q₃ Q₄ Q₅. eat Of habit's devil, Rowe. eat, Of habit's devil, Pope. eat Of habits evil, Theobald (Thirlby conj.) eat Of habit's evil, Grant White (Theobald conj. withdrawn). eat Of habits, devil, Johnson. eat, Or habit's devil, Steevens conj. eat, If habit's devil, Becket conj. ape, Oft habits devil,, or ape Of devils' habits or ape, Of habits evil Jackson conj. eat, Oft habits' devil, Staunton. create Of habits, devil Keightley. eat,—O shapeless devil!— Bullock conj.

[1543] on. Refrain to-night] on: refrain to night Q₆. on to refraine night Q₂ Q₃ Q₄ Q₅.

Refrain to-night] Put at the end of line 160 in Ff.

[1544] the next more ... potency.] Qq. Omitted in Ff.

[1545] almost can] can almost Rowe.

[1546] And either ... the] And either the Q₂ Q₃. And Maister the Q₄. And master the Q₅ Q₆. And master ev'n the Pope. And master even the Capell. And either curb the Malone. And either quell the Singer (ed. 1). And either mate the Anon. conj. And wither up the Bullock conj. And either lay the Cartwright conj.

And either house Bailey conj.

[1547] [Pointing to Polonius.] Rowe. om. Qq Ff.

[1548] heaven hath] the heavens have Hanmer.

[1549] me ... me] him with me, and me with this Hanmer. this with me, and me with this Johnson.

[1550] I ... behind.] Aside. Delius conj.

[1551] Thus] Ff Q₆. This The rest.

[1552] One ... lady.] Qq. Omitted in Ff. Hark, one ... lady. Capell. But one ... lady. Steevens (1793). One ... good my lady. Keightley.

[1553] the bloat] Warburton. the blowt Qq. the blunt Ff. not the Q (1676). the fond Pope.

again to bed] to bed again Q (1676).

[1554] to ravel Q (1676) and F₄. to ravell F₁ F₂ Q₆ F₃. rouell Q₂ Q₃ Q₄ Q₅.

[1555] gib] Qq. gibbe Ff. gib-cat Keightley.

[1556] concernings] conceruings Q₄. conseruings Q₅.

[1557] conclusions, in the basket] F₃ F₄. conclusions in the basket Qq. conclusions in the basket, F₁. conclusions, in the basket, F₂.

[1558] breathe] F₃ Q₆ F₄. breath The rest.

[1559] that?] Ff. that. Q₂ Q₃ Q₆. that, Q₄ Q₅.

Alack,] om. Seymour conj., ending lines 196-199, assured ... life ... said ... that?

[1560] Alack ... on.] As in Capell. Two lines, the first ending forgot, in Qq. One line in Ff.

[1561] on] om. Hanmer.

[1562] There's ... meet.] Qq. Omitted in Ff.

[1563] knavery] naiveté or naiverie Becket conj.

[1564] the sport] true sport Anon. conj.

enginer] Qq. engineer Q (1676) and Pope.

[1565] petar] Qq. petard Johnson.

and't] Theobald. an't Qq. and it Steevens.

[1566] meet.] Q₆. meete, Q₂ Q₃ Q₄. meet, Q₅.

[1567] shall] will Q (1676).

packing:] packing: I'll pack him: Anon. conj.

[1568] good night. Indeed] Pointed as in Ff. good night indeed, Qq.

[1569] in life] in's life Q₆.

foolish] (Q₁) Ff. most foolish Qq.

foolish prating] foolish-prating S. Walker conj.

[1570] [Exeunt....] Malone, after Capell. Exit. Qq. Exit Hamlet with the dead body. (Q₁). Exit Hamlet tugging in Polonius. Ff.