FOOTNOTES:
[1] Act i. Scene i.] Actus Primus. Scæna prima. Ff. Omitted in Qq. See note [[I]]
Elsinore.] Capell.
A platform ...] Malone. An open Place before the Palace. Rowe. A Platform before the Palace. Theobald. Platform of the Castle. Capell.
Francisco at ...] Francisco upon ... Capell. Enter Barnardo, and Francisco, two Centinels. Qq Ff.
[2] Who's] Ff Q6. Whose The rest.
[3] Who's ... He] As in Qq Ff. Two lines of verse in Capell, the first ending unfold.
[4] Bernardo?] Barnardo? F1 F2 Q6 F3. Barnardo. The rest.
[5] carefully] chearfully F3 F4.
[6] now struck] new-struck Elze (Steevens conj.)
struck] strooke Qq. strook F1.
[7] Well, ... haste.] As in Qq. Prose in Ff.
[8] Horatio ... rivals] Horatio, and Marcellus The rival Warner conj.
[9] ho] Qq. om. Ff.
Who is] Qq. who's Ff.
Enter ...] Qq Ff (after line 13).
[10] Give you] om. Q (1676).
[11] O, farewell ... night.] Arranged as by Capell. Two lines in Qq Ff.
[12] soldier] Ff. souldiers Qq.
[13] Who hath] Who has Q (1676).
hath my] Qq. ha's my F1 F2 has my F3 F4.
[14] [Exit.] Exit Fran. Qq F1. Exit Francisco. F2 F3 F4.
Say,] Say. Knight.
[15] Say, ... there?] As in Capell. One line in Qq Ff.
[16] [Giving his hand. Warburton.
[17] Mar.] (Q1) Ff. Hora. Qq.
What, has] Q2 Q3 Ff Q6. What has Q4 Q5.
to-night?] to night? Qq. to night. Ff.
[18] our] a Q4 Q5 Q6.
[19] sight] spright Warburton conj.
[20] along With us to] along, With us to Qq. along With us, to Ff.
[21] Tush, tush,] om. Q (1676).
[22] story, What ... seen.] story. Mar. What ... seen—Hanmer.
[23] have two nights] (Q1) Qq. two nights have Ff.
sit we] let's Q (1676).
[24] yond] yon F3 F4.
[25] to illume] t' illume Q2 Q3 Q4 Ff. t' illumin Q5. t' illumine Q6. to Illumine (Q1). to enlighten Q (1676).
[26] beating] towling (Q1). tolling Collier MS. See note ([II]).
one,—] one— Rowe. one. Qq Ff.
[Castle-bell tolls one. Ingleby conj.
Enter Ghost.] Qq. Enter the Ghost. Ff, after off; line 40. Enter the Ghost armed. Collier MS.
[27] Peace ... again!] As in Qq. Two lines in Ff.
off] of Q2 Q3 F1 (Capell's copy).
[28] Ber. Looks ... Horatio.] Omitted in Q4 Q5 Q6.
Looks it] Lookes a Q2 Q3. Looke it F2.
[29] harrows] F3 F4. horrowes Qq. harrowes F1 F2. horrors (Q1). startles Q (1676).
[30] Question] (Q1) Ff. Speake to Qq.
[31] usurp'st] usurpest Q (1676).
[32] march?] Q6. march, Q2 Q3. march: The rest.
by heaven] om. Q (1676).
thee,] Rowe. thee Qq Ff.
[33] speak, speak!] speak; Pope.
[Exit Ghost.] Qq. Exit the Ghost. Ff.
[34] on't] of it Q4 Q5 Q6.
[35] Before ... believe] I could not believe this Q (1676).
not] nor F2.
[36] true] try'd Warburton.
[37] very] om. F2 F3 F4.
[38] he] om. Ff.
[39] smote] smot Q2 Q3 F1 F2 F3.
sledded] Ff. sleaded (Q1) Qq. sturdy Leo conj.
Polacks] Malone. pollax (Q1) Q2 Q3 Q4. Pollax Q5 F1 F2 Q6. Polax F3. Pole-axe F4. Pole-axe Rowe. Polack Pope.
[40] 'Tis strange.] 'Tis strange— Rowe. om. Seymour conj.
[41] jump] (Q1) Qq. just Ff.
jump at this dead] at the same Q (1676).
dead] same F2 Q6 F3 F4. dread Anon. conj.
[42] hath he gone by] he passed throught (Q1) Staunton.
[43] thought to] it Collier MS. See note(II).
[44] gross and] om. Q (1676).
my] (Q1) Ff. mine Qq.
[45] Good now,] Pray Q (1676).
[46] subject] subjects Pope.
[47] why] (Q1) Ff. with Qq.
cast] cost (Q1) Qq.
[48] Does] Dos't F3 F4.
[49] Doth make] Makes Q (1676).
joint-labourer] joint labour Q5 Q6.
[50] emulate] emulant Seymour conj.
[51] combat] fight Pope.
[52] a] om. Pope.
[53] and] of Hanmer (Warburton).
heraldry] heraldy Q2 Q3.
[54] those] Ff. these Qq.
[55] of] Qq. on Ff. in Collier MS. See note ([II]).
[56] return'd] Ff. returne Qq. remain'd Collier MS. See note ([II]).
[57] vanquisher;] Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5. vanquisher, Ff. vanquisht; Q6.
the same] that Pope.
covenant] Cov'nant Ff. comart Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5. co-mart Q6. compact Q (1676).
[58] article design'd] F2 F3 F4. article desseigne Q2 Q3. articles deseigne Q4. Articles designe Q5 Q6. Article designe F1. articles design'd Pope. article then sign'd Collier MS. See note ([II]).
[59] sir] om. Pope
[60] unimproved] inapproved (Q1) Collier conj. unapproved Anon. conj.
mettle] metall Q6.
[61] lawless] lawelesse Q2 Q3. lawlesse (Q1) Q4 Q5 Q6. landlesse F1 F2 F3. landless F4.
[62] lawless ... diet, to] landless resolutes, For food; and dieted to Theobald conj. (withdrawn).
[63] is] om. Q4 Q5 Q6.
[64] As] Qq. And Ff.
[65] compulsatory] Qq. compulsative Ff.
[66] Ber. I think ... countrymen.] Qq. Omitted in Ff.
[67] e'en so] enso Q2 Q3. even so Q4 Q5 Q6.
[68] mote] Q5 Q6. moth Q2 Q3 Q4.
[69] palmy] flourishing Q (1676) and Rowe.
state] State (i.e. city) Wilson conj.
[70] tenantless] tennatlesse Q2 Q3.
and] om. Pope.
[71] streets: ...] Omission first marked by Jennens, who suggests Tremendous prodigies in heaven appear'd. Boaden proposes The heavens too spoke in silent prodigies. Hunter suggests In the heavens above strange portents did appear. Becket would transfer line 123 And prologue ... on to follow streets: line 116.
[72] As ... blood,] Stars shon with trains of fire, dews of blood fell, Rowe. Omitted by Rann. Transferred by Mitford to follow events, line 121.
and dews] shed dews Harness, reading Disasters dimm'd in line 118.
[73] As stars with ... Disasters in] Astres with ... Disasterous dimm'd Malone conj. Disastrous ... Disasters in Becket conj. A star with ... Disasters in Jackson conj. As stars with ... Did usher in Duane conj. As stars with ... Disastering Anon. apud Singer (ed. 2) conj. Astres with ... Did overcast Williams conj. Ay, stars with ... Did darken e'en or Ay, stars with ... Did enter in or Ay, stars with ... Dy'd darkening Leo conj. As stars with ... Disastrous dimm'd or And stars with ... Disastrous dimm'd Anon. conj. (N. and Q.) Asters with ... Disasters in Brae conj. (N. and Q.) As stars, with ... Disastrous, ev'n or As stars, with ... Disastrous hid Taylor conj. MS.
As stars with ... Distempered or As stars with ... Discoloured Staunton conj.
[74] in] veil'd Rowe. dim'd Capell.
[75] fierce] Q5 Q6. fearce Q4. feare Q2 Q3. fear'd Collier conj.
[76] As] Are Mitford conj.
[77] omen] omen'd Theobald. omens Becket conj.
[78] climatures] climature Dyce conj.
Re-enter Ghost.] Enter Ghost. Qq. Enter Ghost againe. Ff.
[79] [It spreads his armes. Qq. om. Ff. He spreads his arms. Q (1676).
[80] Speak ... done] As in Pope. One line in Qq Ff.
[81] That ... Speak to me] As in Qq. One line in Ff.
[82] Which ... speak!] As in Qq. One line in Ff.
[83] foreknowing] foreknowledge Collier MS. See note ([II]).
[84] you] Ff. your Qq.
[85] [The cock crows.] Qq, after line 138. om. Ff.
[86] at] Ff. om. Qq.
[87] Hor ... Ber ... Hor ... Mar.] Ber ... Mar ... Ber ... Hor. Steevens conj.
[88] if it will] if't will S. Walker conj., ending lines 140, 141 Do, ... gone!
[89] [Exit Ghost.] Ff. om. Qq.
[90] For it is, as] It is ever as Q (1676).
[91] morn] morne Qq. morning (Q1). day Ff.
[92] warning, ... confine:] warning, Th' extravagant ... hies To his confine, whether in sea or air, Or earth or fire Johnson conj.
[93] extravagant] extra-vagate Grey conj.
[94] on] at Q (1676).
[95] say] Qq. sayes Ff.
[96] The] (Q1) Ff. This Qq.
[97] then] om. F2F3F4.
dare stir] dare sturre Q2 Q3 Q4. dare stirre Q5. dares stirre Q6. dare walke (Q1). can walke Ff. dares walk Rowe. walks Pope.
[98] takes] Qq. talkes F1 F2. talks F3 F4.
nor] no Q6 F4.
[99] the] Ff. that (Q1) Qq.
[100] eastward] Qq. easterne Ff.
[101] advice] Ff. advise Qq.
[102] for, upon my life,] perhaps Q (1676).
[103] shall] do Rowe (ed. 2).
[104] Let's] Let F1.
[105] conveniently] (Q1) Ff. convenient Qq.
A room ...] Capell, substantially. The Palace. Rowe
Flourish.] Qq. om. Ff.
[106] Enter ...] Malone, after Capell. Enter Claudius, King of Denmarke, Gertrad the Queene, Counsaile: as Polonius, and his Sonne Laertes, Hamlet, Cum Alijs. Qq. Enter Claudius King of Denmarke, Gertrude the Queene, Hamlet, Polonius, Laertes, and his Sister Ophelia, Lords Attendant. Ff (Attendants F2 F3 F4).
[107] Though ... memory be] As ... memory's Seymour conj.
[108] that it us befitted] us befitted Steevens conj. it befitted us Seymour conj.
us befitted] fitted Pope.
[109] bear] bathe Collier MS.
[110] sometime] Qq. sometimes Ff.
[111] to] Qq. of Ff.
[112] an ... a] Qq. one ... one Ff. once ... once Becket conj.
a dropping] one drooping Grant White.
[113] along. For ... thanks.] along: (for ... thanks.) Pope. along (for all our thankes) Qq. along, for all our thankes. Ff.
[114] know, young] know: young S. Walker conj.
[115] Colleagued] Collogued Hanmer (Theobald conj). Co-leagued Capell. Colluded Becket conj.
this] Qq. the Ff.
his] this Long MS. and Collier MS. See note ([II]).
[116] with] by Pope.
bonds] Ff. bands Qq.
[117] [Enter Voltemand and Cornelius. Ff (Voltimand F2 F3 F4). om. Qq.
[118] meeting:] F4. meeting, Qq. meeting F1 F2 F3.
[119] bed-rid] bedred Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5.
[120] gait] Capell. gate Qq Ff.
herein; in] heerein, in Q2 Q3 Q4. herein, in Q5 Q6. herein. In Ff.
the] he F3 F4.
[121] subject] subjects Q6.
here] now Q (1676).
[122] Voltimand] F2 F3 F4. Valtemand Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5. Voltemand F1 Q6. Voltemar (Q1).
[123] For bearers] (Q1) Qq. For bearing Ff. Our bearers Theobald conj.
For bearers of this greeting] Ambassadors Q (1676).
[124] Giving to you ... To business] Who have ... Of treaty Q (1676). Giving to you ... Of treaty Rowe.
more than] than does Seymour conj.
[125] Of] Which Pope.
delated] Qq. dilated Ff. related (Q1) Singer (ed. 1).
allow.] allows. Johnson. allow. [Give them. Collier MS. See note ([II]).
[126] duty] service S. Walker conj.
[127] Cor. Vol.] Cor. Vo. Qq. Volt. Ff.
[128] it nothing] in nothing F4.
[Exeunt....] F4. Exit ... F1 F2 F3. Omitted in Qq.
[129] And] om. Q (1676).
[130] lose] Qq. loose Ff.
[131] not thy] nor thy Q (1676).
[132] head] blood Hanmer (Warburton).
native] motive Bubier conj.
[133] is ... to] to ... is Hanmer (Warburton).
[134] My dread] Qq. Dread my Ff. My Dear Q (1676).
[135] toward] Qq. towards Ff.
[136] Have ... Polonius?] One line in Qq. Two in Ff.
[137] He hath] Hath Q2 Q3.
lord,] lord: Ff.
[138] wrung ... petition] by laboursome petition, Wrung from me my slow leave Rowe and Pope.
[139] wrung ... consent:] Qq. Omitted in Ff.
[140] at last] at the last Pope.
[141] be thine ... spend] is thine, And my best graces; spend Johnson conj.
[142] graces] graces; Q6.
[Exit Laertes. Anon. conj. Exit. (Q1).
[143] Hamlet, and] Hamlet.—Kind Warburton.
son,—] son— Rowe. sonne. Qq. sonne? Ff.
[144] [Aside] Warburton.
[145] so] Ff. so much Qq.
i' the sun] i' th' Sun Ff. in the sonne Qq. in the Sun Q (1676).
[146] nighted] Qq. nightly Ff. night-like Collier MS.
[147] vailed] Qq. veyled F1 F2. veiled F3 F4.
[148] know'st 'tis] know'st—'tis Seymour conj.
common;] Theobald. common, Ff. common Qq.
lives] Qq F1. live F2 F3 F4.
[149] my inky] this mourning Q (1676).
good mother] Ff. coold mother Q2 Q3. could smother Q4 Q5 Q6.
[150] moods] modes Capell.
shapes] Q4 Q5 Q6. chapes Q2 Q3. shewes F1 F2. shews F3 F4.
[151] denote] Ff Q6. deuote Q2 Q3 Q4. deuoute Q5.
indeed] may Pope.
[152] passes] Qq. passeth Ff.
[153] 'Tis ... Hamlet,] One line in Qq. Two in Ff.
sweet and] om. Seymour conj.
Hamlet,] om. Pope.
[154] That] The F4.
lost, lost his] dead, lost his (Q1). his Pope.
[155] sorrow] sorrowes Q4 Q5 Q6.
persever] persevere Q6 F4.
[156] is a course Of] dares express An Q (1676).
[157] 'tis] om. Pope.
[158] a mind] or minde Qq.
[159] absurd] absur'd F2 F3.
[160] corse] course Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5. coarse Ff Q6.
[161] unprevailing] unavailing Hanmer.
[162] for let] and let Q (1676).
[163] with] with't Theobald.
no less nobility] nobility no less Badham conj.
[164] with ... impart] still ... impart or with ... my part Mason conj.
[165] Do I] Mine do I Keightley.
toward] Qq. towards Ff.
you. For] Ff. you for Qq.
[166] in Wittenberg] to Wittenberg Q4 Q5 Q6.
[167] retrograde] F1 Q6 F4. retrogard Q2 Q3 Q4. retrograd Q5. retrogarde F2 F3.
[168] bend] beg Anon. MS.
[169] mother] Brother F4.
lose] Ff Q6. loose The rest.
[170] I pray thee] Qq. I prythee F1. I prethee F2 F3. I prithee F4.
[171] I ... madam.] One line in Qq. Two in Ff.
[172] Why] om. Q (1676).
[173] to] at Hanmer. on Ritson conj.
[174] tell] tell it Hanmer.
[175] rouse] rowse Qq. rouce Ff.
heaven] Qq. heavens Ff.
bruit] Q6 F3 F4. brute Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5. bruite F1 F2.
[176] Flourish.] Qq. om. Ff.
Exeunt....] Qq. Exeunt. Manet Hamlet. Ff.
[177] Scene iii. Pope.
too too solid] too-too-solid Theobald.
solid] Ff. sallied (Q1) Qq. sullied Anon. conj.
[178] canon] Q (1703). cannon Qq Ff.
self-slaughter] seale slaughter Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5.
O God! God!] O God, O God! Ff. Om. Q (1676).
[179] weary] Ff Q6. wary The rest.
[180] Seem] Seeme Qq. Seemes F1 F2. Seems F3 F4.
[181] Fie on't! ah fie!] om. Q (1676).
ah fie] Qq. Oh fie, fie F1 F2. Oh fie F3. O fie F4.
[182] merely. That] Pointed as in Ff. meerely that Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5. meerly: that Q6.
come to this] Ff. come thus Qq.
[183] that ... satyr:] Omitted in Q (1676).
[184] satyr] F4. satire Q2 Q3 Q4. Satyre Q5 F1 F2 Q6 F3.
[185] he ... heaven] the beteened winds of heaven might not Becket conj.
might not beteem] permitted not Q (1676) and Rowe. would not let e'en Theobald (in text, ed. 1). might not let e'en Theobald (in note, ed. 1, and text, ed. 2).
beteem] beteeme Qq. beteene F1 F2. beteen F3. between F4. permit Southern MS.
[186] Heaven ... remember?] Omitted in Q (1676).
[187] remember?] Rowe. remember, Qq. remember: Ff.
why, she would] Pope. why she would Ff. why she should Qq. she used to Q (1676).
on] upon Anon MS.
[188] and] om. Pope.
[189] on't] om. Pope.
[190] shoes] shoos F3. shooes The rest. shows Ingleby conj.
month, or] Ff. month or Q2 Q3. month. Or Q4 Q5. month: Or Q6.
or ere] Qq Ff. or e'er Rowe.
[191] follow'd] Rowe. followed Qq Ff.
[192] tears] in tears Anon. MS.
tears:—why] teares, why Qq. teares. Why Ff.
even she,] Ff. Omitted in Qq.
[193] O God] Qq. O Heaven Ff.
of reason] and reason Gifford conj.
[194] with my] Qq. with mine Ff.
[195] but] om. Pope.
[196] most unrighteous] moist and righteous Badham conj.
[197] in] Qq. of Ff.
[198] dexterity] celerity S. Walker conj.
[199] break, my] F4. breake my or break my The rest.
Marcellus, and Bernardo.] Qq (Barnardo Q6). Barnard, and Marcellus. Ff.
[200] Scene iv. Pope.
well] om. Collier (Collier MS.)
[201] I ... myself] As in Ff. One line in Qq.
[202] Horatio,—] Theobald. Horatio, Qq Ff. Horatio? Pope.
do] om. Q (1676).
[203] The ... ever.] One line in Qq. Two in Ff.
[204] Sir, ... you:] One line in Qq. Two in Ff.
[205] Marcellus?] Capell. Marcellus. Qq Ff. Marcellus!— Rowe.
[206] lord?] Edd. lord. Qq Ff. lord— Rowe. lord! Keightley.
[207] you. Good even, sir.] you, (good even sir) Q2 Q3 Q4. you (good even sir) Q5 Q6. you: good even sir. Ff (even, F4). you good:—even, sir. Jackson conj.
[To Ber.] Edd.
even] morning Hanmer.
[208] what] om. F4.
in faith] om. Q (1676).
[209] good my] my good Q (1676).
[210] hear] heare Qq. have Ff.
[211] my] Qq. mine Ff.
[212] make] take F2 F3 F4.
make it truster] be a witness Q (1676).
[213] Elsinore] Malone. Elsonoure Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5. Elsenour F1 F2 Q6 F3. Elsenoore F4.
[214] to drink deep] (Q1) Ff. for to drinke Qq.
[215] I prethee] Qq. I pray thee F1. I prythee F2. I prithee F3 F4.
student] studient Q2 Q3.
[216] see] (Q1) Ff. Omitted in Qq.
[217] follow'd] Q6. followed Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 F1. followeth F2 F3 F4.
[218] Or ever I had] Qq. Ere I had ever Ff. Ere ever I had (Q1) Collier. E're I had Q (1676).
[219] O where] Ff. Where Qq.
[220] He ... He] Ff. a ... A Qq.
[221] for] from Theobald (ed. 1), a misprint.
[222] I shall] I should F2 F3 F4. Eye shall Samwell apud Holt conj.
[223] Saw? who?] Ff. Saw, who? (Q1) Qq. Saw who? Q (1676) and Singer (ed. 2). Saw! whom? Johnson.
[224] Season] Defer Q (1676).
for] but Q (1676) and Theobald.
[225] attent] Q2 Q3 F1 F2. attentive (Q1) Q4 Q5 Q6 F3 F4.]
may] om. Pope.
[226] marvel] wonder Q (1676).
For God's love,] Pray Q (1676).
God's] Gods Qq. Heavens Ff.
[227] vast] (Q1) Q5 Q6. wast Q2 Q3 Q4 F1. waste F2 F3 F4. waist Malone.
[228] Armed at point] Qq (poynt Q2 Q3 Q4). Armed to poynt (Q1). Arm'd at all points Ff.
cap-a-pe] Capapea (Q1) Q2 Q3. Cap apea Q4 Q5. Cap a Pe Ff. Cap a pe Q6.
[229] stately by them: thrice] stately by them; thrice Qq. stately: By them thrice Ff.
[230] fear-surprised] Hyphened in Ff.
[231] his] this Q4 Q5 Q6.
distill'd] Q5 Q6 distilled (Q1). distil'd Q2 Q3 Q4. bestil'd F1. bestill'd F2. be still'd F3 F4. bechill'd Collier (Collier MS). dissolv'd or both thrill'd or bethrill'd Bailey conj.
[232] the act of] their Q (1676). th' effect of Warburton.
act of fear,] act: Of fear Becket conj.
[233] In ... did;] They did impart in dreadful secresie, Q (1676).
[234] Where, as] Q6. Where as (Q1). Whereas The rest.
deliver'd, both in] deliver'd both, in Long MS.
[235] apparition] apparision Q2 Q3 Q4.
[236] you not] not you Players' reading.
[237] made it] it made Q6.
[238] its] Q5 Q6 F3 F4. his (Q1) Staunton. it Q2 Q3 Q4 F1 F2.
[239] like] om. Q (1676).
[240] honour'd] honourable F2 F4. honorable F3.
[241] writ down in] then Q (1676).
[242] of] om. Q (1676).
[243] Indeed, indeed] (Q1) Ff. Indeede Qq. Seymour would read as Qq, and end the lines but ... to-night?
[244] Mar. Ber.] All. (Q1) Qq. Both. Ff.
[245] My lord,] om. Q (1676).
[246] My ... up.] As two lines, the first ending not, in Steevens (1793).
[247] face?] face. Q2 Q3.
[248] up] down Anon. ap. Hunter conj.
[249] What, look'd he] Pointed as in Ff. No stop in Qq. How look'd he, Staunton, from (Q1).
[250] Three lines ending like, ... haste ... longer, in Capell.
[251] Very like, very like] (Q1) Ff. Very like Qq.
[252] moderate] modern Knight, ed. 1 (a misprint).
a] an Q6.
hundred] hundreth Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5.
[253] Mar. Ber.] Both. Qq. All. Ff.
[254] grizzled? no?] grissl'd, no. Qq. grisly? no. F1. grisly? F2 F3 F4. grizled? Q (1676). grisl'd? no. Warburton. grizl'd? no? Capell.
[255] no? Hor. It was] Hor. No! It was Anon. conj. (Gent. Mag. LX. 403).
[256] as] om. F3 F4.
[257] I will] Qq. Ile or I'll Ff, reading Ile ... againe as one line.
[258] walk] wake F1.
warrant] (Q1). warn't Qq. warrant you Ff.
[259] conceal'd] concealed F3 F4.
[260] be tenable in] require Q (1676).
tenable] Qq. tenible (Q1). treble F1 F4. trebble F2 F3. tabled Nicholson conj. (withdrawn).]
tenable in your] in your treble Bailey conj.
tenable ... still] treble ... now Warburton conj. (withdrawn).
[261] whatsoever] what somever Q2 Q3. else shall hap] shall befall Pope.
[262] fare] farre Q2 Q3.
you] Qq. ye Ff.
[263] eleven] a leaven Q2 Q3.
[264] duty] duties (Q1) Grant White.
honour] homor Q4.
[265] loves] Qq. love Ff.
farewell.] so fare you well. Seymour conj.
[Exeunt ... Hamlet.] Exeunt. Manet Hamlet. Q (1676). Exeunt Hor. Mar. and Ber. Capell. Exeunt. (after line 252) (Q1) Qq Ff.
[266] spirit in arms!] F4. spirit in armes? F1 F2 F3. spirit (in armes) Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5. spirit in armes, Q6. spirit! in arms! Rann (Whalley conj.)
[267] foul] fonde Q2 Q3.
rise, Though ... them, to] rise, (Tho' ... them) to Pope. rise Though ... them to Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5. rise, Though ... them to Ff Q6. rise, Though ... them from Q (1676) and Long MS.
[268] Scene iii.] Scene v. Pope.
A room....] An apartment.... Pope. Ophelia.] Ff. Ophelia his Sister. Qq.
[269] embark'd] inbarekt Q2 Q3 Q4. imbarkt Q5 Q6. imbark't F1 F2. imbark'd F3 F4.
[270] convoy is assistant,] convoy is assistant; Ff. convay, in assistant Q2 Q3 Q4. convay, in assistant, Q5. convay in assistant, Q6.
sleep] slip Theobald conj. (withdrawn).
[271] favour] Qq. favours Ff.
[272] youth of primy] youth, a prime of Q (1676).
primy] prime Q6.
[273] Forward] Qq F3 F4. Froward F1 F2.
sweet, not] tho' sweet, not Rowe. sweet, but not Capell.
[274] perfume and] Qq. om. Ff.
suppliance] soffiance Johnson conj.
minute;] F2 F3 F4. minute Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5. minute? F1. minute: Q6.
[275] No more.] As in Qq. At end of line 9, in Ff. but no more Collier MS. See note ([II]).
so?] Rowe. so. Qq Ff.
no more] mo more Q4.
[276] crescent] F4. cressant The rest.
[277] bulk] bulkes Qq.
this] Qq. his Ff. the Hanmer.
[278] and] om. Q4.
[279] soil nor] foyle nor F2 F3. foil nor F4. soil of Warburton. soil, or So quoted by Heath.
[280] will] Qq. feare F1 F2. fear F3 F4.
fear,] feare, Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5. feare F1 F2 Q6. fear F3 F4. fear; Keightley.
[281] weigh'd] Ff. wayd Q2 Q3. waid Q4 Q5. wai'd Q6.
[282] For ... birth:] Ff. Omitted in Qq.
[283] unvalued] inferior Q (1676).
[284] Carve for] Crave for Q4 Q5 Q6. Bestow Q (1676).
[285] safety] Q4 Q6. safty Q2 Q3. safetie Q5. sanctity Ff. sanity Hanmer (Theobald conj.)
health] the health Warburton.
this] Qq. the Ff.
whole] weole F1.
[286] he is the] he's Pope.
[287] particular act and place] Qq. peculiar sect and force Ff. peculiar act and place Pope.
[288] weigh] way Q2 Q3 Q4.
what] that F3 F4.
[289] too] two F2 F3.
[290] lose] F1 F2 F3. loose Qq F4.
[291] unmaster'd] unmastred Qq F1 F2 F3. unmastered F4.
[292] keep you in] Qq. keepe within Ff.
[293] galls] gaules Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5. Galls, F1.
infants] Q2 Q3 F1. infant Q4 Q5 F2 Q6 F3 F4.
[294] their] Qq. the Ff.
[295] effect] effects Pope.
[296] As watchman to] About Q (1676).
watchman] Q2 Q3. watchmen The rest.
my] om. Q (1676).
[297] steep] step Q2.
to heaven] of heaven Q6.
[298] Whilst, like a] Whilst like a Ff. Whiles a Qq. Whilst, he a Warburton. While as a Seymour conj.
puff'd and reckless] om. Q (1676).
reckless] careless Pope.
[299] Himself ... treads] Thyself ... tread'st Seymour conj.
[300] recks] Pope, reakes Qq F2. reaks F1 F3 F4. reck'st Seymour conj.
his] thine Seymour conj.
rede] reed Qq. reade F1 F2. read F3 F4. tread Smyth conj. MS.
[301] Scene vi. Pope.
Enter Polonius.] As in Capell. After reed in Qq: after not in Ff.
[302] [Kneeling to Polonius. Capell.
[303] Aboard, aboard] Get aboard Pope.
[304] stay'd] stayed Q2 Q3. staied Q4 Q5.
for. There; my] Theobald, substantially. for, there my (Q1) Qq. for there: my Ff.
thee] (Q1) Qq. you Ff.
[Laying his hand on Laertes's head. Theobald.
[305] Look] Qq. See Ff.
[306] Those] (Q1) Qq. The Ff.
[307] them to] (Q1) Ff. them unto Qq. unto Seymour conj.
hoops] hooks Pope.
[308] dull] stale S. Walker conj.
[309] new-hatch'd] new hatcht Qq. unhatch't Ff.
comrade] Ff. courage (Q1) Qq. court-ape Badham conj.
[310] opposed] (Q1) Q2 Q3 Ff. opposer Q4 Q5 Q6.
[311] thy ear] thy eare Qq. thine eare or thine ear Ff.
[312] Are ... that.] See note ([III]).
[313] lender be] Ff. lender boy Qq.
[314] loan] F3 F4. Loane F2. lone F1. loue Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5. love Q6.
loses] Ff Q6. looses Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5.
[315] And] Qq F1. A F2 F3 F4.
dulls the edge] Ff Q6. dulleth edge Q2 Q3. dulleth the edge Q4 Q5.
[316] night] light Warburton.]
the day] to day Q6.
[317] thee!] Pope. thee. Qq Ff.
[318] do I] I do Q (1676).
[319] invites] Ff. invests Qq.
[320] to you] om. Pope.
in] om. F3.
[321] [Exit.] Exit Laertes. Qq. Exit Laer. Ff.
[322] hath] om. F3 F4.
[323] Lord] Qq. L. Ff.
[324] you? give ... truth.] Q6. you give ... truth, Q2 Q3. you give ... truth. Q4 Q5. you, give ... truth? Ff.
[325] pooh!] puh, Qq. puh. Ff.
[326]
Unsifted] Unsighted Becket
conj.
[327] I'll] Ile F1 F2. I'le F3 F4. I will Qq.
[328] these] Qq. his Ff.
[329] sterling] Qq. starling F1 F2 F4. startling F3.
[330] Running] Dyce (Collier conj.) Wrong Qq. Roaming Ff. Wronging Pope. Wringing Theobald (Warburton). Ranging Theobald conj. Worrying Badham conj. Urging or Working Anon. conj. See note ([IV]).
[331] call it] call't Pope.
[332] to his] to it in his Collier MS. See note ([II]).
[333] my lord ... heaven] As in Rowe. One line in Qq Ff.
[334] almost ... holy] Qq. all the Ff. almost all the Rowe.
[335] springes] (Q1) Q5 F1 F2 Q6. springs Q2 Q3 Q4 F3 F4.
[336] prodigal] prodigally Q (1676).
[337] Lends] (Q1) Qq. Gives Ff.
daughter] oh my daughter Pope. gentle daughter Capell. See note ([V]).
[338] both] birth Badham conj.
[339] their] the Warburton.
[340] take] take't Q4 Q5 Q6.
From this time] Qq. For this time daughter, Ff. From this time daughter, Long MS.
[341] something] Qq. somewhat Ff.
your] thy Johnson.
[342] entreatments] Ff Q6. intreatments Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5. intraitments Warburton.
[343] parley] Ff Q6. parle Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5.
[344] tether] Ff. tider Q2 Q3. teder Q4 Q5. tedder Q6.
may he] he may Warburton.
[345] that dye] Q6. that die Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5. the eye Ff. that eye Grant White.
[346] mere] om. Seymour conj.
implorators] imploratotors Q2 Q3. implorers Pope.
[347] bawds] Pope, ed. 2 (Theobald). bonds Qq Ff. bans Becket conj. lauds Anon. conj.
[348] beguile] beguide Q2 Q3.
[349] slander] squander Collier (Collier MS.)
moment] Q2 Q3 Ff. moments Q4 Q5 Q6. moment's Pope. moments' Collier (ed. 2).
[350] come] and so come Seymour conj. so now, come Collier MS.
ways] wayes Q2 Q3 Q4 F1 Q6. waies Q5. way F2 F3 F4.
[351] Oph. I ... lord.] om. Seymour conj.
[352] Scene iv.] Capell. om. Ff. Scene iii. Rowe. Scene vii. Pope.
The platform.] The Platform before the Palace. Rowe.
and] om. Ff.
[353] shrewdly] F1 Q6. shroudly Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5. shrew'dly F2 F3 F4.
it is very cold.] Qq. is it very cold? F1 F2. it is very cold? F3 F4.
[354] a] om. Qq.
an] om. F3 F4.
[355] is] ha's F3 F4. has not Rowe (ed. 2).
struck] F4. strooke Qq F1 F2. strook F3.
[356] Indeed? I] Capell. Indeed; I Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5. Indeed I (Q1) Ff. Indeed, I Q6. I Rowe.
it then] Qq. then it Ff.
[357] [A flourish....] Malone, after Capell. A florish of trumpets and 2. peeces goes of. Qq (goe Q6. off Q4 Q5 Q6). A flourish of Trumpets and Guns. Q (1676). Omitted in Ff. Noise of warlike Musick within. Rowe.
[358] What ... my lord?] Omitted in Steevens's reprint of Q4.
[359] wake] walke Q4 Q5 Q6.
[360] wassail] wassel (Q1). wassell Qq. wassels Ff.
up-spring reels] up-spring reeles (Q1) Qq. upspring reeles F1 F2. upspring reels F3 F4. upstart reels Pope. upsy freeze Badham conj.
[361] drains] takes Q (1676).
[362] bray out] proclaim Q (1676).
[363] Is it] It is F2.
[364] is't:] is it; of an antique date: Seymour conj.
[365] But] Qq. And Ff.
native] a native Hammer (ed. 2).
[366] This ... fault.] Put in the margin by Pope.
[367] This ... scandal.] Qq. Omitted in Ff.
[368] revel] reueale Q2 Q3. reuelle Q4. reuell Q5 Q6.
[369] revel east and west Makes] Pointed as in Qq. revell, east and west: Makes Pope (ed. 1). revell, east and west, Makes Pope (ed. 2). revel east and west, Makes Warburton.
[370] traduced] tradust Q2 Q3.
tax'd] Pope. taxed Qq.
[371] clepe] Q6. clip Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5.
[372] So, oft] Theobald. So oft Qq.
[373] mole] mould Theobald conj. (withdrawn).
[374] the] Pope. their Qq.
[375] livery] levity Becket conj.
star] starre Qq. scar Pope, ed. 2 (Theobald).
[376] Their] Pope, ed. 2 (Theobald). His Qq.
[377] the ... scandal] Omitted by Pope.
[378] the dram of eale ... of a doubt] Q2 Q3. the dram of ease ... of a doubt Q4 Q5 Q6. the dram of base ... of worth out Theobald. the dram of base ... oft eat out or the dram of base ... soil with doubt Heath conj. the dram of ill ... of worth out Capell conj. the dram of base Doth eat the noble substance of worth out Id. conj. the dram of base ... oft adopt Holt conj. the dram of base ... oft work out Robertson and Davies conj. the dram of ill ... of good out Jennens. the dram of base ... of worth dout Malone. the dram of base ... often dout Steevens (1793). the dram of base ... oft do out Id. conj. (withdrawn). the dram of base ... of't corrupt Mason conj. the dram of doubt ... oft anneal Anon. conj. (1814). the dream of ease, The noble substance of a doubt,—doth all Becket conj. the dram of ale ... over dough or oft a-dough Jackson conj. the dram of ill ... often dout Caldecott. the dram of bale ... often doubt Singer (ed. 1). the dram of base ... of a doubt Singer (ed. 2). the dram of base ... oft adoubt Singer conj. the dram of bale ... off and out Delius. the dram of base ... derogate Ingleby conj. the dram of lead ... of a ducat Id. conj. the dram of ail ... of a doubt Nichols conj. the dram of lead ... of a pound Staunton conj. the dram of evil ... oft outdo Jervis conj. the dram of base ... offer doubt Brae conj. (N. and Q.) the dram of base Doth, all the noble substance o'er, a doubt Anon. conj. (N. and Q.) the dram of eale Doth all the noble, substance of a doubt Corson conj. the dram of vile Turns ... of a draught Leo conj. the dram of evil ... out of doubt or the dram of evil ... of a courtier Keightley conj. (withdrawn). the dram of base ... often draw Arrowsmith conj. the dram of evil ... oft debase Dyce (ed. 2). the dram of eale ... oft endoubt Nicholson conj. the dram of calce ... so adapt Bullock conj. the dram of earth ... so adapt Bullock conj. (withdrawn). the dram of base ... overcloud Lloyd conj. the dram of base ... often drown Taylor conj. MS. the dram of ease ... oft work out Smyth conj. MS. See note ([VI]).
the dram of leaven ... of a dough Cartwright conj. the dram of evil ... oft weigh down Bailey conj.
[379] To his] To its Steevens conj. By his Malone conj. By it's Anon. apud Rann conj.
Enter Ghost.] Enter Ghost armed as before. Collier MS.
[380] it] where it Q (1676).
[381] Pause marked after this line in Collier MS.
[382] intents] Qq. events Ff. advent Warburton.
[383] a questionable] unquestionable Becket conj.
[384] father, royal Dane: O] father,—Royal Dane, O Anon. conj. (St James's Chronicle, Oct. 15, 1761).
O] Qq. Oh, oh Ff.
[385] tell ... death] tell why Heried and canoniz'd in death, thy bones Becket conj.
tell Why thy] tell why Thy Lloyd conj.
[386] canonized] canoniz'd Qq Ff.
canonized ... death] bones hears'd in canonized earth Hanmer. canoniz'd bones, hearsed in earth Warburton.
[387] cerements] Qq. cerments F1. cearments F2 F3 F4.
[388] inurn'd] F2 F3 F4. enurn'd F1. interr'd (Q1) Qq. immured Anon. conj.
[389] Revisit'st] F4. Revisitst F2 F3. Revisits Qq F1.
thus the ... moon,] thus, the ... moon Becket conj.
[390] we] us Pope, ed. 2 (Theobald).
[391] horridly] horribly Theobald.
[392] the reaches] Qq. thee; reaches Ff.
[393] [Ghost beckons Hamlet.] Ghost beckens Hamlet. Ff. Beckins. Q2 Q3. Beckons. Q4 Q5. Beckens. Q6.
[394] waves] (Q1) Qq. wafts Ff.
to a more] off to a Johnson.
more removed] remote Q (1676). See note ([VII]).
[395] [Holding Hamlet. Rowe.
[396] I will] Qq. will I Ff.
[397] should] shall Q (1676).
[398] fee;] fee? F3 F4.
[399] as] like (Q1) Q6.
[400] toward] towards Q4 Q5.
flood] floods Q (1676).
lord] om. Q2.
[401] summit] Rowe. somnet Qq. sonnet Ff.
cliff] F3 F4. cleefe Qq. cliffe F1 F2.
[402] beetles] Ff. bettels Q4 Q5 Q6.
[403] assume] Qq. assumes Ff.
[404] deprive] deprave Hanmer (Warburton).
your ... reason] you of your soveraign reason Collier MS. See note ([II]).
your ... reason] of sovereignty your Hunter conj.
[405] draw] drive (Q1) S. Walker conj.
it:] it, Qq. it? F1. it. F2 F3 F4.
[406] The very ... beneath.] Qq. Omitted in Ff.
[407] It ... thee.] As in Qq. One line in Ff.
[408] waves] Qq. wafts Ff.
[409] off] of Q2 Q3 Q4.
hands] Qq. hand Ff.
[410] Hor.] Mar. Theobald.
[They struggle. Collier MS. See note ([II]).
[411] artery] Q6. arture Q2 Q3. artyre Q4. attire Q5 F4. artire F1 F2 F3.
this] his F3 F4.
[412] As hardy] Hardy Capell.
Nemean] Q4 Q5 Q6 F3 F4. Nemeon Q2 Q3. Nemian F1 F2.
[Ghost beckons. Malone.
[413] am I] I am Q (1676).
call'd:] cald, Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5. call'd; Q6. cal'd? F1. call'd? F2 F3 F4.
[Breaking from them. Rowe.
[414] on] one Q4 Q5.
[Exeunt....] Ff. Exit ... Qq.
[415] imagination] imagion Q2 Q3.
[416] Heaven] Heaven's Collier MS. See note ([II]).
direct it] discover it Q (1676). detect it Farmer conj.
[417] Scene v.] Capell. Scene viii. Pope. Scene continued in Ff.
Another part ...] Capell. A more remote part ... Theobald.
Enter....] Re-enter ... Pope.
[418] Whither] (Q1) Q6. Whether Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5. Where Ff.
[419] hour] F3 F4. houre Qq. hower F1. honour F2.
[420] Pity ... unfold] Prose in Q4 Q5.
[421] thy] my Q5.
[422] hear.] here, Q4.
[423] when] what Q (1676).
[424] What?] Hear what? Keightley. Revenge! what? how? Seymour conj.
[425] confined to fast] confined fast Theobald conj. (withdrawn).
to fast in] to roast in Theobald conj. (withdrawn). too fast in Warburton. to lasting Singer, ed. 2 (Heath conj.) to waste in Steevens conj. (withdrawn). to fasting Jackson conj. fast to Anon. conj. ('Once a Week').
And for] Tho' in Anon. MS.
[426] that I am] being Seymour conj.
[427] knotted] (Q1) Qq. knotty Ff.
[428] an end] on end (Q1) Pope. an-end Boswell.
[429] fretful] F4. fretfull (Q1) F1 F2 F3. fearefull Qq.
porpentine] porcupine Q (1676).
[430] List, list] Qq. list Hamlet Ff (Hamle F2).
[431] love—] Rowe. love. Qq Ff.
[432] God] Qq. Heaven Ff.
[433] Murder!] Q6. Murther Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5. Murther? Ff.
[434] Murder most] Most Seymour conj.
in] at Long MS.
[435] Haste me] Rowe. Hast me Qq. Hast, hast me F1. Haste, haste me F2 F3 F4.
Haste ... swift] One line in Qq. Two in Ff.
know't] Qq. know it Ff. know Pope.
I] om. F1.
[436] meditation] mediation Q6.
[437] sweep] flye Q (1676). swoop Theobald conj. (withdrawn).
[438] shouldst] shouldest Q4 Q5.
[439] shouldst ... Wouldst] wouldst ... Shouldst Anon. conj. (Misc. Obs. on Hamlet, 1752).
[440] roots] Q5 Q6. rootes (Q1) Q2 Q3 Q4. rots Ff.
itself ... wharf,] on Lethe's wharf: itself in ease,—Becket conj.
Lethe] Lethe's Q (1676) and Rowe.
[441] 'Tis] Q6. Tis Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5. It's Ff.
my] Qq. mine Ff.
orchard] garden Q (1676).
[442] so] om. Pope.
[443] know, thou] F4. knowe thou Q2 Q3 Q4 F1 F2 Q5 F3. know thou, Q6.
[444] life] heart Q (1676).
[445] O my ... uncle!] As in Dyce (S. Walker conj.) One line in Qq Ff.
[446] My] my Qq. mine Ff.
uncle!] Q6. uncle? Q2 Q3 Ff. uncle: Q4. uncle. Q5.
[447] Ay,] Ay, Ay S. Walker conj., ending line 41 Ay.
Ay, ... that adulterate] Incestuous, adulterate Seymour conj.
[448] witchcraft] witchraft F2.
wit] Pope. wits Qq Ff.
with] Qq. hath F1 F2 F3. and F4.
gifts,—] gifts, Qq F3. guifts. F1. gifts. F2. gifts F4.
[449] wit] wits Q6.
[450] to his] Qq F3 F4. to to this F1. to this F2.
[451] seeming-virtuous] Hyphen inserted by Theobald.
[452] a] Ff Q6. om. Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5.
[453] marriage; and to] marriage, to Ingleby conj.
[454] To those ... moved,] As in Pope. One line in Qq Ff.
[455] mine!] mine, surpasses, almost, thinking. Seymour conj.
[456] lust,] (Q1) Ff. but Qq.
angel] F4. angell F1 F2 F3. angle Qq.
[457] Will ... garbage.] Arranged as in Qq. One line in Ff.
[458] sate] F1 F2. sort Qq. seat F3 F4.
[459] prey] pray Q2 Q3 Q4.
on] in F3 F4.
[460] scent] sent Q2 Q3 F1 Q6.
morning] Qq. mornings Ff.
[461] within my orchard] in my garden Q (1676).
my] Qq. mine Ff.
[462] of] Qq. in (Q1) Ff.
[463] secure] secret Johnson.
stole] to me stole Q (1676).
[464] hebenon] Ff. hebona (Q1) Qq. hebon or hemlock Elze conj.
vial] viall Qq. violl F1 F2. viol F3 F4.
[465] my] Qq. mine Ff.
[466] effect Holds] effects Hold Q (1676).
[467] alleys] Hanmer. allies (Q1) Qq Ff.
[468] vigour] rigour Staunton conj.
posset] Ff. possesse Qq.
[469] eager] (Q1) Qq. Aygre Ff.
[470] bark'd] barckt Q2 Q3. barkt Q4 Q5 Q6. bak'd Ff. barked (Q1).
[471] of queen] of queene Qq. and queene Ff (queen F3 F4).
dispatch'd] dismatch'd Becket conj. despoil'd Collier MS.
[472] blossoms] blossom Dyce conj.
[473] Unhousel'd] Theobald. Unhuzled Q2 Q3. Unnuzled Q4 Q5 Q6. Unhouzzled Ff.
disappointed] unanointed Pope. unappointed Theobald.
unanel'd] Pope. unanueld Q2 Q3. un-anneld Q4 Q5 Q6. unnaneld Ff. unaneal'd Theobald. unanoil'd Jennens. and unknell'd Anon. conj. (Gent. Mag. XLVI. 267). unassoiled Boucher conj.
[474] With all] Withall Q2 Q3.
[476] howsoever] Ff. howsomever Qq.
pursuest] Ff Q6. pursues Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5.
[477] Taint] Tain't Q2 Q3 Q4.
contrive] design Q (1676).
[478] matin] morning Q (1676). matins so quoted in Drake's Shakespeare and his Times, II. 414.
[479] Adieu, adieu, adieu!] Adiew, adiew, adiew, Qq (Adieu Q6). Adue, adue, Hamlet: F1 F2. Adieu, adieu, Hamlet: F3 F4. Farewel, Q (1676).
[Exit.] Ff. om. Qq.
[480] O fie! Hold, hold, my] Oh hold, my Pope. Hold, hold, my Capell. O fie! Hold, Collier MS.
Hold, hold, my] hold, hold my Q2 Q3. hold, my Q4. hold my Q5 Ff Q6.
[481] stiffly] Ff. swiftly Qq. strongly Q (1676).
[482] thee!] Q6. thee, Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5. thee? Ff.
[483] while] Ff. whiles Qq.
[484] saws] sawe Q4. saw Q5 Q6. registers Q (1676).
all pressures] and pressures Q (1676).
[485] yes] Qq. yes, yes Ff.
[486] pernicious] prenicious Q4. pernicious and perfidious Collier (Collier MS.)
[487] My tables,—] Pope. (My tables) (Q1). My tables, Qq. My Tables, my Tables; Ff.
set it] set Q6.
[488] down, ... villain; ... me.' ... sworn't.] down.— ... villain!... me.' [Writing ... sworn it. [Having kissed the tables. Brae conj.
[489] I'm] Ff. I am Qq.
[Writing.] Rowe. om. Qq Ff. Opposite line 111, Keightley.
[490] It ... sworn't.] Two lines in Qq. One in Ff. Capell puts It is in a separate line.
[491] It is] Its— Jackson conj.
[492] I have sworn't.] I've sworn it— Pope.
[493] Scene ix. Pope.
Hor. Mar. [Within] Ff. Hora. Qq. See note ([IX]).
[494] Heaven] Ff. Heavens (Q1) Qq.
[495] Ham.] Qq. Mar. Ff. Mar. [within. Knight.
[496] Mar.] Qq. Hor. Ff.
[497] bird,] Ff. and Qq. boy, (Q1) Pope.
[498] Hor. What news, my lord?] Omitted in Q4 Q5 Q6.
[499] Ham.] Hora. Q4 Q5.
[500] you will] Qq. you'l F1. you'll F2 F3 F4.
[501] it?] (Q1) Ff Q6. it, The rest.
[502] secret?] Ff. secret. Qq. secret— Theobald.
Hor. Mar.] Booth. Q2 Q3. Both. Q4 Q5 Ff Q6.
my lord.] (Q1) Ff. Omitted in Qq.
[503] There's ... Denmark] One line in (Q1) Ff. Two in Qq.
ne'er] F2. nere F1. ne're F3 F4. never Qq.
[504] Denmark But] Denmark—But Seymour conj.
[505] But] Bate Becket conj.
[506] There ... this.] As in Qq. Prose in Ff.
[507] i' the] i' th' Ff. in the Qq.
[508] desire] Qq. desires (Q1) Ff.
[509] hath] Qq. ha's F1. has F2 F3 F4.
[510] my] Qq. mine Ff.
[511] Look you, I'll] Ff. I will Qq. Look you, I will Capell.
[512] whirling] Theobald. wherling (Q1) whurling Qq. hurling Ff. windy Q (1676). hurting Collier MS. See note (II).
[513] I'm] Ff. I am Qq.
offend] offended F3 F4.
[514] Yes, faith,] Yes, Pope. 'Faith, Capell.
[515] Horatio] (Q1) Qq. my Lord Ff.
[516] too. Touching] too: touching Q6. too, touching (Q1) Ff. to, touching Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5.
here,] heere, or here, Qq. heere: or here: Ff.
[517] O'ermaster't] Oremastret Q2 Q3. O'er-master Rowe (ed. 2).
[518] we will] om. (Q1) Pope. Mar. We will Collier MS. See note ([II]).
[519] Hor. Mar.] Booth. Q2 Q3. Both. The rest.
[520] In faith, ... I.] Arranged as by Capell. One line in Qq Ff.
[521] We have] We've Pope.
[522] Indeed ... indeed.] In deed ... in deed Staunton.
[523] Ghost. [Beneath] Swear.] Capell. Ghost cries under the Stage.
Ghost. Sweare. Qq. Gho. Sweare. Ghost cries under the Stage. Ff.
[524] Ah, ha, ... cellarage] Arranged as in Qq. Prose in Ff.
[525] Ah] Ff. Ha Qq.
so?] Q6. so, Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5. so. Ff.
[526] on: you hear] one you here F1.
[527] the oath] my oath F3 F4.
[528] seen,] seene Q2 Q3. seene, Q4 Q5 Q6. seene. F1 F2. seen. F3 F4.
[529] [Beneath] Capell. om. Qq Ff.
[530] Hic] Hie Q4 Q5.
ubique?] Ff. ubique, Qq.
our] Qq. for Ff.
[532] this that] this which Rowe (ed. 2).
[533] Swear.] (Q1) Ff. Sweare by his sword. Qq.
[534] canst] canst thou Q6.
earth] (Q1) Qq. ground Ff.
[535] good friends] om. Seymour conj.]
friends] Qq F1. friend F2 F3 F4.
[536] give] bid F3 F4.
[537] your] (Q1) Qq. our Ff.
[538] Than ... come;] As in Hanmer. One line in Qq Ff.
[539] But come; Here] But Seymour conj.
[540] Here] Swear Pope (ed. 2). swear here Keightley, reading But ... mercy! as one line.
[541] How ... on] Put in parentheses in Pope. (ed. 1).
[542] How ... note] Put in parentheses in Qq.
[543] soe'er] so ere Ff Q6. so mere Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5.
[544] As ... on] Put in parentheses in Ff.
[545] meet] fit So quoted by Theobald ('Shakespeare Restored').
[546] times] (Q1) Qq. time Ff.
[547] this head-shake] Theobald. this head shake (Q1) Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5. thus, head shake Ff. head thus shak't Q6.
[548] Or] Nor Malone conj.
[549] Well, well,] Qq. well, Ff.
[550] an if ... an if] Hanmer. and if ... and if Qq Ff. and if ... or if Q (1676). an ... those; An if Seymour conj.
[551] they] (Q1) Qq. there Ff.
[552] giving] givings Warburton.
out, to note] Steevens, 1793. (Malone conj.) out, to note) Qq. out to note, Ff. out to note Malone.
to note] denote Pope, ed. 2 (Theobald). to-note Porson conj. MS.
[553] this ... Swear.] this ... doe: So ... you: Sweare. Ff. this doe sweare, So ... you. Qq. this you must swear. So ... you. Q (1676). this do ye swear. So ... you. Swear. Pope. This do you swear, So ... you! Capell. This not to do, swear; So ... you! Boswell.
[554] Rest, rest,] Rest, Seymour conj.
[They swear.] Edd. (Globe ed.) om. Qq Ff.
[555] I do] om. F2 F3 F4. do I Theobald.
[556] friending] friendship Q (1676).
[557] God ... lack.] Shall never fail, Q (1676).
Let us go in] Let's go Anon. conj.
together] om. Hanmer.
[558] pray.] Rowe. pray, Qq Ff.
[559] set] see F3 F4.