Taming of the Shrew, Induction, Sc. 2:
Folios.—"And when he says he is, say that he dreams."
Collier MS.—"When he says what he is, say that he dreams."—Notes and Emendations, p. 142.
Jackson.—"And what he says he is, say that he dreams."—Restorations and Illustrations, p. 114.
Taming of the Shrew, Act II. Sc. 1.:
Folios.—"No such jade, Sir, as you, if me you mean."
Collier MS.—"No such jade to bear you, if me you mean."—Notes and Emendations, p. 147.
Jackson.—"No such jade as you,—bear! if me you mean."—Restorations and Illustrations, p. 119.
1 Henry VI., Act V. Sc. 3.:
Folios.—"Confounds the tongue, and makes the senses rough."
Collier MS.—"Confounds the tongue, and mocks the sense of touch."—Notes and Emendations, p. 276.
Jackson.—"Confounds the tongue, and makes the senses touch."—Restorations and Illustrations, p. 233.
Cymbeline, Act III. Sc. 4.:
Folios.— ... "Some jay of Italy, Whose mother was her painting, hath betray'd him."
Collier MS.—"Who smothers her with painting, hath betray'd him."—Notes and Emendations, p. 495.
Jackson.—"Who smoother was: her painting hath betray'd him."—Restorations and Illustrations, p. 375.
Besides these four emendations, which at any rate are very suggestive of those in Mr. Collier's folio, I beg to call attention to Jackson's defence of Theobald's (and his own) proposition to read untread for unthread, in King John, Act V. Sc. 4., which is strikingly like Mr. Collier's defence of the same reading in the margin of the Folio 1632. The whole of Jackson's notes on King John are well worth reading. I beg to mention two of these, as illustrations of old Jackson's acuteness, when not under the warping influence of the cacoëthes emendandi. His defence of untrimmed bride, in Act II. Sc. 1., is most convincing. He says,—
"Constance stimulates [Lewis] to stand fast to his purpose, and not to let the devil tempt him, in the likeness of an untrimmed bride, to waver in his determination; for that the influence of the Holy See would strip King John of his present royalty. Where then would be the great dowry Lewis was to receive with his wife? At present he has only the promise of five provinces, and 30,000 marks of English coin; therefore as the dowry has not been paid, Blanche is still an untrimmed bride."—Recollections and Illustrations, p. 179.