[ Note XXII.]
[V. 1. 131.] Mr Sidney Walker, in his Shakespeare’s Versification, pp. 80 sqq. suggests that in this and other passages we should read ‘this,’ because ‘This is is not unfrequently, like That is, &c. contracted into a monosyllable.’ For the reason assigned in [Note (III) to The Tempest], I. 2. 173, we have preferred the more familiar spelling this’s.
Act I: Scene 1
[Scene i. Lords and Attendants.]] Singer. Lords. Ff. and Attendants. Capell.
[5.] put] not Pope. apt Collier MS.
[7, 8.] remains, But that] remains; Put that Rowe.
[8, 9.] But that to your sufficiency ...] But that to your sufficiency you add Due diligency ... Theobald conj.
But that to your sufficiency you joyn A will to serve us ... Hanmer.
But that to your sufficiency you put A zeal as willing ... Tyrwhitt conj.
But that to your sufficiencies your worth is abled Johnson conj.
But your sufficiency as worth is able Farmer conj.
Your sufficiency ... able Steevens conj.
But that your sufficiency be as your worth is stable Becket conj.
But state to your sufficiency ... Jackson conj.
But thereto your sufficiency ... Singer.
But add to your sufficiency your worth Collier MS.
But that [tendering his commission] to your sufficiency. And, as your worth is able, let them work Staunton conj.
But that to your sufficiency I add Commission ample Spedding conj.
See [note (I)].
[11.] city’s] cities Ff.
[16.] [Exit an Attendant.] Capell.