[V. 1. 399]. The number Thirty-three has been altered by editors to bring the figures into harmony with other periods named in the play. From [I. 1. 126], [133] the age of Antipholus has been computed at twenty-three; from I. 1. 126 and [V. 1. 308] we derive twenty-five. The Duke says he has been patron to Antipholus for twenty years, [V. 1. 325]; but three or five seems too small an age to assign for the commencement of this patronage. Antipholus saved the Duke’s life in the wars ‘long since,’ [V. 1. 161], [191]. His ‘long experience’ of his wife’s ‘wisdom’ and her ‘years’ are mentioned, [III. 1. 89, 90]. But Shakespeare probably did not compute the result of his own figures with any great care or accuracy.
Act I: Scene 1
[A hall ... palace.]] Malone. The Duke’s palace. Theobald. A publick Place. Capell.
Ægeon,] Rowe. with the Merchant of Siracusa, Ff.
Officers,] Capell. Officer, Staunton. om. Ff.
[1.] Solinus] F1. Salinus F2 F3 F4.
[10.] looks] books Anon. conj.
[14.] Syracusians] F4. Siracusians F1 F2 F3. Syracusans Pope. See [note (I)].
[16, 17, 18.] Nay more If ... seen At any] Malone. Nay, more, if ... Ephesus Be seen at any Ff.