The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [Vol. 2 of 9]

by William Shakespeare

[ 157]: mote...mote] Rowe. moth...moth Qq Ff.

[ 162]: gnat] knot Theobald. sot Johnson conj. knott Collins conj. quat Becket conj.

[ 164]: to tune] Q₁. tuning Ff Q₂.

[ 166]: toys] toyles Q₂.

[ 170]: caudle] Q₁. candle Ff Q₂.

[ 172]: to me...by you] Capell. by me...to you Qq Ff. by me...by you Theobald.

[ 176]: men like you, men of inconstancy] Dyce (S. Walker conj.). men like men of inconstancy Qq F₁. men, like men of strange inconstancy F₂ F₃ F₄ (strang F₂). vane-like men of strange inconstancy Hanmer (Warburton). moon-like men of strange inconstancy Steevens (Mason conj.). men, like men of such inconstancy Tieck conj. men-like women of inconstancy Collier conj. men like you, men all inconstancy Lettsom conj. men like women for inconstancy Anon. conj.

[ 178]: love] Love Q₁. (Duke of Devonshire’s copy). Ione Q₁. Ioane Qq F₁ F₂. Joan F₃ F₄. See [note (xiv)].

[ 179]–182: In pruning......limb?] Printed as prose in Qq Ff, corrected by Rowe (ed. 2).

[ 185]: present] presentment Singer. peasant Collier MS.