III. 1. 69. In Boswell's edition (1821) the reading 'its owner stoop' is derived from a misprint of Johnson, who quotes it as the reading of the old editions. Mr Collier incorrectly attributes it to Malone.
[Note XVI.]
III. 1. 133. Pope inserts after this line the following passage, adapted from the old play of The troublesome Raigne of King John:
'Aust. Methinks that Richard's pride and Richard's fall
Should be a precedent to fright you, Sir.
Bast. What words are these? how do my sinews shake!
My father's foe clad in my father's spoil!
How doth Alecto whisper in my ears;
Delay not, Richard, kill the villain strait,
Disrobe him of the matchless monument,
Thy father's triumph o'er the savages—
Now by his soul I swear, my father's soul,
Twice will I not review the morning's rise,
Till I have torn that trophy from thy back,
And split thy heart, for wearing it so long.'
[Note XVII.]
III. 1. 260. Mr Staunton says, in his note on this passage, 'Chafed was first suggested by Mr Dyce.' It is found first in Theobald, who is followed by Hanmer, Warburton, Johnson, and Capell. Steevens, who mentioned it, returned to the old reading, 'cased.'
[Note XVIII.]
III. 1. 280-286. In the first Folio this passage stands thus: