West. A conquest for a prince to boast of.'
For, he says, 'In faith' sounds too familiar to be addressed by a subject to his king.
[Note VI.]
I. 2. 56. "Here," says Mr Dyce, "all the old copies, I believe, have '—when thou art a king' &c. but erroneously." Four of the Quartos, the first, second, seventh and eighth, have 'when thou art king,' which is unquestionably the right reading.
[Note VII.]
I. 2. 97. The first and second Quartos read as in the text. The third and following Quartos and the Folios print Poines in italics, as if the words 'Now shall we know ... true man' were spoken by him.
[Note VIII.]
I. 2. 148. Theobald was the first to suggest that Harvey and Rossill were the names of the actors who performed the parts of Peto and Bardolph. But in II. 4. 165, 167, 171 for 'Ross.' which is found in the Quartos the Folios substitute not 'Bard.' but 'Gad.' i.e. 'Gadshill.'