V. 3. 36. This, like all Silence's snatches of song, is printed as prose in the Quarto, and ends shrovetide, be mery, be mery. The Folios print these words in te same line, but with a full stop at Shrovetide. Rowe, and all subsequent editors to Johnson inclusive, printed the last four words as if they were spoken, not sung. Capell corrected the error, and printed, Be merry, be merry, &c. In line 75, the word Samingo is printed as if spoken, and not sung, by all editors down to Malone.
[Note XVI.]
V. 4. 1. 'Sincklo.' See note ([IV].) to The Taming of the Shrew.
Note XVII.
V. 5. 1. The Quarto prefixes the numbers 1, 2, 3, to the first three speeches of this scene. Mr Dyce conjectures that the speech given to the first groom at line 3, might be distributed thus:
'Third Groom. It will be two of the clock ere they come from the
coronation.
First Groom. Dispatch, dispatch.'
[Note XVIII.]
V. 5. 4. It seems probable from the stage-direction of the Quarto, that the king first crossed the stage in procession to his coronation, which is supposed to take place during the dialogue between Falstaff and the others, and that on his second entrance he appeared with the crown on his head.