And he himselfe fled, no man knowes whether.
King. O I crie you mercie, I did mistake,
Ratcliffe reward him, for the blow I gaue him.’
By substituting ‘’Tis’ for ‘My newes is’ in the second line, and ‘Buckingham’s’ for ‘The Duke of Buckinghams’ in the third, the reading of the Quartos might be retained.
NOTE XXII.
[IV. 5. 6–20.] We have followed the Quartos in the arrangement of the lines of this scene. The Folios insert after line 5:
‘So get thee gone: commend me to thy Lord.
Withall say, that the Oueene hath heartily consented
He should espouse Elizabeth hir daughter.’
And in Derby’s last speech they read: