[294] Scene ii.] Scene iii. Pope

An ante-chamber ...] Theobald.

the Lord] Lord. Ff.

a letter.] Rowe. this letter. Ff.

[295] My lord ... sir.] S. Walker would read horse for horses, sent me for sent, o' th' for of the, o' the' for in the, them for 'em, and print as nine verses, ending me for, ... chosen, ... handsome, ... north, ... London, ... commission, ... reason, ... subject, ... sir.

[296] commission] compulsion Long MS.

[297] sir] om. Collier MS.

[298] I fear ... think.] As verse first by Theobald. As prose in Ff.

[299] my lord] my good lord Hanmer, reading He ... good Lord ... graces as two lines.

[300] doing, ... cardinal:] doing; ... cardinal: Rowe. doing: ... cardinall, Ff.