'Fri. Now ere the Sun advance his burning eye, &c.'
Pope restored the true arrangement. In the fourth line of the Friar's speech he introduced 'pathway made by Titan's wheels' from the passage as first given in Q2 Q3 F1.
Note VII.
II. 5. 15, 16. The second Quarto reads here:
'M. And his to me, but old folks, many fain as they wer dead,
Vnwieldie, slowe, heauie, and pale as lead.'
And this is followed with slight variations of spelling by the third.
The fourth and fifth omit the M., as do the Folios, which give the passage thus:
'And his to me, but old folkes,
Many faine as they were dead,
Vnwieldie, slow, heauy, and pale as lead.'
Pope omits the lines 'But old folks ... lead,' thinking probably that they are due to interpolation, a supposition which the unmeaning 'M.' in the earlier Quartos seems to confirm.