[1784] too] to't Warburton conj.
[1785] their meat] there meate F1.
[1786] There's ... meals;] Prose in Ff. Five lines, ending that ... pledges ... draught, ... prov'd ... drink, (omitting at meals) in Pope.
[1787] pledges] and pledges Pope.
[1788] draught,] Rowe. draught: Ff.
[1789] him: 't has been proved. If] Rowe. him: 'Tas been proved, if F1 F2 F3 (been F3). him. 'T has been proved, if F4.
[1790] If I] Put in a separate line by Steevens (1793).
If I were a huge] Were I a great Pope.
man,] man now Capell, reading If ... fear as one line.
I should] 'should S. Walker conj., reading as Steevens.