'The ass, more captain than the lion; and the fellow,
Loaden &c.'
In 1793 he read:
'And th' ass, more captain than the lion; the felon,
Loaden &c.'
This was followed in the Variorum Editions of 1803 and 1813.
Malone (1790) read:
'And the ass, more captain than the lion; the fellow,
Loaden &c.'
and was followed by Boswell (1821).
Mr Knight (1839) returned to the arrangement and readings of the first Folio. Singer (ed. 2) adopted this arrangement, but read 'felon' for 'fellow.' In his first edition he followed the arrangement of the second Folio, reading 'felon.'
Mitford suggests:
'The ass more than the lion, and the felon
Loaden &c.'