The Comedy of Errors The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [9 vols.] · William Shakespeare
NOTES: IV, 4.
SCENE IV.] SCENE VIII. Pope. and the Officer.] Capell. with a Jailor. Ff. 5, 6: _messenger. That ... Ephesus,_] Rowe. _messenger, That ... Ephesus,_ F1 F2 F3. _messenger; That ... Ephesus,_ F4. _messenger, That ... Ephesus:_ Capell. 14: Dro. E.] Off. Edd. conj. 15: _hie_] _high_ F2. 17: _returned_] _come_ Anon. conj. 18: [Beating him.] Capell. [Beats Dro. Pope. om. Ff. 29: _ears_] See note (VII). 38: SCENE IX. Pope. The stage direction ‘Enter ... Pinch,’ precedes line 38 in Ff, and all editions till Dyce’s. Pinch.] a schoolmaster, call’d Pinch. Ff. 40: _the prophecy_] _the prophesie_ F1 F2 F3 F4. _prophesie_ Rowe. _to prophesy_ Dyce. 39-41: _or rather ... talk?_] _or rather, ‘prospice funem,’ beware the rope’s end._ Ant. E. _Wilt thou still talk like the parrot?_ Edd. conj. 41: [Beating him.] [Beats Dro. Ff. 46: _what_] _in what_ Hanmer. 65: _Dined_] _Din’d I_ Theobald. _I din’d_ Capell. 72: _Certes_] Pope. _certis_ Ff. 74: _bear_] _beares_ F1. 75: _vigour_] _rigour_ Collier MS. _his_] _your_ Pope. 83: _master_] _mistress_ Dyce conj. _rag_] _bag_ Becket conj. 84: _not thou_] _thou not_ Capell. 87: _bear_] _do bear_ Pope. _now bear_ Collier MS. 89: _is_] _are_ Rowe. 101: _these false_] Ff. _those false_ Rowe. 102: [Flying at his wife. Capell. Enter ...] The stage direction is transferred by Dyce to follow 105. 106: _me? Thou ... thou,_] Rowe. _me, thou ... thou?_ Ff. 110: [They ... Dro. E.] Edd. om. Ff. 117: [They bind ANT. and DRO. Rowe. 124: _nothing?_] _nothing thus?_ Hanmer, reading as verse. 126: _help, poor_] Theobald. _help poor_ Ff. _idly_] Pope. _idlely_ Ff. 127: _go_] _stay_ Pope. [Exeunt all but ...] Exeunt. Manet ... Ff (after line 128). 129: SCENE X. Pope. 133: _for me_] om. Hanmer. 141: SCENE XI. Pope. 143: [Runne all out. Ff. 144: [Exeunt ...] Exeunt omnes, as fast as may be, frighted. Ff. 150: _saw ... speak us ... give_] F1. _saw ... spake us ... give_ F2 F3 F4. _saw ... spake to us ... give_ Rowe. _saw ... spake us ... gave_ Pope. _see ... speak us ... give_ Capell.
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