The Merry Wives of Windsor The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [9 vols.] · William Shakespeare
NOTES: II, 1
1: _I_] om. F1. 5: _physician_] Dyce (Johnson conj.). _precisian_ Ff Q3. See note (V). 8: _you_] F1 F3 F4. _yout_ Q3. _your_ F2. 9: _at the least_] _at the last_ F4. _soldier_] F1 Q3 F2. _a soldier_ F3 F4. 19: _an_] om. F3 F4. 20: _with the_] _i’ th’_] F3 F4. 25: _putting_] _pulling_ Jackson conj. _men_] _fat men_ Theobald. _mum_ Hanmer. 28: SCENE II. Pope. 30: _coming_] _going_ Q3. 45: _What? thou liest!_] _What thou liest?_ F1 Q3 F2 F3. _What, thou liest!_ F4. 46: _will hack_] _will lack_ Warburton. _we’ll hack_ Johnson conj. 51: _praised_] Theobald. _praise_ Ff Q3. 55: _place_] _pace_ Capell conj. 55, 56: _Hundredth Psalm_] Rowe. _hundred Psalms_ Ff Q3. 57: _tuns_] Ff Q3. _tun_ Rowe. _tons_ Dyce. 67: _sure_] F1 Q3. _sue_ F2 F3 F4. _nay_ Rowe. 78: _know_] _knew_ F4. _strain_] _stain_ Pope. 97: [They retire] Theobald. 98: SCENE III. Pope. 102-104: Printed as prose in Ff Q3. 103: _one_] _and one_ F4. 104: _the_] F1 Q3. _thy_ F2 F3 F4. _a_ Anon. (N. & Q.) conj. 107: _he_] om. F3 F4. 113, 114: _Away_ ... _sense_] _Away Sir Corporal!_ Nym. _Believe_ ... _sense._ Johnson conj. 117: _hath_] _have_ Q3. 119: _bite_ ... _He_] _bite_--_upon my necessity, he_ Warburton conj. 121: _avouch; ’tis_] F1 Q3 F2. _avouch, tis_ F3 F4.
123: [_and there’s the humour of it_] These words, not found in Ff Q3 are added from Q1 Q2 by Capell. 126: _English_] humour Pope (from Q1 Q2). _his_] _its_ Pope. 128: _drawling, affecting_] F2 F3 F4. _drawling-affecting_ F1 Q3. 133: [Mrs ... forward.] Theobald. SCENE IV. Page and Ford meeting their wives. Pope. 140: _head. Now,_] _head, Now:_ F1. _head, Now,_ Q3. _head. Now:_ F2 F3 F4. _head now_. Johnson. 149: _have_] _would have_ S. Walker conj. 151: SCENE V. Pope. 163: _this_] _his_ Pope. 175: SCENE VI. Pope. 176, 180: _Cavaleiro_] F1 Q3 F2. _Cavalerio_ F3 F4. 184: _my_] om. Rowe 186: _hath_] om. Q3. _he hath_ Warburton. 192-194: This speech is given to Shallow in Ff, to Ford in Q3. 194, 196: _Brook_] (Q1 Q2) Pope. Broome Ff Q3. See note (VI). 197: _An-heires_] F1 Q3 F2. _An-heirs_ F3. _an-heirs_ F4. _mynheers_ Theobald conj. _on, here_ Id. conj. _on, heris_ Warburton. _on, hearts_ Heath conj. _on, heroes_ Steevens conj. _and hear us_ Malone conj. _cavaleires_ Singer (Boaden conj.). _eh, sir_ Becket conj. 207: _hear_] _have_ Hanmer. 209: _stands_] _stand_ F4. 210: _frailty_] _fealty_ Theobald. _fidelity_ Collier MS.
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