The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [Vol. 5 of 9] · William Shakespeare
V. 5. 77, 78.
‘Where is that devil’s butcher, Hard-favour’d Richard? Richard, where art thou?’ The reading we have given in the text is that of Steevens, which appears to be nearest the corresponding passage of the Quartos. The first Folio has: ‘Where is that diuels butcher _Richard_? Hard fauor’d _Richard_? _Richard_, where art thou?’ The second Folio: ‘Where is that divels butcher _Richard_ Hard favor’d _Richard_? _Richard_, where art thou?’ The third and fourth put a comma after the first ‘_Richard_,’ the third reading ‘devils,’ the fourth ‘devil’s.’ Rowe follows the Folios. Pope has: ‘where is that Devil’s butcher, Richard? hard-favour’d Richard, where art thou?’ Theobald: ‘where is that Devil-butcher, Richard? hard-favour’d Richard, where art thou?’ Capell: ‘Where is that butcher, Richard? Hard-favour’d Richard? Richard, where art thou?’ V. 6. We have retained the stage direction of the Folios ‘on the walls’ instead of adopting Capell’s alteration ‘a Room in the Tower’, as it seems likely that the mistake lies in the expression ‘another room’ which was retained from the older play, the author forgetting that he had changed the scene to the walls. V. 7. 25. The copy of the first Folio belonging to Lord Ellesmere has in this place ‘add’ for ‘and.’ In line 27, the same copy reads ‘’tis’ for ‘kis,’ which latter is the word found so far as we know in all other copies. V. 7. 30. Steevens says: ‘In my copy of the second Folio, which had belonged to King Charles the First, his Majesty has erased _Cla._ and written _King_, in its stead. Shakespeare, therefore, in the catalogue of his restorers may boast a Royal name.’ The First Part of the Contention of The Two Famovs Houses of _Yorke_ & _Lancaster_, with the death of the good Duke _Humphrey_.
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