Note return to page 1 1This is meant of the first quarto edition of “The Taming of the Shrew;” for the second was printed from the folio. But the play in this first edition appears certainly to have been a spurious one, from Mr. Pope's account of it, who seems to have been the only editor whom it was ever seen by: great pains has been taken to trace who he had it of, (for it was not in his collection) but without success.

Note return to page 2 2There is yet extant in the books of the Stationers' Company, an entry bearing date—Febr. 12. 1624. to Messrs. Jaggard and Blount, the proprietors of this first folio, which is thus worded; “Mr. Wm. Shakespear's Comedy's History's & Tragedy's so many of the said Copy's as bee not enter'd to other men:” and this entry is follow'd by the titles of all those sixteen plays that were first printed in the folio: The other twenty plays (“Othello, and King John,” excepted, which the person who furnish'd this transcript, thinks he may have overlook'd) are enter'd too in these books, under their respective years; but to whom the transcript says not.

Note return to page 3 3The plays, mark'd with asterisks, are spoken of by name, in a book, call'd—“Wit's Treasury, being the second Part of Wit's Commonwealth,” written by Francis Meres; at p. 282: who, in the same paragraph, mentions another play as being Shakespeare's, under the title of—“Loves labours wonne;” a title that seems well adapted to “All's well, that ends well,” and under which it might be first acted. In the paragraph immediately preceding, he speaks of his “Venus and Adonis,” his “Lucrece,” and his “Sonnets:” This book was printed in 1598, by P. Short, for Cuthbert Burbie; octavo, small. The same author, at p. 283, mentions too a “Richard the third,” written by doctor Leg, author of another play, call'd “The Destruction of Jerusalem.” And there is in the Musæum, a manuscript Latin play upon the same subject, written by one Henry Lacy in 1586: Which Latin play is but a weak performance; and yet seemeth to be the play spoken of by sir John Harrington, (for the author was a Cambridge man, and of Saint John's) in this passage of his “Apologie of Poetrie,” prefix'd to his translation of Ariosto's “Orlando,” Edit. 1591, fol. “and for Tragedies, to omit other famous Tragedies; That, that was played at S. Johns in Cambridge, of Richard the 3. would move (I thinke) Phalaris the tyraunt, and terrifie all tyr&abar;nous minded men, fr&obar; following their foolish ambitious humors, seeing how his ambition made him kill his brother, his nephews, his wife, beside infinit others; and last of all after a short and troublesome raigne, to end his miserable life, and to have his body harried after his death.”

Note return to page 4 insert a star

Note return to page 5 ]dele the star

Note return to page 6 4Vide, p. 2. of this Introduction, and the Table at the end of it.

Note return to page 7 5But see a note at p. 5, which seems to infer that they were fairly come by: which is, in truth, the editor's opinion, at least of some of them; though, in way of argument, and for the sake of clearness, he has here admitted the charge in that full extent in which they bring it.

Note return to page 8 6Some of these alterations are in the quarto's themselves; (another proof this, of their being authentick) as in “Richard II:” where a large scene, that of the king's deposing, appears first in the copy of 1608, the third quarto impression, being wanting in the two former: and in one copy of “2. Henry IV,” there is a scene too that is not in the other, though of the same year; it is the first of act the third. And “Hamlet” has some still more considerable; for the copy of 1605 has these words,—“Newly imprinted and enlarged to almost as much againe as it was, according to the true and perfect Coppie:” Now though no prior copy has yet been produc'd, it is certain there was such by the testimony of this title-page: and that the play was in being at least nine years before, is prov'd by a book of doctor Lodge's, printed in 1596; which play was perhaps an imperfect one; and not unlike that we have now of “Romeo and Juliet,” printed the year after; a fourth instance too of what the note advances.

Note return to page 9 7“Locrine; The London Prodigal; Pericles, Prince of Tyre; The Puritan, or, the Widow of Watling-street; Sir John Oldcastle; Thomas Lord Cromwel; & The Yorkshire Tragedy:” And the imputed ones, mention'd a little above, are these;—“The Arraignment of Paris; Birth of Merlin; Fair Em; Edward III [Subnote: r. Edward III; Fair Em] ; Merry Devil of Edmonton [Subnote: r. Birth of Merlin.] ; Mucedorus; & The two noble Kinsmen:” but in the “Merry Devil of Edmonton,” Rowley is call'd his partner in the title-page; and Fletcher, in the “Two noble Kinsmen.” What external proofs there are of their coming from Shakespeare, are gather'd all together, and put down in the Table; and further it not concerns us to engage: But let those who are inclin'd to dispute it, carry this along with them;—that London, in Shakespeare's time, had a multitude of play-house; erected some in inn-yards, and such like places, and frequented by the lowest of the people; such audiences as might have been seen some years ago in Southwark and Bartholomew, and may be seen at this day in the country: to which it was also a custom for players to make excursion, at wake-times and festivals: and for such places, and such occasions, might these pieces be compos'd in the Author's early time; the worst of them suiting well enough to the parties they might be made for:—And this, or something nearly of this sort, may have been the case too of some plays in his great collection, which shall be spoken of in their place.

Note return to page 10 8It will perhaps be thought strange, that nothing should be said in this place of another edition that came out about a twelvemonth ago, in eight volumes, octavo; but the reasons for it, are these:—There is no use made of it, nor could be; for the present was finish'd, within a play or two, and printed too in great part, before that appear'd: the first sheet of this work (being the first of volume 2.) went to the press in September 1760: and this volume was follow'd by volumes 8, 4, 9, 1, 6, and 7; the last of which was printed off in August 1765: In the next place, the merits and demerits of it are unknown to the present editor even at this hour: this only he has perceiv'd in it, having look'd it but slightly over, that the text it follows is that of it's nearest predecessor, and from that copy it was printed.

Note return to page 11 9But of one of these six, (a “1. Henry IV,” edition 1604) the editor thinks he is possess'd of a very large fragment, imperfect only in the first and last sheet; which has been collated, as far as it goes along with the others: And of the twelve quarto editions, which he has had the fortune to add to those that were known before, some of them are of great value; as may be seen by looking into the Table.

Note return to page 12 10In the manuscripts from which all these plays are printed, the emendations are given to their proper owners by initials and other marks that are in the margin of those manuscripts; but they are suppress'd in the print for two reasons: First, their number, in some pages, makes them a little unsightly; and the editor professes himself weak enough to like a well-printed book: in the next place, he does declare—that his only object has been, to do service to his great Author; which provided it be done, he thinks it of small importance by what hand the service was administer'd: If the partisans of former editors shall chance to think them injur'd by this suppression, he must upon this occasion violate the rules of modesty, by declaring —that he himself is the most injur'd by it; whose emendations are equal, at least in number, to all theirs if put together; to say nothing of his recover'd readings, which are more considerable still.

Note return to page 13 11The divisions that are in the folio are religiously adher'd to, except in two or three instances which will be spoken of in their place; so that, as is said before, a perusal of those old-divided plays will put every one in a capacity of judging whether the present editor has proceeded rightly or no: the current editions are divided in such a manner, that nothing like a rule can be collected from any of them.

Note return to page 14 12If the use of these new pointings, and also of certain marks that he will meet with in this edition, do not occur immediately to the reader, (as we think it will) he may find it explain'd to him at large in the preface to a little octavo volume, intitl'd—“Prolusions, or, select Pieces of ancient Poetry;” publish'd in 1760 by this editor, and printed for Mr. Tonson. [Subnote: The Preface. The novelty of the present attempt, and some peculiarities in the execution of it, require that the reader should be address'd in a few words; first, to apprise him what it is that he may expect to meet with in the volume before him, and, next, to bring him acquainted with the peculiarities above- mention'd. From what editions the several pieces were taken, is very faithfully related at the end of each piece; and the editor thinks he may with confidence affirm, that they are the first, and best, and only ones worth consulting. When a poem was to be proceeded upon, the editions that belong to it were first collated; and with what care, let that minuteness speak which may be seen in the various readings: In the course of this collation it well appear'd, that some one edition was to be prefer'd to the others: that edition therefore was made the ground-work of what is now publish'd; and it is never departed from, but in places where some other edition had a reading most apparently better; or in such other places as were very plainly corrupt, but, assistance of books failing, were to be amended by conjecture: in the first of these cases, the reading that was judg'd best is inserted into the text of the poem, and the rejected reading may be found in it's place at the end; and, in the other, the conjectural reading is inserted likewise, and that upon which it is built is at the bottom of the page: Where the corruption of a passage arose from omissions, — whereby the sense, the versification, or both, were defective, — it is endeavour'd to be amended by the insertion of such word, or words, as seem'd most natural to the place; and all such words are printed in a black letter. Upon this plan, (the merit of which the publick is now to judge of) the text of one edition, the best that could be found, is made the establish'd text of that particular poem; and every departure from it, how minute soever, is at once offer'd to the eye in the most simple manner, without parade of notes which but divert the attention. When the piece shall be gone over, there may chance to be a reader, or two, who will incline to examine the alterations, and bestow a little relection upon the reasons that occasion'd them; which are not always so remote, but that a small degree of it will help him to them; and the discovery, perhaps, may be productive of more pleasure than if in some elaborate note they had been pointed out to him: If, in this or that place, what is added, or alter'd, shall to the man of judgment be not satisfactory, let him discard the addition, or restore the old reading; the one is at hand, the other easily effected: or, if this will not do, let him exert his happier talent in the invention of something better: To aid him in this endeavour, he has all the materials that can be procur'd for him; for, besides the readings that have been spoken of above, he will find at the end of each poem all the other rejected readings of the editions made use of; and, intermix'd with these, are some conjectural ones, being such as were thought to be plausible, but not of force enough to demand a place in the text: these latter readings have no mark given them, the other are distinguish'd by the mark of the edition they belong to; and, in the table before the readings, that which is the better edition is noted by an asterisk. A regard to the beauty of his page, and no other consideration, had induc'd the editor to suspend the operation of his plan in two of the poems, and in some passages of a third; all which must be now accounted for. And, first, in the Induction, the following readings ought in strictness to have been found in the place assign'd to them, viz. the bottom of the page; [Table: 1Kb] p.s.l. 6;2,1.Her iyes swollen 7;1,6.Letheus 9;3,1.the guyde 17;1,2.lookes, 3,7.prynces, his 19;4,3.Greeks 22;3,6.the place dyd and these, in the Nosce teipsum; [Table: 1Kb] p.s.l. 6;2,2.faire, good, 41;5,4.tast, feele, or 45;2,3.now his power 51;5,2.a wit which 59;5,2.heare so 69;4,2.Wherein th'inward being readings in which the copies concur, and foundations of the conjectural: but the number of them in each poem was so small, that it was thought the beauty of the edition would be more consulted, and the convenience of it but little impair'd, by throwing them thus together: In Edward the third, the propos'd plan is in general adher'd to: four rejected readings excepted, which could not be commodiously inserted in their due place by reason of their length: these are, p.12,l.16.Mounta. O sommers day, see where my cousin comes: How fares my Aunt? p.26,l.11.My propper harme should buy your highnes good. These are the vulgar tenders of false men, That never pay the dutie of their words. Kin. Thou wilt not sticke in the first passage, the name of the speaker is put a line too soon; in the second, two lines too late: again, p.48,l.29.cal'd? tell me thy p.74,l.23.If we feare it, why doe we follow it? If we doe fear, how can we shun it? It we doe feare, with feare &c. in one, the middle words are omitted; in the other, the middle line. The plan, and the deviations from it, being thus imparted, it remains that the reader be made acquainted with the determinate force of certain new marks peculiar to this work: their most frequent use is in the drama, to which therefore he will have recourse for examples; some too are in the ballad, which is also dramatic. In the first place, there seem'd to be much want of a particular note of punctuation to distinguish irony; which is often so delicately couch'd as to escape the notice even of the attentative reader, and betray him into error: such a note is therefore introduc'd; being a point ranging with the top of the letter, as the full stop is a point ranging with the bottom: That it is already a note of punctuation in another language so far from a just objection, that it ought rather enforce a use of it in our own. A similar arrangement of a mark, call'd by the printers a dash or break, affords a new distinction: This in present usage is single, and put always in the middle: in this work it is otherwise; ranging sometimes with the top, and then it serves the purposes to which it has been hitherto assign'd; and sometimes with the bottom, and has a new signification: All dramatic works abound in single speeches that pass from one person to another, often to very many; which cannot be understood, unless this point likewise be known and attended to: the mark spoken of is destin'd to this service; wherever it occurs, it denotes constantly a change of the address; if it be at all ambiguous to whom the words are spoken, a name is added; but it is in most cases sufficient to mark where the change begins, and where it ends, if not with the speech; for to persons of the least intelligence the context will speak the rest. A third mark is, the cross: This, when it has one bar only, is significant of a thing shown or pointed to; when two, of a thing deliver'd: and they are severally plac'd exactly at the very word at which it is proper the pointing be made, or the delivery should take effect. The last, and most extensively useful, of the marks introduc'd is, the double inverted comma; which do constantly and invariably denote in this work that the words they are prefix'd to are spoke apart or aside, and have no other signification whatsoever. It is hop'd, that when these new-invented marks are a little consider'd, they will be found by the candid and discerning to be no improper substitutes to those marginal directions that have hitherto obtain'd; which are both a blemish to the page they stand in, and inadequate to the end propos'd. And thus much of the work in general: Something must now be added concerning each of the poems of which it is compos'd, and the reader shall then be dismiss'd to receive his better entertainment from them. The Ballad was certainly written in the beginning of the sixteenth century, and not sooner: the curious in these matters, who shall conceive a doubt of what is here asserted through remembrance of what he has seen advanc'd by a poet of late days, is desir'd to look into the works of the great Sir Thomas More, and, particularly, into a poem that stands at the head of them, and from thence receive conviction; if sameness of rythmus, sameness of orthography, and a very near affinity of words and phrases, be capable of giving it. The Induction will stand in need of somewhat a larger preface, to let the reader into the circumstances that produc'd it: He is then to know, that the book it is taken from is divided into two parts; in the second of which stands this poem, and induction or introduction to the particular history of Henry duke of Buckingham, the accomplice and victim of the third Richard: but it was intended by the author, that it should be a general introduction to all the histories; and that the book should be new cast, beginning with this complaint of Buckingham, and going backward to the conquest: which intention of his was never executed, so that the poem comes in aukwardly enough towards the middle of the second part: The first part was printed by itself in the year 1559; and again in 1563, with addition of the second part; and in the interval between those years was the Induction compos'd: Gorboduc (call'd, in the first edition of it, the tragedy of Ferrex and Porrex) was written within the same period, by this author, Sackvile, and Thomas Norton, jointly. A very great liberty has been taken with this poem by the editor, for which it is proper he should make some apology: what he has done is nothing less than the throwing out of four entire stanzas, and parcel of a fifth; his reason, for that they were so weak, and disgrac'd with other blemishes, that he fear'd they would discourage the reader from perusal of what remains, and prepossess him against the whole: the connection is not destroy'd by the omission; and who shall think it a defect may easily cure it from some old edition, which are nothing scarce. The poem that follows will stand in danger of running into a like disgrace with the reader, by reason of that indelicacy which is but too visible in many parts of it, unless he be first warn'd that it was the general vice of the author's time and shall from that consideration be kindly induc'd to make some allowances: It is likewise a posthumous work, (appearing first in that edition which is at the head of those the editor has consulted) as is evident, among other circumstances, from the following verses, parcel of a collection which preceed the poem; Ecomium of the Wife a Widow.   This perfect creature, to the eastern use,     liv'd, whilst a wife, retir'd from common show;   not that her lover fear'd the least abuse,     but, with the wisest, knew it fitter so:   since, fall'n a widow, and a zealous one,     she would have sacrific'd herself agen;   but, importun'd to life, is now alone     lov'd, woo'd, admir'd, by all wise single men:   which &c. And it's being a posthumous work will account for another imperfection which is noted in the present edition: two of the stanzas (viz. the last in p. 11, and the second in p. 12.) would, perhaps, have been expung'd by the author, had he sent it to the press himself: they are here put between hooks, signifying rejection; and it is recommended to the reader to consider, whether, by so doing, that member of the poem is not abundantly clearer. The pieces that have been mention'd are thrown together, and made a first part, with a view to the reader's further gratification; that he may, with the greater convenience, have the pleasure of observing in them the different state of our language at the beginning, middle, and end, of one and the same century. But what shall be said of the poem that constitutes the second part? or how shall the curiosity be satisfy'd, which it is probable may have been rais'd by the great Name inserted in the title - page? That it was indeed written by Shakespeare, it cannot be said with candour that there is any external evidence at all: something of proof arises from resemblance between the stile of his earlier performances and of the work in question: and a more conclusive one yet from consideration of the time it appear'd in, in which there was no known writer equal to such a play: the fable of it too is taken from the same books which that author is known to have follow'd in some other plays; to wit, Holinshed's Chronicle, and a book of novels call'd the Palace of Pleasure: But, after all, it must be confess'd that it's being his work is conjecture only, and matter of opinion; and the reader must form one of his own, guided by what is now before him, and by what he shall meet with in perusal of the piece itself. The poems in the third part are printed page for page after the old editions: In the margin of those editions there are some scraps of an imperfect and ill - form'd analysis, which cannot by any possibility be thought the production of the great author himself, but of his printer or publisher: it has therefore been presum'd to substitute a compleater, form'd in a small degree upon some parts of the old one; and to place it both in the margin separately, and jointly before the poems, that it may be read and consider'd at one view: These admirable pieces seem to have been compos'd about the year 1596, three years before their publication; which presumption is grounded upon the words of a compliment, that may be seen at p. 16, pay'd to the lord keeper Egerton upon his receiving the seals, which was done in that year. It shall not be conceal'd, that the above remarks, which are chiefly chronological, are made with an eye to certain contrary assertions advanc'd by authors of character; some of which appear to be something more than mistakes, and deserve a name that shall not be given them. Nothing more remains, but that the reader be now requested to treat with indulgence the defects that he will certainly espy in whatever is of the editor's composition; and to regard solely his plan, and his integrity in the pursuit of it: upon them he founds his claim to a favourable reception of the ensuing pieces: The first, and last, will content the most delicate: the play has many striking parts in it, not unworthy of the pen they are suppos'd to come from; and it, at worst, a curiosity of which the greater part of the world has no knowledge: and All answer the editor's chief intent; which was, to exhibit a specimen of what he conceiv'd ought to be found in that work which would truly merit the name of an edition. Jul. 20th, 1759. ]

Note return to page 15 13Though our expressions, as we think, are sufficiently guarded in this place, yet, being fearful of misconstruction, we desire to be heard further as to this affair of his learning. It is our firm belief then,—that Shakespeare was very well grounded, at least in Latin, at school: It appears from the clearest evidence possible, that his father was a man of no little substance, and very well able to give him such education; which, perhaps, he might be inclin'd to carry further, by sending him to a university; but was prevented in this design (if he had it) by his son's early marriage, which, from monuments and other like evidence, it appears with no less certainty, must have happen'd before he was seventeen, or very soon after: The displeasure of his father, which was the consequence of this marriage, or else some excesses which he is said to have been guilty of, it is probable, drove him up to town; where he engag'd early in some of the theatres, and was honour'd with the patronage of the earl of Southampton: his “Venus and Adonis” is address'd to that earl in a very pretty and modest dedication, in which he calls it—“the first heire of his invention;” and ushers it to the world with this singular motto,— Vilia miretur vulgus, mihi flavus Apollo   “Pocula Castalia plena ministret aqua; and the whole poem, as well as his “Lucrece” which follow'd it soon after, together with his choice of those subjects, are plain marks of his acquaintance with some of the Latin classicks, at least at that time: The dissipation of youth, and, when that was over, the busy scene in which he instantly plung'd himself, may very well be suppos'd to have hinder'd his making any great progress in them; but that such a mind as his should quite lose the tincture of any knowledge it had once been imbu'd with, can not be imagin'd: accordingly we see, that this school-learning (for it was no more) stuck with him to the last; and it was the recordations, as we may call it, of that learning which produc'd the Latin that is in many of his plays, and most plentifully in those that are most early: every several piece of it is aptly introduc'd, given to a proper character, and utter'd upon some proper occasion; and so well cemented, as it were, and join'd to the passage it stands in, as to deal conviction to the judicious —that the whole was wrought up together, and fetch'd from his own little store, upon the sudden and without study. The other languages which he has sometimes made use of, that is—the Italian and French, are not of such difficult conquest that we should think them beyond his reach: an acquaintance with the first of them was a sort of fashion in his time; Surrey and the sonnet-writers set it on foot, and it was continu'd by Sidney and Spencer: all our poetry issu'd from that school; and it would be wonderful indeed, if he, whom we saw a little before putting himself with so much zeal under the banner of the muses, should not have been tempted to taste at least of that fountain to which of all his other brethren there was such continual resort: let us conclude then, that he did taste of it; but, happily for himself, and more happy for the world that enjoys him now, he did not find it to his relish, and threw away the cup: Metaphor apart, it is evident—that he had some little knowledge of the Italian: perhaps, just as much as enabl'd him to read a novel or a poem; and to put some few fragments of it, with which his memory furnish'd him, into the mouth of a pedant, or fine gentleman. How or when he acquir'd it we must be content to be ignorant, but of the French language he was somewhat a greater master than of the two that have gone before; yet, unless we except their novelists, he does not appear to have had much acquaintance with any of their writers; what he has given us of it is meerly colloquial, flows with great case from him, and is reasonably pure: Should it he said—he had travel'd for't, we know not who can confute us: in his days indeed, and with people of his station, the custom of doing so was rather rarer than in ours; yet we have met with an example, and in his own band of players, in the person of the very famous Mr. Kempe; of whose travels there is mention in a silly old play, call'd—“The Return from Parnassus,” printed in 1606, but written much earlier in the time of queen Elizabeth: add to this—the exceeding great liveliness and justness that is seen in many descriptions of the sea and of promontories, which, if examin'd, shew another sort of knowledge of them than is to be gotten in books or relations; and if these be lay'd together, this conjecture of his travelling may not be thought void of probability. One opinion, we are sure, which is advanc'd somewhere or other, is utterly so;—that this Latin, and this Italian, and the language that was last mention'd, are insertions and the work of some other hand: There has been started now and then in philological matter; a proposition so strange as to carry it's own condemnation in it, and this is of the number; it has been honour'd already with more notice than it is any ways entitl'd to, where the Poet's Latin is spoke of a little while before; to which answer it must be left, and we shall pass on—to profess our entire belief of the genuineness of every several part of this work, and that he only was the Author of it: he might write beneath himself at particular times, and certainly does in some places; but is not always without excuse; and it frequently happens that a weak scene serves to very good purpose, as will be made appear at one time or other. It may be thought that there is one argument still unanswer'd, which has been brought against his acquaintance with the Latin and other languages; and that is,—that, had he been so acquainted, it could not have happen'd but that some imitations would have crept into his writings, of which certainly there are none: But this argument has been answer'd in effect; when it was said—that his knowledge in these languages was but slender, and his conversation with the writers in them slender too of course: but, had it been otherwise, and he as deeply read in them as some people have thought him, his works (it is probable) had been as little deform'd with imitations as we now see them: Shakespeare was far above such a practice; he had the stores in himself, and wanted not the assistance of a foreign hand to dress him up in things of their lending.

Note return to page 16 14The authenticity of this play stands further confirm'd by the testimony of sir Aston Cockayn; a writer who came near to Shakespeare's time, and does expressly ascribe it to him in an epigram address'd to Mr. Clement Fisher of Wincot; but it is (perhaps) superfluous, and of but little weight neither, as it will be said—that sir Aston proceeds only upon the evidence of it's being in print in his name: we do therefore lay no great stress upon it, nor shall insert the epigram here; it will be found in “The School of Shakespeare,” which is the proper place for things of that sort.

Note return to page 17 15No evidence has occur'd to prove exactly the time these plays were written, except that passage of Jonson's which relates to “Jeronimo;” but the editions we have read them in, are as follows: “Tamburlaine” in 1593; “Selimus,” and “the Wars of Cyrus,” in 1594; and “Soliman and Perseda” in 1599; the other without a date, but as early as the earliest: They are also without name of author; nor has any book been met with to instruct us in that particular, except only for “Jeronimo;” which we are told by Heywood, in his “Apology for Actors,” was written by Thomas Kyd; author, or translator rather, (for it is taken from the French of Robert Garnier) of another play, intitl'd—“Cornelia,” printed likewise in 1594. Which of these extravagant plays had the honour to lead the way, we can't certainly tell, but “Jeronimo” seems to have the best pretensions to it; as “Selimus” has above all his other brethren, to bearing away the palm for blood and murther: this curious piece has these lines for a conclusion;— If this first part Gentles, do like you well, The second part, shall greater murthers tell. but whether the audience had enough of it, or how it has happen'd we can't tell, but no such second part is to be found. All these plays were the constant but of the poets who came immediately after them, and of Shakespeare amongst the rest; and by their ridicule the town at last was made sensible of their ill judgment, and the theatre was purg'd of these monsters.

Note return to page 18 16The particulars that could not well be pointed out below, according to the general method, or otherwise than by a note, are of three sorts;—omissions, any thing large; transpositions; and such differences of punctuation as produce great changes in the sense of a passage: instances of the first, occur in “Love's Labour's lost,” p. 54, and in “Troilus and Cressida,” p. 109 and 117; of the second, in “The Comedy of Errors,” p. 62, and in “Richard III,” p. 92, and 102; and “The Tempest,” p. 69, and “King Lear,” p. 53, afford instances of the last; as may be seen by looking into any modern edition, where all those passages stand nearly as in the old ones.

Note return to page 19 ]NOTE.This last poem was writ by the great Milton; and is here given you as it lies in an edition of that author's poems, printed in 1673, octavo; where it is only inscrib'd,—“On Shakespeare,” and dated—1630. This poem, that immediately before it, and the first— “Upon his Effigies,” are not in the first folio.

Note return to page 20 A.] Signature E, in this copy, contains six leaves; a scene being there added, the first of act the third.

Note return to page 21 B.] These editions contain only the second and third parts of “Henry the sixth,” and are thus intitl'd;—The whole Contention betweene the two famous Houses, Lancaster and Yorke.

Note return to page 22 C.] In all these editions, the play is in two parts.

Note return to page 23 D.] The first of these “Lears” is printed upon eleven sheets; the second, but upon ten and a quarter: signature, next the title-page, of the first, A. 2; of the second, B.

Note return to page 24 This is said, in the title-page, to be an exact copy of the edition that goes before; and has the appearance of being what it professes.

Note return to page 25 4cares

Note return to page 26 3 cares

Note return to page 27 o' the

Note return to page 28 can not,

Note return to page 29 from drowning T. w.

Note return to page 30 to 'glut

Note return to page 31 ling, heath, broom, furze, any &c. O.

Note return to page 32 creatures T.

Note return to page 33 fraighted P. o.

Note return to page 34 naught 1st. F.

Note return to page 35 more, or better P. o.

Note return to page 36 such compassion in 2d. F. r. p.

Note return to page 37 2no soule

Note return to page 38 no Soul lost, R. p. o. w. no foyle, T.

Note return to page 39 an hair's

Note return to page 40 to the bootlesse 2d. F. r. p. o.

Note return to page 41 6And Princesse

Note return to page 42 whom &lblank; whom 2d. F.—

Note return to page 43 so not in the 2d. F. r.

Note return to page 44 20into

Note return to page 45 telling oft, W.

Note return to page 46 Who loving an untruth, and telling't oft, &break; Makes such O.

Note return to page 47 hence is Am&wblank; 2d. F.

Note return to page 48 Millanie, 1st. F.

Note return to page 49 To much ignoble 2d. F. r. p. o.

Note return to page 50 26cride out then

Note return to page 51 10a Butt,

Note return to page 52 tackle, sayle, nor 1st. F. r. p. o.

Note return to page 53 12have quit

Note return to page 54 29(who being

Note return to page 55 10Princesse can

Note return to page 56 be it 2d. F. r.

Note return to page 57 qualities. P.—

Note return to page 58 sometime 1st. F.

Note return to page 59 Bolt-sprit, R.—

Note return to page 60 10Lightning,

Note return to page 61 11Thunder-claps

Note return to page 62 Seem'd P.—

Note return to page 63 dead 2d. F.

Note return to page 64 the mind, and P.—

Note return to page 65 Which is't 2d. F.

Note return to page 66 made no P.— made n. m, serv'd thee

Note return to page 67 To ride upon U.

Note return to page 68 Was gowne 2d. F.

Note return to page 69 human earing

Note return to page 70 years; in which

Note return to page 71 the Sunne that 2d. F.

Note return to page 72 to not in the 1st. F.

Note return to page 73 5but thine, and mine:

Note return to page 74 ferves Offices 2d. F. r.

Note return to page 75 honey-combs, P.—

Note return to page 76 14stroakst me, & made much

Note return to page 77 that did 1st. F.

Note return to page 78 nor kindnes: 2d. F.

Note return to page 79 Tis Isle 2d. F.

Note return to page 80 2Mir. Abhorred

Note return to page 81 will not 2d. F. r. p. o.

Note return to page 82 6thou didst not

Note return to page 83 7Know thine

Note return to page 84 thou wert

Note return to page 85 4beare &break; the burthen,

Note return to page 86 15againe the

Note return to page 87 creept 2d. F.

Note return to page 88 begin: 2d. F.

Note return to page 89 15goes on I

Note return to page 90 made 4th. F.—

Note return to page 91 so urgently? 2d. F.

Note return to page 92 makes a 2d. F.

Note return to page 93 so not in the 2d. F. r. p. o.

Note return to page 94 26there is no

Note return to page 95 7friends, nor this

Note return to page 96 were but W.

Note return to page 97 4Masters

Note return to page 98 Seb. On: Tell. 2d. F. r. p. o.

Note return to page 99 5you'r paid

Note return to page 100 my doublet Sir 2d. F.—

Note return to page 101 5end o'th' beame

Note return to page 102 28Riches, poverty,

Note return to page 103 dowsinesse 2d. F.

Note return to page 104 strage 2d. F.

Note return to page 105 15doubt

Note return to page 106 25She that from

Note return to page 107 26We all were

Note return to page 108 past in prologue 2d. F. r.

Note return to page 109 backe by Naples? 2d. F. r.

Note return to page 110 28And melt

Note return to page 111 ancient Moral, W.

Note return to page 112 Thee'l take 2d. F.

Note return to page 113 mime 2d. F.

Note return to page 114 That's verity. P.—

Note return to page 115 but his fish 2d. F.

Note return to page 116 at' nostrils. 1st. F.

Note return to page 117 well not in the 2d. F. r. p. o.

Note return to page 118 made life a 2d. F.

Note return to page 119 with the new 2d. F. r.

Note return to page 120 very shallow Monster: 2d. F.—

Note return to page 121 'oth Island: 1st. F.

Note return to page 122 But

Note return to page 123 Shamois T. w. Sea-malls O.

Note return to page 124 32set

Note return to page 125 13busie lest

Note return to page 126 busie least, 2d. F. r.

Note return to page 127 that thou art 2d. F. r. p. t. w.

Note return to page 128 your name?

Note return to page 129 What's

Note return to page 130 9then to suffer

Note return to page 131 heart so willing 2d. F. r. p. o.

Note return to page 132 rejoying 2d. F.

Note return to page 133 in thy heart. 2d. F.

Note return to page 134 Thou

Note return to page 135 Ile go farther 1st. F. t.—

Note return to page 136 give thee the 4th. F.—

Note return to page 137 deck't withal. O.

Note return to page 138 reason, &break; And reason 2d. F. r. p.

Note return to page 139 afeard;

Note return to page 140 sometimes 2d. F.—

Note return to page 141 akes: 1st. F.

Note return to page 142 fourth-rights, 1st. F.

Note return to page 143 flatterers: 2d. F.

Note return to page 144 PROSPERO,

Note return to page 145 such Islands; 1st. F.

Note return to page 146 Will't

Note return to page 147 24out of five

Note return to page 148 4up you;

Note return to page 149 Of which your O.

Note return to page 150 14dowle that's in my plumbe

Note return to page 151 fall O.

Note return to page 152 who they O.

Note return to page 153 13mine lov'd

Note return to page 154 a thread of T.—

Note return to page 155 our-strip 2d. F.

Note return to page 156 21my guest, and

Note return to page 157 But not in the 2d. F. r. p.

Note return to page 158 2as 'tis now

Note return to page 159 abstenious 1st. F.

Note return to page 160 the rich 2d. F. r.

Note return to page 161 16twilled

Note return to page 162 tulip'd Brims, R.—

Note return to page 163 brown groves, O.

Note return to page 164 pale-clipt O.

Note return to page 165 short-grass P.—

Note return to page 166 and not in the 1st. F.

Note return to page 167 13charmingly:

Note return to page 168 from all their 2d. F. r. p. o.

Note return to page 169 a wise, 2d. F.

Note return to page 170 Make P.—

Note return to page 171 22Sweet now, silence:

Note return to page 172 winding R.—

Note return to page 173 Why, you O.

Note return to page 174 of their vision 2d. F. r. p. o.

Note return to page 175 you peace. P. o.

Note return to page 176 6thank thee

Note return to page 177 you Cell, 2d. F.

Note return to page 178 taken, are all lost, O.

Note return to page 179 8on them

Note return to page 180 Thou

Note return to page 181 16let's alone

Note return to page 182 From too to 2d. F.

Note return to page 183 have done on't: 2d. F.

Note return to page 184 that thou grinde 2s. F.

Note return to page 185 21Lies at

Note return to page 186 fare the

Note return to page 187 10Line-grove

Note return to page 188 you release: R.

Note return to page 189 runs downe 1st. F.

Note return to page 190 16winters

Note return to page 191 of reed:

Note return to page 192 Passion'd P. o.

Note return to page 193 31doth extend

Note return to page 194 Weak ministers O.

Note return to page 195 3Ayre, and the

Note return to page 196 5boile

Note return to page 197 9fellowly drops

Note return to page 198 entertaine 1st. F.

Note return to page 199 27ly foule

Note return to page 200 faults R.—

Note return to page 201 of thre, 2d. F.

Note return to page 202 whom three 1st. F.

Note return to page 203 12A daughter?

Note return to page 204 in Nalpes 1st. F.

Note return to page 205 scare thinke 2d. F.

Note return to page 206 Their eie doe 2d F.

Note return to page 207 their

Note return to page 208 20Their words

Note return to page 209 makind 2d F.

Note return to page 210 11remembrances,

Note return to page 211 Boatswain,

Note return to page 212 here are more P.—

Note return to page 213 18dead of sleepe

Note return to page 214 24all our trim

Note return to page 215 Ar. This is 1st. F.

Note return to page 216 pick't seisure 2d. F.

Note return to page 217 Monster Corasio. 1st. F.

Note return to page 218 mis-shap'd P.—

Note return to page 219 10grand Liquor

Note return to page 220 19a strange

Note return to page 221 nuptiall 1st. F.

Note return to page 222 starngely 1st. F.

Note return to page 223 for thy successe? 2d. F.

Note return to page 224 To Millaine 1st. F.

Note return to page 225 19I love my

Note return to page 226 metamorphis'd 1st. F.

Note return to page 227 I sheepe? 1st. F.

Note return to page 228 12follow

Note return to page 229 pound, the pinfold.

Note return to page 230 say 1st. F.

Note return to page 231 say 1st. F.

Note return to page 232 at once not in the 2d. F. r. p. o.

Note return to page 233 telling her minde 2d. F.—

Note return to page 234 cestern'd 1st. F.

Note return to page 235 hencefore 2d. F.

Note return to page 236 letter 2d. F.—

Note return to page 237 be gone,

Note return to page 238 are we 2d. F.

Note return to page 239 because

Note return to page 240 The fire that's P.—

Note return to page 241 That

Note return to page 242 you un&wblank; 1st. F.

Note return to page 243 Madame, dinner's ready,

Note return to page 244 to them, minion! O.

Note return to page 245 tried, nor tu&wblank; 2d. F. r. p. o.

Note return to page 246 whether 1st. F.

Note return to page 247 Valentinus, 1st. F.

Note return to page 248 Fathers 1st. F.

Note return to page 249 had lost her 2d. F. r. p. o.

Note return to page 250 Sil. He 2d. F.

Note return to page 251 randon 2d F.

Note return to page 252 there's an 2d. F.—

Note return to page 253 11I come, I come:

Note return to page 254 shew 1st. F.

Note return to page 255 O that the shoe could O.

Note return to page 256 10a would-woman

Note return to page 257 How!

Note return to page 258 happy not in the 2d. F. r. p. o.

Note return to page 259 Know ye 1st. F.

Note return to page 260 know O.

Note return to page 261 18Comes

Note return to page 262 no welcome 2d. F. r.

Note return to page 263 this wel&wblank; 2d. F. r. p. o.

Note return to page 264 hether 1st. F.

Note return to page 265 a worthy a Mis&wblank; 1st. F.

Note return to page 266 too heare 1st. F.

Note return to page 267 praises. 1st. F.

Note return to page 268 least 2d. F.

Note return to page 269 make 1st. F.

Note return to page 270 Rocke 2d. F. r. p.

Note return to page 271 mine then, or 2d. F. r. p.

Note return to page 272 Valentinians 2d. F.

Note return to page 273 dazzled

Note return to page 274 dazel'd so my 2d. F.—

Note return to page 275 13to Padua.

Note return to page 276 Spe. not in the 2d. F.

Note return to page 277 so; not in the 1st. F.

Note return to page 278 Ale-house with R.—

Note return to page 279 sweet-suggesting

Note return to page 280 but their 2d. F. r. p.

Note return to page 281 22thus

Note return to page 282 plot his 2d. F. r. p.

Note return to page 283 3likes

Note return to page 284 with all. 1st. F. r.

Note return to page 285 instances as in&wblank; 2d. F.—

Note return to page 286 answeare 2d. F.

Note return to page 287 that not in 2d. f.

Note return to page 288 whether 1st. F. r.

Note return to page 289 3Lady in Verona here

Note return to page 290 naught 1st. F.

Note return to page 291 it's not 2d. F.

Note return to page 292 If this his 2d. F.

Note return to page 293 Lord should 1st. F.

Note return to page 294 Who wouldst 1st. F.

Note return to page 295 Sirrah,

Note return to page 296 sirrah,

Note return to page 297 7Condition.

Note return to page 298 she is O.—

Note return to page 299 look you, a sweet R.—

Note return to page 300 15Mastership?

Note return to page 301 followes 2d. F.

Note return to page 302 villanie 2d. F.

Note return to page 303 this not in the 2d. F.—

Note return to page 304 haires 2d. F.

Note return to page 305 last not in the 2d. F.—

Note return to page 306 going heavily? 2d. F.—

Note return to page 307 the bolder

Note return to page 308 royall 2d. F.

Note return to page 309 you Grace 2d. F.

Note return to page 310 do not in the 1st. F.

Note return to page 311 esteemes 2d. F. r.

Note return to page 312 in word dis&wblank;

Note return to page 313 deepes, and dance 2d. F. r. p. o.

Note return to page 314 shrinkd 2d. F.

Note return to page 315 you, sir,

Note return to page 316 wealth not in the 2d. F. r. p. o.

Note return to page 317 Whether 1st. F.

Note return to page 318 beene often mis&wblank; 1st. F.

Note return to page 319 things 2d. F.

Note return to page 320 11and Neece, allide

Note return to page 321 Whom in P.—

Note return to page 322 the wildernesse? 2d. F.—

Note return to page 323 shew 2d. F.—

Note return to page 324 shall rest P.—

Note return to page 325 10have I

Note return to page 326 Whom, 2d. F.—

Note return to page 327 turne 2d. F.—

Note return to page 328 what is 2d. F. r. p. o.

Note return to page 329 you are (Rev.)

Note return to page 330 you; not in the 2d. F. r. p. o.

Note return to page 331 ever this 2d. F. r. p. o.

Note return to page 332 in her grave 1st. F.

Note return to page 333 24abhor'd

Note return to page 334 ever not in the 2d. F. r. p. o.

Note return to page 335 reward P.—

Note return to page 336 for their P.—

Note return to page 337 30Madam Silvia

Note return to page 338 sir not in the 1st. F.

Note return to page 339 dog is a

Note return to page 340 boyes 1st. F.

Note return to page 341 know thee, 1st. F.

Note return to page 342 her, not leave 1st. F.

Note return to page 343 20From my Master, Sir

Note return to page 344 easie as 2d. F. r.

Note return to page 345 Dost know

Note return to page 346 is a purse; 2d. F. r. p. 6.

Note return to page 347 as grasse, 2d. F. r. p.

Note return to page 348 mine is high P.—

Note return to page 349 at Patrick's

Note return to page 350 18Thu. 'Tis

Note return to page 351 you say saw 2d. F.

Note return to page 352 sir not in the 1st. F.

Note return to page 353 that pezant 1st. F. t. w.

Note return to page 354 whether 1st. F.

Note return to page 355 where it 2d. F.—

Note return to page 356 aught 1st. F. w.

Note return to page 357 to deceive me 2d. F. r. p. o.

Note return to page 358 Ile move you 2d. F.—

Note return to page 359 now: Thou treach&wblank; 2d. F.—

Note return to page 360 now, not in the 1st. F.

Note return to page 361 2time, most acc&wblank;

Note return to page 362 confound R.—

Note return to page 363 This

Note return to page 364 How

Note return to page 365 14all th' sins

Note return to page 366 long be P.—

Note return to page 367 2Verona shall not hold

Note return to page 368 arrival'd 2d. F.

Note return to page 369 conclude O.

Note return to page 370 and all so&wblank; 2d. F. r. p. t.

Note return to page 371 Falstoffs, 1st. F. Falstoffe 4o.

Note return to page 372 Rotulorum 4o.

Note return to page 373 12hath don't

Note return to page 374 is marrying indeed, 2d. F.

Note return to page 375 three shirts 4o.

Note return to page 376 heare of a 2d. F.—

Note return to page 377 take you viza-ments 2d. F. r. p. o.

Note return to page 378 sword that end P. o.

Note return to page 379 good discretions 2d. F.—

Note return to page 380 master George Page, T.—

Note return to page 381 speakes like 2d. F. r. p. o.

Note return to page 382 the world, 4o.

Note return to page 383 a good motion, 2d. F.—

Note return to page 384 and her father

Note return to page 385 her father

Note return to page 386 and possibilitie 2d. F. r. p. o.

Note return to page 387 Got blesse 2d. F.—

Note return to page 388 heere young 1st. F. 4o.

Note return to page 389 Tut,

Note return to page 390 Latine Fs. 4o. r. p.

Note return to page 391 the base humour P. t. w.

Note return to page 392 in Latten then to: 1st. F. 4o.

Note return to page 393 afore Martlemas? T. o.

Note return to page 394 can you marry 2d. F. r. p. o.

Note return to page 395 more contempt: T.—

Note return to page 396 worship's R.—

Note return to page 397 live a 2d. F. r. p. o.

Note return to page 398 I chuse to eat O.

Note return to page 399 he will draw, he will tap, 2d. F. r. p. o.

Note return to page 400 live. Fs.—

Note return to page 401 hungarian Fs.—

Note return to page 402 conceited? His mind is not heroick, and there's the humour of it. t. w.

Note return to page 403 shee craves 4o.

Note return to page 404 she has all Fs.—

Note return to page 405 he hath a legend of Fs. 4o.

Note return to page 406 20illiads

Note return to page 407 guided my foot: 2d. F. r. p.

Note return to page 408 29Cheators

Note return to page 409 Cheaters 1st. F. 4o.

Note return to page 410 rightly 4o. 2d. F. r. p. o.

Note return to page 411 these golden 1st. F.—

Note return to page 412 10plod away o'th' hoofe

Note return to page 413 plod away ith' hoofe: 1st. F. 4o.

Note return to page 414 honour of the Fs. 4o. r. p.

Note return to page 415 Fulhams hold, O.

Note return to page 416 in my head not in the Fs. 4o. r.

Note return to page 417 32of mine

Note return to page 418 26wee-face

Note return to page 419 Caine-colour'd Fs. 4o. r. t. w.

Note return to page 420 17unboyteene

Note return to page 421 speake? green-a 4o.

Note return to page 422 take your 4o.

Note return to page 423 Villaine, 4o. p.

Note return to page 424 should I 2d. F. r.

Note return to page 425 here is 4o.

Note return to page 426 send-a

Note return to page 427 26ballow mee

Note return to page 428 sitting

Note return to page 429 doe yoe your 1st. F. 4o. do for your 2d. F.—

Note return to page 430 ye. French 1st. F. that French 4o.

Note return to page 431 28good-jer

Note return to page 432 of my door.

Note return to page 433 have scap'd 1st. F.

Note return to page 434 2What an un&wblank;

Note return to page 435 I'th' Devil's R.—

Note return to page 436 of fat men: T. of Mum: O.—

Note return to page 437 was coming Fs. r.—

Note return to page 438 4praise

Note return to page 439 pace

Note return to page 440 9hundred Psalmes

Note return to page 441 (sue more) 2d. F.

Note return to page 442 knew some

Note return to page 443 stain P. o.

Note return to page 444 husband

Note return to page 445 the Galli-mawfry 1st. F. 4o.

Note return to page 446 and there's the humour of it. not in the 1st. F.—

Note return to page 447 frights English out Fs. 4o. r.

Note return to page 448 affected O.

Note return to page 449 thinke) appointed 4o.

Note return to page 450 Broome Fs. 4o. r.

Note return to page 451 Broome Fs. 4o. r.

Note return to page 452 31goe An-heires?

Note return to page 453 go on here? T. go on, hearts? (Rev:)

Note return to page 454 rather have them O.

Note return to page 455 wife's fealty, T. o.

Note return to page 456 open. I will retort the sum in Equipage. t. w.

Note return to page 457 and a thong, P. o.

Note return to page 458 terme of 2d. F.—

Note return to page 459 and such wine O.

Note return to page 460 husband

Note return to page 461 never heede to 4o.

Note return to page 462 This pink W.

Note return to page 463 12ore 'flowes

Note return to page 464 free'd every 4o.

Note return to page 465 brought many 4o.

Note return to page 466 Come to me soon at A & B.

Note return to page 467 Cuckold-rogues 2d. F. r. p. o.

Note return to page 468 a faire woman: 4o

Note return to page 469 be not so dead as I shall make him. A & B.

Note return to page 470 to see thee here,

Note return to page 471 francoyes? A & B.

Note return to page 472 Galien Fs.

Note return to page 473 bully-stale

Note return to page 474 10castallian

Note return to page 475 a Cardalion, O.

Note return to page 476 Castalion-king-Vrinall 1st. F.—

Note return to page 477 of peace; 2d. F.—

Note return to page 478 ah! monsieur O. &break; word not in the Fs. 4o. r. p. o.

Note return to page 479 vill his 4o.

Note return to page 480 30wooe her, Cride-game,

Note return to page 481 woo her. Cry aim, said I well? W.

Note return to page 482 17pittie-ward

Note return to page 483 pitty-wary 2d. F.—

Note return to page 484 will looke 4o.

Note return to page 485 opportunities 2d. F.—

Note return to page 486 sings Fs. r.

Note return to page 487 disposition 2d. F. r. p.

Note return to page 488 Madrigall: 2d. F. r. p.

Note return to page 489 desire 2d. F.—

Note return to page 490 I pray 4o.

Note return to page 491 Vrinal &lblank; Cogs-combe 1st. F.—

Note return to page 492 for missing &c. not in the Fs. 4o. r.

Note return to page 493 Gallia and Wallia, O.

Note return to page 494 Give me thy hand, terrestrial: So: not in the Fs. 4o. r. p. o.

Note return to page 495 Be sure

Note return to page 496 mile,

Note return to page 497 with here for 2d. F.

Note return to page 498 ]Poins;

Note return to page 499 he takes her, 4o.

Note return to page 500 must be briefe, be ready here 4o.

Note return to page 501 Be gone;

Note return to page 502 Go to then

Note return to page 503 of ambition; 4o.

Note return to page 504 (Master Ford) 4o.

Note return to page 505 a tyrant to Fs. 4o. r. p. t o.

Note return to page 506 fixure of 2d. F.—

Note return to page 507 Come,

Note return to page 508 in simpling time: R.—

Note return to page 509 swearing, and 2d. F.

Note return to page 510 Mrs. Ford. Speak louder. [Aside] 'Tis not so, t. w.

Note return to page 511 rather, you had 4o.

Note return to page 512 What John Rugby, John; 4o. O.

Note return to page 513 So now uncouple. O.

Note return to page 514 deceiv'd,

Note return to page 515 foolishion Carion, 1st. F.

Note return to page 516 morrow by eight 2d. F.—

Note return to page 517 Mis. Pag. Heaven 2d. F. r. p. o.

Note return to page 518 at the day of judgment. not in the 2d. F. r. p. o. w.

Note return to page 519 make-a the turd. Sir Hugh. In your Teeth, for Shame. t. w.

Note return to page 520 in my time

Note return to page 521 13Lookes

Note return to page 522 and uncle 4o.

Note return to page 523 you may, your 4o.

Note return to page 524 my wind 2d. F.

Note return to page 525 colours or my 4o.

Note return to page 526 fool, or a O.

Note return to page 527 and given them 4o.

Note return to page 528 13blinde bitches

Note return to page 529 of Mummy. Now is the sack brew'd? t—

Note return to page 530 Yea: a 2d. F.—

Note return to page 531 smells O.

Note return to page 532 three egregious deaths: p.—

Note return to page 533 10with a

Note return to page 534 stew'd is grease 2d. F.

Note return to page 535 that forge

Note return to page 536 pebble.

Note return to page 537 is latten Fs.

Note return to page 538 27Lunaties?

Note return to page 539 1lines

Note return to page 540 at streets end; 2d. F.—

Note return to page 541 birding peece: 4o.

Note return to page 542 disguis'd. How might 2d. F.—

Note return to page 543 and kerchiefe, 4o.

Note return to page 544 him

Note return to page 545 him not in the 1st. F. 4o.

Note return to page 546 the

Note return to page 547 the 1st.F.4o. (v. Err:)

Note return to page 548 had liefe as 1st. F. 4o.

Note return to page 549 32ging

Note return to page 550 asham'd Fs.

Note return to page 551 let him strike 4o.

Note return to page 552 door,

Note return to page 553 you Ragge, 1st. F. you Rag, 2d. F.

Note return to page 554 1Runnion

Note return to page 555 a 'oman Fs.

Note return to page 556 under her muffler. p.—

Note return to page 557 with find & 4o.

Note return to page 558 will still be Fs.—

Note return to page 559 to jest 4o.

Note return to page 560 Enter Host and Bardolph.

Note return to page 561 11Germans desires

Note return to page 562 17call him to

Note return to page 563 a 'oman Fs.—

Note return to page 564 1with gold

Note return to page 565 firm of faith Fs.

Note return to page 566 not extreame 2d. F. r. p.

Note return to page 567 he hath been thrown into the River: 2d. F.—

Note return to page 568 terror 4o.

Note return to page 569 still of midnight 2d. F—

Note return to page 570 26rag'd

Note return to page 571 meet with us. &break; We'll send him word to meet us in the Field, &break; Disguis'd like t.—

Note return to page 572 22like to pinch

Note return to page 573 Mrs. Ford. And till R.—

Note return to page 574 do't.

Note return to page 575 This will P.—

Note return to page 576 in the name 4o. p.

Note return to page 577 Send Quickly T.—

Note return to page 578 And friends 4o.

Note return to page 579 through 2d. F.—

Note return to page 580 8Fal. I may

Note return to page 581 Master fortune 4o.

Note return to page 582 to say my prayers, not in the Fs. 4o. r.

Note return to page 583 fat Falstaffe 1st. F. 4o.

Note return to page 584 26(even strong

Note return to page 585 29tasking of

Note return to page 586 6devote

Note return to page 587 she to deceive?

Note return to page 588 daughter not in 1st.F.4o.

Note return to page 589 9No man meanes

Note return to page 590 26Herne?

Note return to page 591 are couch'd 4o.

Note return to page 592 he will be mock'd. 2d. F. r. p. o.

Note return to page 593 Comfit, 4o.

Note return to page 594 husband. 4o.

Note return to page 595 hates Sluttery. 4o.

Note return to page 596 9Raise up

Note return to page 597 In site as O.

Note return to page 598 Mote fertil-fresh 1st. F. 4o.

Note return to page 599 28Emrold tuffes

Note return to page 600 to your time. &break; Eva. It is right, indeed, he is full of leacheries and iniquity. t. w.

Note return to page 601 mutuall: 4o.

Note return to page 602 husbands? 2d. F.—

Note return to page 603 faire yoakes 1st. F. 4o. t. w. faire Okes 2d. F. r. p. o.

Note return to page 604 21paid to master

Note return to page 605 your belly 1st. F. 4o.

Note return to page 606 in the taunt P.—

Note return to page 607 is slanderous 4o.

Note return to page 608 staring? 2d. F. r.

Note return to page 609 is plummet 4o.

Note return to page 610 a biting affliction. &break; Mrs. Ford. Nay, husband, let that go to make amends: &break; Forgive that Summ, and so we'll all be friends. &break; Ford. Well, here's my hand; all's forgiven at last. t. w.

Note return to page 611 Mis. Ford. Doctors 4o.

Note return to page 612 what hoe! R.—

Note return to page 613 Sonne? How now Sonne? 4o.

Note return to page 614 so,

Note return to page 615 but a postmaster's boy. &break; Eva. Jeshu! Master Slender, can you not see but marry boys? Page. O, I am vext at heart. What shall I do? t. w.

Note return to page 616 in white, and 4o.

Note return to page 617 a Boe; 2d. F. r.

Note return to page 618 17oon Garson, a boy; oon Pesant,

Note return to page 619 must be embrac'd. &break; Eva. [to Fenton, aside.] I will dance and eat plums at your wedding. p. o.—will also dance t. w.

Previous section