Beaumont and Fletcher's Works, Vol. 04 of 10

SCENE VI.

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_Enter Factor_, Rosalure, Lelia, Oriana.

_Fac._ They are come in: Sit you two off, as strangers, There Ladie: where's the boy? be readie, Sirrah, And clear your Pipes, the Musick now: they enter. [_Musick_.

_Enter_ Mirabel, Pinac, _and_ Belleur.

_Pi._ What a state she keeps! how far off they sit from her! How rich she is! I marry, this shews bravely.

_Bel._ She is a lusty wench: and may allure a good man, But if she have a tongue, I'le not give two pence for her: There sits my Fury: how I shake to see her!

_Fac._ Madam, this is the Gentleman.

_Mir._ How sweet she kisses! She has a Spring dwells on her lips: a paradise: This is the Legacie.

SONG.

_From the honor'd dead I bring_ _Thus his love and last offring._ _Take it nobly, 'tis your due,_ _From a friendship ever true._ _From a faith &c._

_Ori._ Most noble Sir, This from my now dead Brother, as his love, And gratefull memory of your great benefit: From me my thanks, my wishes, and my service. Till I am more acquainted I am silent, Only I dare say this, you are truly noble.

_Mir._ What should I think?

_Pin._ Think ye have a handsom fortune, Would I had such another.

_Ros._ Ye are well met Gentlemen, We hear ye are for travel?

_Pin._ Ye hear true, Ladie, And come to take our leaves.

_Lil._ We'll along with ye, We see you are grown so witty by your Journey, We cannot choose but step out too: This Lady We mean to wait upon as far as _Italy_.

_Bel._ I'll travel into _Wales_, amongst the mountains; I hope they cannot find me.

_Ros._ If you go further; So good, and free society we hold ye, We'll jog along too.

_Pin._ Are ye so valiant Lady?

_Lil._ And we'll be merry, Sir, and laugh.

_Pin._ It may be We'll go by Sea.

_Lil._ Why 'tis the only voyage; I love a Sea-voyage, and a blustring tempest; And let all split.

_Pin._ This is a dainty Damosel: I think 'twill tame ye: can ye ride post?

_Lil._ O excellently: I am never weary that way: A hundred mile a day is nothing with me.

_Bel._ I'le travel under ground: do you hear (sweet Lady?) I find it will be dangerous for a woman.

_Ros._ No danger, Sir, I warrant; I love to be under.

_Bel._ I see she will abuse me all the world over: But say we pass through _Germany_, and drink hard?

_Ros._ We'll learn to drink and swagger too.

_Bel._ She'l beat me. Lady, I'le live at home.

_Ros._ And I'le live with thee; And we'll keep house together.

_Bel._ I'le keep hounds first; And those I hate right heartily.

_Pin._ I go for _Turky_, And so it may be up into _Persia_.

_Lil._ We cannot know too much, I'le travel with ye.

_Pin._ And you'l abuse me?

_Lil._ Like enough.

_Pin._ 'Tis dainty.

_Bel._ I will live in a bawdy-house.

_Ros._ I dare come to ye.

_Bel._ Say, I am dispos'd to hang my self?

_Ros._ There I'le leave ye.

_Bel._ I am glad I know how to avoid ye.

_Mir._ May I speak yet?

_Fac._ She beckons to ye.

_Mir._ Lady, I could wish, I knew to recompence, Even with the service of my life, those pains, And those high favours you have thrown upon me; Till I be more desertful in your eye; And till my duty shall make known I honour ye: Noblest of women, do me but this favour, To accept this back again, as a poor testimony.

_Ori._ I must have you too with 'em; else the will, That says they must rest with ye, is infring'd, Sir; Which pardon me, I dare not do.

_Mir._ Take me then; And take me with the truest love.

_Ori._ 'Tis certain, My Brother lov'd ye dearly, and I ought As dearly to preserve that love. But, Sir, Though I were willing, these are but your Ceremonies.

_Mir._ As I have life, I speak my soul.

_Ori._ I like ye. But how you can like me, without I have Testimony, A Stranger to ye.

_Mir._ I'le marry ye immediately, A fair State I dare promise ye.

_Bel._ Yet she'll couzen thee.

_Ori._ Would some fair Gentleman durst promise for ye.

_Mir._ By all that's good.

_Enter_ La-Castre, Nantolet, Lugier, & de-Gard.

_All._ And we'll make up the rest, Lady.

_Ori._ Then _Oriana_ takes ye; nay, she has caught ye; If ye start now let all the world cry shame on ye: I have out travell'd ye.

_Bel._ Did not I say she would cheat thee?

_Mir._ I thank ye, I am pleas'd, ye have deceiv'd me; And willingly I swallow it, and joy in't; And yet perhaps I know ye: whose plot was this?

_Lug._ He is not asham'd that cast it: he that executed, Followed your Fathers will.

_Mir._ What a world's this, nothing but craft, and cozenage!

_Ori._ Who begun, Sir?

_Mir._ Well; I do take thee upon meer Compassion; And I do think, I shall love thee. As a Testimony, I'le burn my book, and turn a new leaf over, But these fine clothes you shall wear still.

_Ori._ I obey you, Sir, in all.

_Nant._ And how! how, daughters! what say you to these Gentlemen? What say ye, Gentlemen, to the Girles?

_Pen._ By my troth--if she can love me.

_Lil._ --How long?

_Pin._ Nay, if once ye love.

_Lil._ Then take me, And take your chance.

_Pin._ Most willingly, ye are mine, Lady: And if I use ye not, that ye may love me.

_Lil._ A Match i' faith.

_Pin._ Why now ye travel with me.

_Ros._ How that thing stands!

_Bel._ It will if ye urge it. 'Bless your five wits.

_Ros._ Nay, 'prethee stay, I'le have thee.

_Bel._ You must ask me leave first.

_Ros._ Wilt thou use me kindly; And beat me but once a week?

_Bel._ If ye deserve no more.

_Ros._ And wilt thou get me with child?

_Bel._ Dost thou ask me seriously?

_Ros._ Yes indeed do I.

_Bel._ Yes, I will get thee with child: come presently, And 't be but in revenge, I'le do thee that courtesie. Well, if thou wilt fear God, and me; have at thee.

_Ros._ I'le love ye, and I'le honour ye.

_Bel._ I am pleas'd then.

_Mir._ This _Wild-Goose Chase_ is done, we have won o' both sides. Brother, your love: and now to Church of all hands; Let's lose no time.

_Pin._ Our travelling, lay by.

_Bel._ No more for _Italy_; for the _Low-Countries_. [_Exeunt._

APPENDIX

_In the following references to the text the lines are numbered from the top of the page, including titles, acts, stage directions, &c., but not, of course, the headline or mere 'rules.' Where, as in the lists of Persons Represented,_ _there are double columns, the right-hand column is numbered after the left._

It has not been thought necessary to record the correction of every turned letter nor the substitution of marks of interrogation for marks of exclamation and _vice-versâ_. Full-stops have been silently inserted at the ends of speeches and each fresh speaker has been given the dignity of a fresh line: in the double-columned folio the speeches are frequently run on. Only misprints of interest in the Quartos and the First Folio are recorded.

ADDENDA TO RECORD OF VARIANTS IN VOL. II.

THE ELDER BROTHER.

p. =450.= p. =5=, l. 38. _Add_ C. p. =9=, l. 40. _Add_ BCD. p. =12=, l. 36. _Add_ BD. l. 40. _Add_ A. p. =13=, l. 9. _Add_ BCD. p. =15=, l. 12. _Add_ B. p. =16=, l. 18. _Add_ A. p. =17=, l. 3. _Add_ A. p. =19=, l. 2. _Add_ B.

p. =451.= p. =21=, l. 9. _Add_ A. p. =23=, l. 37. _Add_ B. p. =24=, l. 2. _Add_ B (some copies), and D. l. 37. _Add_ AB. p. =26=, l. 11. _Add_ ABD. l. 12. _Add_ BCD. p. =29=, l. 15. _Add_ A-C. p. =31=, l. 22. _Add_ B. p. =32=, l. 11. _Add_ A. l. 12. _Add_ A. p. =33=, l. 12. _for_ AB] our read A] you. p. =38=, l. 36. _Add_ C. p. =39=, l. 17. _Add_ A. l. 20. _Add_ B.

p. =452.= p. =42=, l. 2. _Add_ C. l. 20. _Add_ A. p. =43=, l. 9. _Add_ C. l. 17. _for_ A and C, read B and C. p. =44=, l. 30. _Add_ B. p. =47=, l. 15. _Add_ B and C. p. =52=, l. 2. _Add_ A. p. =53=, l. 4. _Add_ CD. p. =56=, l. 11. _Add_ ABD. l. 23. _Add_ B. l. 30. _Add_ B. p. =59=, _Add_ C.

None of the above add anything to the sum of variants, being merely the occurrence of trivial differences (some, undoubted misprints) already recorded in certain Quartos and found to occur in others upon making a collation of a fresh series of Quartos for the purpose of the volumes of notes. They are given here solely to make the record as complete as may be, but it should be stated that some of them are accounted for by the existence of Quartos made up of corrected and uncorrected sheets, i.e. it often happens that not all the copies of a Quarto bearing the same date possess an identical series of sheets.

The following are additions to the sum of the variants already recorded, noted in the collation above referred to.

p. =17=, l. 11. B and C _omit_] they. p. =20=, l. 6. C] so long. l. 40. C] ever be. p. =25=, l. 37. C] fathers likenesse. p. =30=, l. 32. B and C] Their blew. p. =35=, l. 34. B and C] would grow. p. =36=, l. 10. B and C] a meere. p. =40=, l. 24. C _omits_] may. p. =45=, l. 19. B and C _omit_] And. p. =53=, l. 20. A-D] nor threats.

In the Preface to the second volume of the present edition, I used the words 'First Quarto' somewhat loosely to represent indifferently two versions of _The Elder Brother_ both dated 1637, differing very slightly from each other. The phrase has been misunderstood as implying that the editors of this edition were not aware that one of these two Quartos may possibly have been printed a few years later than the other. This is not the case: the opinion, and the evidence adduced in support of it, were known to the editors, but all questions of date, together with all other discussions of like nature, were left to be dealt with in their proper place in the volume or volumes of notes that are to follow the publication of the text. It is a matter of very slight importance, and it is sufficient to state here that one of these two identically dated editions was called A and the other B in the Appendix to volume II for purposes of reference only, just as, in volume I, the two identically dated Quartos of _Philaster_, 1652, were called F and G, respectively, without there being any intention on the part of the editors to express, in either case, any opinion, for the moment, as to which is the earlier or the better of the two. Furthermore, since the text of one of these 1637 Quartos was printed in the Appendix merely in order to show the verse arrangement that prevailed in the early Quartos and not for any other textual purpose, it was a matter of indifference which of the two 1637 Quartos was used.

WIT WITHOUT MONEY.

p. =152=, l. 10 _of text for_ felling _read_ selling. p. =155=, l. 3. A] and a. P. =173=, l. 36. _Add_ A. p. =185=, l. 26. A and B] drinke. p. =192=, l. 6. A and B] see. p. =197=, l. 13. _Add_ A. p. =204=, l. 12. A _omits the second_] put.

THE FAITHFUL SHEPHERDESS.

As in the case of _The Elder Brother_, copies of Quartos dated the same year differ by reason of the inclusion of corrected and uncorrected sheets. This remark applies to the undated 1609/10 Quartos called here A and B and also to C and the later Quartos, e.g. some copies of C have been seen which read (p. =372=, l. 13): _and games_, and some: _and merry games_.

p. =372=, l. 15. _Add_ C. p. =392=, l. 14. _Add_ C. p. =393=, l. 18. _Add_ C. p. =401=, l. 24. _Add_ BCE. p. =404=, ll. 33 and 34. _Add_ C, some copies. p. =405=, l. 17. _Add_ C, some copies. p. =427=, l. 36. _Add_ C, some copies. p. =428=, l. 19. _Add_ C, some copies. p. =429=, l. 31. _Add_ A, some copies. p. =430=, l. 6. _Add_ C, some copies.

None of the above, noticed during a collation of a fresh set of Quartos for the purpose of the notes, add anything to the sum of variants. The following are additions: p. =373=, l. 19 _of text for_ staight _read_ [straight]. p. =390=, l. 27. A] dapple. l. 36. A] Beates against. p. =401=, l. 21. The Quartos print, with variations of roman and italic type, '_Exit. Amaril._ Perigot!' The right reading is probably to regard the last word as Amaryllis's cry for Perigot. By being printed on the same line as the conclusion of Perigot's speech, the two names were printed in the Second Folio as though part of the stage direction. p. =421=, l. 36. A and B] so strange. p. =423=, l. 8. F] the Cradle. p. =427=, l. 7. A-D] women. p. =430=, l. 22. A-C] thee, there will bide. p. =442=, l. 26. F] labouring spring. p. =519=, l. 18. D and F] morality. Since the textual notes in Vol. II were written, the present Editor has seen copies of the undated First Quarto A which do not contain the preliminary verses and address on pp. 521 (2 items) and 522 (2 items).

RULE A WIFE, AND HAVE A WIFE.

Vol. III. pp. 460 and 461.

The following addenda were printed on a slip and affixed as indicated above. They are repeated here in case the slip should become detached.

p. =194=, l. 17. the first. p. =198=, l. 38. mine owne. p. =202=, l. 6. but these. p. =207=, l. 17. you much joy. p. =211=, l. 22. is an. p. =221=, l. 17. Estifanias.

NOTES TO VOL. IV.

THE TRAGEDY OF VALENTINIAN.

A = First Folio. B = Second Folio.

The following variants are in A unless where otherwise stated.

p. =1=, ll. 5-41. Not in A. l. 33. B] Emperous. p. =2=, l. 7. my. l. 12. woman. p. =3=, l. 21. _Omits_ of. p. =4=, l. 24. aske. l. 33. yeare. p. =5=, l. 8. women. l. 20. beare. p. =6=, l. 6. think. l. 36. Beside your sins, or comming but your curses. p. =9=, l. 27. ha's. l. 28. have here. p. =10=, l. 22. B] affectious. l. 30. love ye. p. =11=, l. 5. consider why. l. 8. _Omits_ to be. l. 39. pray. p. =12=, l. 9. pray and depress you. l. 10. ye. l. 20. ever friend. p. =13=, l. 19. Sestertes. p. =16=, l. 15. taintures. p. =17=, l. 23. _Here and often elsewhere_] Lycinus. p. =18=, l. 16. By Heaven Sir, I. l. 34. B] withour. p. =20=, l. 14. ye. l. 18. on me. l. 20. I were. l. 40. marke. p. =22=, l. 24. A and B] II. p. =23=, l. 16. By Heaven a. l. 20. B] Souldier. l. 40. forgive. p. =24=, ll. 3 and 13. Ha's. p. =25=, l. 8. dragma's. p. =26=, l. 10. How now. l. 12. B] to' th. l. 22. A and B] Proclus. p. =27=, l. 24. your guard. p. =28=, l. 28. make ye no. p. =29=, l. 31. Brazen Flowre. p. =30=, l. 5. short Tower. l. 6 (_some copies_), can once more build. p. =31=, l. 15. B] Shold. l. 32. Ladys Gentlewoman. p. =33=, ll. 16 and 38. h'as. 17. _Omits stage direction._ p. =34=, l. 19. and ye to him. l. 25. Ho? p. =35=, l. 3. play againe. l. 9. then now. l. 30. Empires. p. =38=, l. 19. flye me. p. =39=, l. 3. Ye were. l. 4. thither. p. =40=, l. 25. _Omits_ me. p. =41=, l. 11. makes. l. 18. wrong. p. =43=, l. 5. By heaven I. p. =44=, l. 39. made. p. =45=, l. 5. ye. l. 33. A and B _omit_ [Scene II.]. p. =46=, l. 5. _Here and sometimes elsewhere_] Aretius. l. 15. thinks. p. =47=, l. 1. ye aske. l. 9. Cares. l. 17. ye. p. =48=, l. 16. ye. l. 34. my owne. p. =49=, l. 3. whither. l. 24. ye live l. 35 h'ad. l. 36 By heaven he. p. =50=, l. 11. is all the. l. 24. ye. p. =52=, l. 34. toyne with. p. =53=, l. 15. ye. p. =54=, l. 1. Ground under. l. 31. one the. l. 32. Creed. p. =55=, l. 38. By heaven you. p. =56=, l. 16. the gods? to give they. l. 33. B] dangerou. l. 36. fortunes. l. 39. made with. p. =58=, l. 16. goes. p. =59=, ll. 17, 18. _Omits_ Are. Emp. l. 30. B] Æic. make. p. =60=, l. 35. 'a loves. p. =62=, l. 22. 'a so. p. =63=, l. 12. A and B] II. p. =66=, l. 33. slave. l. 34. By heaven he. p. =69=, l. 9. rancks. p. =70=, l. 13. bases. p. =71=, l. 30. Exit. l. 37. B] oversows. p. =72=, l. 3. B] Phil. l. 23. B] Pho. p. =73=, l. 31. B] venegance. p. =74=, l. 6. sun-burnt: Neroe breeds. l. 21. h'as. p. =76=, l. 3. B] Lici. l. 6. B] Lici. l. 7. B] Lyci. l. 14. thy life. l. 17. to her. l. 21. _Omits_ Prince. p. =77=, l. 5. _Omits_ wind. l. 6. I and an. l. 39. A and B _here and often elsewhere_] Eudoxa. p. =78=, l. 31. mirth then laughter. p. =80=, l. 4. and ghests. p. =81=, l. 34. B] vengance. p. =82=, l. 6. Winted againe ... tall masses. p. =83=, l. 16. A and B] 2. l. 38. _Adds stage direction_] _Cæsar flourish._ p. =84=, l. 17. Prescription. p. =85=, l. 5. ha's. l. 25. By'th masse that's. ll. 28 and 33. B] Pan. p. =86=, l. 18. By heaven tis. p. =88=, l. 33. Sen. Semp. =3=. p. =89=, l. 36. Lizus. p. =90=, l. 7. B _prints a full stop after_] here. l. 9. Bellonia's l. 35. honour. p. =91=, l. 3. H'as. l. 28. blush. l. 33. did yet. p. =92=, l. 29. a Mistris.

MONSIEUR THOMAS.

B = Second Folio.

The title-page of the Quarto of 1639 (= =A=) runs as follows:

This Quarto is sometimes met with under the title of _Fathers own Son_.

The title-page is followed in the Quarto by these verses and Richard Brome's letter (see ante, p. 174).

In prayse of the Authour, and his following Poeme.

_'Tis both the life of Action and of wit,_ _When Actors so the fanci'd humours hit,_ _As if 'twixt them and th' Authour there were strife_ _How each to other should give mutuall life._ _The last this wanted not. Invention strayes_ _Here in full many pleasant turning wayes,_ _That like Meanders their curld circles bend,_ _Yet in a smooth streame runne to crowne the end._ _Then 'tis authoriz'd by the Authors name;_ _Who never writ but with such sprightly flame,_ _As if the Muses jointly did inspire,_ _His raptures only with their sacred fire._ _And yet perhaps it did participate_ _At first presenting but of common fate;_ _When ignorance was judge, and but a few_ _What was legitimate, what bastard, knew._ _The world's growne wiser now: each man can say_ _If_ Fletcher _made it 'tis an exc'lent play._ _Thus Poemes like their Authors may be sed,_ _Never to live 'till they have first beene dead._

Rich. Brome.

As neither the Folio nor the Quarto give the dramatis personæ, I print a list of the characters here.

DRAMATIS PERSONÆ. MONSIEUR THOMAS.

Valentine. Francesco, his son. Sebastian. Thomas, his son. Hylas. Sam. Michael. Launcelot, servant of Thomas. Fiddler. Three Physicians. Apothecary, Barber, Sailors, Officers, Servants. Alice, sister of Valentine. Mary, their niece. Cellide. Dorothea, daughter of Sebastian. Abbess of St Katherine's, aunt of Thomas and Dorothea. Nuns. Madge, Kate and Maids.

The variants below are those of A unless otherwise noted.

p. =93=, l. 8. _Omits_ are. p. =94=, l. 13. Genoway. p. =95=, ll. 8 and 16. Ye. l. 11. Yf'. l. 14. Pray. l. 26. lay. p. =97=, l. 14. Pray. p. =98=, l. 9. unto me. p. =99=, l. 11. aske ye. l. 20. much much. l. 36. howsoever. p. =100=, l. 23. my father. l. 26. B] utterring. l. 34. Ye. p. =101=, l. 10. your. l. 13. ye. p. =102=, l. 22. But he. l. 33. h'as. p. =104=, l. 28. Pray. p. =105=, l. 5. Pray. l. 12. His so. p. =107=, l. 28. B] too. p. =110=, l. 10. _gives this line to_ Tho. l. 14. Sant. p. =111=, l. 26. third. l. 39. _Omits_ Law. p. =114=, l. 3. ye, and. l. 29. that tith. l. 32. old road. p. =115=, l. 2. O my. p. =116=, l. 26. Pheses. p. =117=, l. 29. pray. l. 30. _Omits_ Mich. p. =118=, ll. 6 and 7. heaven. p. =119=, l. 8. beautis. l. 24. part: pitiy: p. =120=, l. 4. ye. l. 14. so so. l. 35. those. p. =121=, l. 1. Pray. l. 37. yeare. p. =122=, l. 24. not impudence. p. =123=, l. 24. you not. l. 37. _Blank in Quarto and Folio._ p. =124=, l. 20. unaculate. p. =125=, l. 16. A _and_ B _give this line to_ Cell., _but it is, apparently, a part of_ Val's. _speech_. l. 40. _The Quarto gives this line to_ Cell. p. =126=, l. 8. B] minds. p. =127=, l. 10. the patent. p. =128=, l. 34. bread. p. =130=, l. 11. shall findeia. p. =132=, l. 8. cureless disobedience. l. 12. yo' know. l. 24. spilt. p. =133=, l. 34. these eyes. B _omits_] eyes. p. =134=, l. 1 B] hunsup. l. 9. And a. l. 35. wrong. l. 37. So will. p. =135=, l. 2. toth'. l. 3. please you. l. 5. your. p. =137=, l. 15. down down adown. l. 24. hang. l. 23. _This line belongs probably to_ Maid _rather than to_ Lan. p. =140=, l. 20. _Omits_ a. p. =141=, ll. 10 and 18. a bed. p. =144=, l. 26. _Omits_ to. l. 32. goes. p. =145=, l. 10. Concerning the. l. 16. B] ou. p. =146=, l. 23. _Omits_ Seb. p. =147=, l. 9. may be put. p. =148=, l. 13. yeare. l. 30. O my. p. =151=, l. 9. ha griev'd. l. 20. Beside. l. 30. faith. p. =152=, l. 21. B _punctuates_] singing to them, p. =153=, ll. 11 and 12. Ye. l. 22. thousand. l. 23. Pray. l. 33. quickly, quickly, quickly. p. =154=, l. 1. _Often here and elsewhere prints_ Dol _for_ Dor. l. 20. Bless. l. 21. run thou for. l. 30. vaga'res. p. =155=, l. 3. Pray. l. 10. Nay then. l. 13. _Omits_ good. l. 19. A and B] brains totters. l. 24. B] Gentlewomen. l. 33. has. p. =156=, l. 17. _For_ VIII _reads_ secunda. p. =157=, l. 12. fal so. l. 25. Pray. l. 33. _For_ IX _reads_ Octava. p. =158=, l. 17. Faith. l. 26. _For_ Prima _reads_ Quarta. p. =159=, ll. 23 and 26. ye. l. 23. _Quotation marks have been added to make the sense more clear._ l. 25. _Omits_ Thom. l. 29. be cold. B] Maid. l. 30. do hang for'. p. =160=, l. 4. _Adds a fourth_ devill _before_ O. ll. 12 and 25. O. l. 20. Pray. l. 32. _Omits_ a. l. 37. _Omits_ I. p. =161=, l. 1. _For_ II _reads_ quinta. l. 4. surely melt. l. 8. so sweet. l. 18. B] once once. p. =162=, l. 39. not you spoil. p. =163=, l. 13. state. l. 14. _For_ III _reads_ Sexta. p. =164=, l. 1. _For_ IV _reads_ Septima. l. 10. _For_ V _reads_ Octava. l. 22. heaven. p. =165=, l. 3. made her no. l. 12. _For_ VI _reads_ Nona. p. =166=, l. 1. Nun. l. 29. her's my. p. =167=, l. 10. _For_ VII _reads_ Decima. l. 20. cozens. p. =169=, l. 1. _For_ VIII _reads_ Undecima. l. 10. Francis and Servant and Abbess. p. =170=, l. 20. B] know. p. =172=, l. 18. _Adds, possibly as a stage direction_] known son agen. l. 26. _Adds_ Finis. p. =174=, l. 24. B] lahours.

THE CHANCES.

A = First Folio. B = Second Folio.

The variants below are those of A unless where otherwise stated.

p. =175.= ll. 3-28. _Not in_ A. p. =176=, l. 24. B _omits_] that. l. 36. so blotted. l. 38. wonder ever. p. =178=, l. 2. Pray. p. =179=, l. 25. the stormes. l. 37. _Reads_ 1 _instead of_ 2. p. =180=, l. 9. Bellonia p. =184=, l. 16. A and B] sertle. p. =185=, l. 20. audits lost. p. =187=, l. 9. silence there. l. 21. B] knowledge. p. =188=, l. 26. Don Ferdinand. l. 38. B] though. p. =190=, l. 7. B] truble. l. 20. _Adds after Constantia_] with a Jewell. p. =192=, l. 15. his peeping. l. 32. B] seez'd. p. =193=, l. 26. lyes. l. 39. yee. p. =194=, l. 16. B] is. p. =198=, l. 5. Doest. l. 10. A _prints_ Sing within a little _as a marginal note and omits the song_. p. =199=, l. 32. And taske. p. =202=, l. 12. _Omits stage direction._ l. 27. What a block-head. p. =203=, l. 10. B] Shool. p. =204=, l. 1. is a. l. 5. if a. l. 22. A shall. p. =205=, l. 1. B] know. p. =206=, l. 10. with yee. p. =207=, l. 11. boy too. p. =209=, l. 33. such a. p. =210=, l. 9. _Adds stage direction_] Bowle of wine ready. l. 22. this roperie. p. =211=, l. 5. Clarry ... Clarry. l. 14. rake her. l. 15. B] Authony. l. 18. with yee. p. =212=, l. 19. a horse-back. p. =213=, l. 2. 'Sbloud, to. l. 6. Glister. l. 19. see ye. l. 20. Will it. l. 36. ith'. p. =214=, l. 16. cure ye. l. 26. me up with. p. =215=, l. 29. Yet since. p. =217=, l. 7. fit ye. p. =219=, l. 25. we'll have no. l. 36. How, now. l. 37. 'has. p. =220=, l. 17. whether. p. =221=, l. 10. so fubd. p. =222=, l. 35. B] I'e. p. =223=, l. 15. Bollonia. l. 28. _Omits_ a. p. =225=, l. 23. note. p. =226=, l. 13. _Adds stage direction_] Bawd ready above. p. =227=, l. 6. _Omits_ and. l. 8. B] Petr. l. 12. B] most most. l. 15. B] Petr. ll. 26-33. Not in A. p. =228=, l. 7. B] Petr. l. 15. B] Petr. p. =229=, l. 17. of that? starve nature? l. 30. _Adds stage direction_] Claping of a doore. l. 36. _Adds stage direction_] Cease musick. p. =232=, l. 14. B] Petr. l. 23. must haunt. p. =234=, l. 21. B _omits_] make us tremble? l. 35. B] knowldge. p. =237=, ll. 4 and 5. passe by. l. 32. B] dissov'd. l. 34. A _gives this line to_ Petr. p. =238=, l. 14. 'a comes. l. 21. pray. ll. 34 et seq. A _omits the song._ p. =240=, l. 24. make p. =241=, l. 6. B] to. l. 10. tell ye. l. 12. 'Has. l. 15. She has (_misprint_). l. 17. servant to. p. =242=, l. 15. there? come. p. =243=, l. 21. command ye. l. 24. 'Has been. l. 31. Pray. p. =244=, l. 8. _Omits_ Exeunt. l. 13. Wit as Art. l. 16. Ingenuous. l. 21. A and B] his loud. p. =245=, l. 10. _Adds_ Finis.

THE BLOODY BROTHER.

C = The Second Folio.

Here again copies dated the same year differ in their readings. Three copies of the 1639 Quarto have been collated to supply the readings given below, and three copies also of the 1640 Quarto.

As the verse arrangements differ considerably in A and B I have given those which are of value in B.

p. =246=, ll. 1-6. B] The Tragoedy of Rollo Duke of Normandy. ll. 3 and 4. A _omits these two lines_. l. 7. A] Drammatis Personæ. l. 22. A] L'Fisk. l. 23. A and C] Rufee. l. 35. A _omits_] Women _and places_ Lords _to_ Boyes _after_ Edith.

The _Persons Represented_ are given differently in B, wherein they read as follows on a page facing the beginning of the play.

The Names of the Actors:

Rollo, } _Sonnes to the deceased Duke of Normandy_. Otto, } Aubrey, _Kinsman to Rollo_. Gisbert, } _Two Counsellors of State_. Balwin, } Latorch, _Favorite to Rollo_. Hamond, _Captaine of the Guard_. Allan, _His brother_. Granpree, } _Servants to Rollo_. Verdon, } Trevite, } _Servants to Otto_. Du Prette, } Citizens. } { Cooke. Guard. } { Butler. Servants. } { Pantler. Boyes. } { Yeoman of the Cellar. Russee. } De Bubie. } La-Fiske. } _Cheaters._ Norbret. } Pipeane. } Sophia, _The old Dutchesse_. Matilda, _Her daughter_. Edith, _Daughter to Baldwin_.

'The drinking Song, to the second Act' (see p. 263), is given in A on the verso of the page containing the Dramatis Personæ.

l. 42. B _omits_] Sir. l. 44 etc. B _reads_]

_Gisb._ Tis rather wish'd. For such whose reason doe direct their thoughts Without selfe flattery, dare not hope it _Baldwin_: The fires, etc.,

_continuing as though spoken still by_ Gisb. _and omitting_ Bald. _in_ l. 3, p. =247.=

p. =247=, l. 2. A _adds_] Baldwin _after_ it _and continues as above. After_ l. 9. B _adds_] To heave them up, and these are too well practis'd. l. 11. B] rest to good men proves. l. 12. B _adds char_.] Bald. _before_ And in etc. A _agrees here with_ C. _See above._ l. 18. B] And did. l. 20. A] brother. l. 38. C _misprints_] aud.

p. =248=, _After_ l. 3 B _adds_] Scena 2. Gisbert, Baldwin, Granpree, Verdon. l. 5. B] eldest. l. 6. B _omits_] lads. l. 10. B _for_ your _reads_] the. l. 13. B] hemp. l. 14. B] shall plead. B _adds following line_] Where it shall be concluded, after twelve. l. 31. A] Saulz. B] souse. l. 35. B] all that I. l. 36. B] there's. l. 38. A _omits char_.] Gis.

p. =249=, l. 1. B] which wants. l. 2. B] doe you. _After_ l. 16. B _adds_] Scena 3. l. 32. B _omits_] too. l. 34. B _for_ Manent _reads_] omnes praeter. l. 35. B] ever. l. 37. B] such roots.

p. =250=, _Before_ l. 1. B _adds_] Scena 4. l. 1. B _omits_ Enter to them _and reads_] Aubrey, Gisbert, Baldwin. l. 3. B] That are. l. 6. B] arme. l. 13. B] death to be a. l. 14. B] of his. l. 19. B _omits_] a. l. 24. B] be. l. 25. B] in me. l. 33. B] the. l. 35. B] see those. l. 39. B] any act.

p. =251=, l. 6. B _after_ in _reads here instead of below_] Scena 5. Rollo, Latorch, Trevile, Granpree, Otto, Verdon, Duprete, Gisbert, Baldwin, Aubrey _and gives_ See't confirmd, _etc. to_ Gisb. l. 11. A] whom. l. 25. B] I need it not, and would. l. 28. B] threatning. l. 30. B] then a. l 33. B] oath ... is. l. 38. B _ends the line with_] Nor I.

p. =252=, l. 1. B] see it. l. 10. B] the ... law. l. 11. B] them as I. l 13. B] them then now. l. 15. B] and then. l. 21. B _ends lines at_] grant _and_ out. l. 22. B] To assure innocence. l. 29. B] Such have. l 34. B] my. l. 35. A and B] injustice. l. 40. A and B] At his so.

p. =253=, l. 1. B] merit. ll. 8, 9 and 12. B _ends at_] live, happy, misery, allegeance, mee. l. 9. B] misery. l. 10. B _omits_] He. l. 12. B] respect. l. 13. B] stare ons. l. 14. B] man fencers. l. 33. A and B _omit_] only. l. 38. B] Scaena 6. Sophia, Rollo, Otto and the rest. l 39. B] these.

p. =254=, l. 8. B] obay hers. l. 9. B] those. l. 15. B] wracks. l. 16. B] danger's. l. 17. B] And must. l. 21. B] Are in. l 23. B] are innocent. l. 29. B _ends_ 2 ll.] Syllable, power.

p. =255=, l. 4. B] Takes the authority. l. 24. C] that. l. 37. B] safety not my owne.

p. =256=, l. 6. B] 'tis still. l. 13. B] Whither you can have. l. 15. B _ends_ 2 ll.] desire, keep. l. 23. B] then so to. l. 26. B] which heard my prayers. l. 29. B _omits_] that. l. 30. B] That gave.

p. =257=, l. 8. B] but ev'n now. l. 18. A and B] presidents. l. 19. B] worst act. l. 21. B] The Scene of. l. 25. B] starre. l. 26. B] a hundred. l. 32. B] throw down their. l. 33. B _ends_ 2 ll.] joy, eyes.

p. =258=, ll. 7 and 8. B _adds after_ ones]

_Soph._ Supported thus I am secure O sonnes, This is your Mothers triumph.

_Exeunt omnes praet. Granpre, Verdon, Trevile, Dupr._

_Rollo._ You deserve it.

l. 9. B] hop'd for. ll. 18 and 19. B]

... of fraile thoughts All friends, etc.

l. 21. B] Defer till apter. l. 24. B] and that's. l. 29. B _omits_] Actus ... Prima. l. 32. B _ends_ 2 ll.] doe, ease. l. 36. B] it selfe.

p. =259=, l. 4. B] soyling. l. 9. B] of prayer. l. 15. B] you are. l. 22. B] of our. l. 29. B] hath. l. 31. B] kisses, kisses a. l. 38. B] Are like. l. 39. B] The breath.

p. =260=, l. 2. B] So jarres circling in distrusts, distrusts pull down dangers. l. 4. B] them but the Showers. l. 6. B] peece. A] patch. l. 8. B] he tumbles. l. 13. B] disturb him. _Omits_ his peace. l. 15. B] upon you by your. l. 17. B] couch'd Lyon. l. 20. B _omits_] when. l. 24. B] A teare. l. 25. B] Tasting the bloud ... full spirits. l. 29. B _omits_] such a curb. l. 30. B _omits_] To. B] puddle. l. 37. B] yee.

p. =261=, l. 3. B] a peeces. l. 8. B] you are. l. 27. B] friendship. l. 34. B] 'em.

p. =262=, l. 4. B _omits the third_] day. l. 6. B] Body a me I am dry. ll. 8 and 9. B _ends_ 2 ll.] master, eating. l. 11. A and B] ballasse. l. 14. B] Peuh. l. 15. B] yee. l. 16. B] Come sculing. l. 17. B] yee. l. 24. B] maribones. l. 25. B] ye. l. 26. B] plumbes before 'em. l. 27. B] Arion on a dolphin. l. 32. B] ye. l. 34. B] And then sit. l. 36. B] ye.

p. =263=, l. 7. B] Altar heere. l. 10. B] wine in. l. 14. B] paste. l. 16. B] it may. l. 18. B _omits_] drinking. A _adds_] They sing _and gives the song at the beginning of the play, not here_. l. 30. B _adds_] Finis. l. 36. B] choine. l. 37. B] jole.

p. =264=, l. 2. B] And see and yee ... into. l. 3. B] mercy dad. l. 7. B] newes within?

_Lator._ Save ye, Save ye maister, save ye Gentlemen.

l. 11. B] yee. l. 14. B] This daies. l. 17. B] Bring 'em. l. 19. B] though it. l. 32. B] to you. l. 36. B] Yee.

p. =265=, l. 2. B] th' masse. l. 3. B] Hee'l. l. 4. B] doe friends. l. 6. B] ye ... yee. l. 9. B] Pray be. l. 11. B] neither fire. l. 21. C] Pardon's. B] Good god. l. 23. A, _some copies, omits stage direction_. l. 26. A, _some copies_] I imagine. l. 30. B] taste 'em. l. 32. B] pay ye. l. 33. B _omits_] up. l. 34. B] yee. l. 35. B] ye. l. 39. _Some copies of_ A _omit the second_] by you. l. 40. B] ye have.

p. =266=, l. 1. B] yee ... ye ... ye. l. 3. B _omits_] your. l. 8. B] ye are. l. 10. A, _some copies, reads_] All: all: all _omitting_ All _as char_. B _for_ All _char. reads_] Omn. l. 15. B] ye. l. 18. B] we dare. l. 19. B] drawd. l. 21. B] shall I. ll. 21-4. B _ends_ ll. _as verse_] too, rewarded, master, too. l. 22. B _omits_] yet. l. 25. B _divides the line after_ 'twere done. l. 29. A and C _omit_] Yeo. (_char._). _Some copies of_ A _read_] to still. l. 36. B] ye. l. 37. B] stands. l. 39. B] podrilla.

p. =267=, l. 3. B] ye. _After_ l. 3 B _adds_] Or in a galingale a little does it. l. 7. B _adds_] Yeo. sel (_char._) _at beginning of line_. l. 10. B] I never. l. 12. B] yee. l. 16. B] o' my knowledge ... ye. l. 19. B] Shewer. l. 24. B] those papers. l. 27. B] Ho boyes and banquet. l. 29. C] Gispert. l. 30. B] Hamon. B. _omits_] Edith. l. 33. B] for you.

p. =268=, l. 5. B] yee. l. 10. A, _some copies_] furnish. l. 13. B] bower of. l. 18. _Some copies of_ A _omit this line_. l. 22. B] my sweet son. l. 23. B] ye. l. 26. B _ends_ 2 ll.] brother, eate.

p. =269=, ll. 1-3. B _omits these_ ll. l. 5. B] your feaver. l. 7. B] and my. l. 9. B] from such. l. 11. B] his full. l. 12. B] here with base. B _after_ l. 19 _adds a line_] Indeed your loving brother. l. 26. B] hee's maymde. l. 30. B] and feares.

p. =270=, l. 7. C] togue. l. 13. B] you have. l. 18. B] all future. l. 21. B] ye. l. 22. B] upon your. l. 23. B] yee _and, after stage direction, adds line_] Soph. Doe you now perceive your brothers sweetnesse? l. 33. B _omits this line_. l. 34. B] ye. l. 36. B] move backward. l. 37. B] Yee.

p. =271=, l. 6. B] That's. l. 12. B] your selfe up. l. 16. B _adds stage direction_] A Stoole set out. l. 22. C] Sob. (_char._). l. 24. B] tis. l. 26. B] affection. l. 30. B] bonds. l. 31. B] to falshood ever.

p. =272=, l. 3. B] of him. l. 19. B] of all syncerenesse. l. 24. B] His open. l. 25. B _omits_] Which he.

p. =273=, l. 1. B] puffe of. l. 4. B _omits_] readiest. l. 5. B] gainst. l. 6. B] strow. l. 7. B] 'tis. l. 8. B] to encounter ill for ill. l. 21. B] those. l. 22. B] And sit above. ll. 26 and 27. B _ends_ 4 ll.] arm'd, confidence, rage, monster.

p. =274=, l. 3. B _divides the line at_ me. B] put off. l. 5. B] the spoile. l. 18. B _divides the line at_ Latorch. l. 21. C] your. B _divides the line at_ Ha. l. 31. B _divides the line at_ dead. l. 35. B] To bloudy ore. l. 38. B] or powers.

p. =275=, l. 2. B] 'ith. l. 11. B] teach this. l. 12. B] Counsellour. l. 21. B] no ground. l. 28. B] mischiefe. l. 32. B] are both dull. l. 36. B] Power lives. l. 38. B] 'sleft halfe. l. 39. B] these.

p. =276=, l. 4. B] Complaining the. l. 6. B] I shall my Lord. l. 8. B] Rise. l. 16. B] in your. l. 20. B _divides the line at_ addition. l. 22. B] nor your. l. 30. B _divides the line at mad_. l. 33. B _adds stage direction_] He disarms him.

p. =277=, l. 5. A] Survives. l. 10. _Some copies of_ A _for_ with _read_] which. l. 13. B _divides the line at_ well. l. 22. B] ist. l. 24. B] rais'd me. A] raise. l. 28. B _omits_] that. l. 34. B] T' excuse.

p. =278=, l. 1. B _divides the line after the first_ him. l. 4. A] do thy. l. 9. B _omits this line_. l. 18. B _adds_] Exit. l. 24. B _divides the line at_ death. l. 29. B _divides the line at_ excuse. l. 35. B _divides the line at_ Citizens. l. 36. A and B] perswasions. l. 40. B _omits_] here's.

p. =279=, l. 2. B _for_ Sir _reads_] my Lord. l. 3. A] vildely. l. 12. B _divides the line at_ Duke. l. 31. B _omits_] few. l. 35. B _adds_ Sir _after the second_ mercy. l. 39. B] seize mee.

p. =280=, l. 4. B] ye. l. 6. B] ye. _After_ l. 6 B _adds line_] The Prince forgets his fury, why doe ye tug him? l. 7. B] ye. l. 15. B _omits_] that. l. 18. A and B _for_ Nay _read_] No. l. 24. B] stand up thus. l. 39. B] howlings.

p. =281=, ll. 3, 5. B _omits_] And. l. 4. B] I came too. l. 8. B] high heaven. l. 16. B] Enter the Citizens. l. 22. B] be lov'd. l. 26. A and B] makes them. B] made mee. l. 27. B] preserv'd mee. l. 29. B] childrens goods. l. 30. B] prey to. l. 35. B] The Curtian Gulfe.

p. =282=, l. 1. B] that beare. l. 6. B] mine owne. l. 8. A] my own. l. 15. A and B] rest. l. 18. B] oblivions. l. 20. B] For you. l. 24. B] Kinsman. l. 25. A] you. l. 26. A and B] Empery. l. 32. B] the seat. l. 40. B] yee.

p. =283=, l. 4. B] ope them. l. 7. B] Cast off what. l. 21. B] bow't ye. l. 32. B _omits the line_] Scene II. l. 34. B _here and often elsewhere_] Yeo. Seller. B] and Pantler. l. 35. B _omits_] in. A] them. l. 36. B] afore there, Roome there for. l. 37. B] afore ... get no place.

p. =284=, l. 3. B] The'rle. l. 5. B _divides the line at_ Sir. l. 6. B] ift please you. l. 10. B _divides the line at_ boyes. B] Here's e'en enough. l. 11. A and B] Pox. l. 14. A and B] heare Sir? l. 20. B] you sheep Pantler, You peaching rogue. A] peaching. l. 23. A and B] Pray. l. 24. B] Good goodman. l. 30. _A comma has been substituted for a full stop after_ praying. l. 34. A and B] pox. l. 35. B _omits_] if. l. 36. B] yee. l. 37. B] leave too. This. A] leave to, l. 39. B] Ballad.

p. =285=, l. 2. B] penny-pot-Poets. l. 3. B] hang men ever. l. 6. B] yee. l. 7. B] and dispatch. l. 9. B] never. l. 10. B] chose. l. 11. B] They sing. l. 12. C] Forune's. l. 16. B] But this. B _omits_] still. l. 20. B]

As e're did sing three parts in a string, All under the triple tree.

ll. 21 and 35. B _omits_] II. and III. ll. 22 and 23. B _prints these as one line_. ll. 24 and 25. B _prints these as one line_. l. 37. B] Taylor had a stitch in.

p. =286=, l. 1. B _divides this line_ at man. l. 2. B _divides this line at_ can. l. 4. Should come my selfe for to. ll. 6-9. B _prints these after the next song_. l. 6. B] for ye now _and divides following lines thus_.

Farewell ... not Be printed ... head.

B _adds_] Exeunt. ll. 10 and 11. B _omits_] IV. _and_ Pant. l. 12. B] wears. l. 15. B] That am thus chipt because I clipt. _After_ l. 18 B _adds_] Three merry boyes, &c. l. 21. B] to speake to you. l. 22. B _and some copies_ of A] leggs. l. 34. B] it is.

p. =287=, l. 2. B] state. l. 3. B] are faire. l. 4. B] that gin. l. 8. B] nobles on't. ll. 9-13. B _divides thus_] block, to, themselves, service, hold, maister. l. 9. B] them. l. 11. B] If you. l. 13. B] And to the. l. 14. B _omits_] so. l. 15. B] Their ayery fears ... 'em. ll. 15-17. B _divides thus_] 'em, sound, state. l. 22. _A comma has been taken away after_ Do. B] gainst. l. 24. B _divides the line after_ whosoever. B] o' the. l. 25. B _divides the line after_ so. l. 26. B _divides the line after_ heare. l. 27. B _divides the line after_ you. l. 28. B _divides the line after_ hearts. l. 30. B] o'th. l. 35. B] dar'st thou. l. 37. B] the scale. l. 39. B] thine.

p. =288=, l. 1. B] durst ... thought. l. 9. B] neither he can. l. 11. B] whil'st. l. 14. B] unto. l. 26. A and B] a spatious. l. 33. B] in a. l. 35. B _divides the line after_ not. l. 37. B] 'em.

p. =289=, l. 1. B _divides the line after_ brother. l. 2. B _divides the line after_ brother. l. 3. B _divides the line after_ mee. l. 5. B] To upbraid ... I am falne. l. 8. A and B] pray. l. 9. B] the headsman. l. 13. B _divides the line after_ buriall. l. 19. A and B] for so sleight. B] clauses. l. 20. B] Hath still. l. 24. B _omits_] some. l. 25. B] kills. ll. 25 and 26. B _gives back_ Master _to the previous line_. l. 29. B] here's. l. 34. B] And do not. l. 36. B] let 'em. l. 37. B] You make.

p. =290=, l. 5. B] th' unsavorie. l. 10. B] affrights they are no ties. l. 11. B] 'gin. l. 13. B _divides the line after_ hope. l. 17. B] no word more. ll. 18 and 19. B _divides thus_] then, safety, truth, _and reads_ I am ... There is ... blocked up against the. l. 20. B] I doe thank. l. 21. B _divides the line after_ what. l. 22. B] I will so, I assure. l. 23. B] Exeunt omnes praeter Rollo, and Latorch. l. 24. B _divides the line after_ Latorch. l. 25. B _divides the line after_ manners. l. 28. B _divides the line after_ life. l. 30. B] would, he is so. l. 32. B] and he is. l. 35. B] besides. l. 37. B] us so possess. l. 40. A _omits_] at. A, _some copies, reads_ set _for_] felt.

p. =291=, l. 1. A] shaft. l. 12. B _omits_] wish. l. 14. B] be ... [_dots in original_, _i.e. omits_ Secretary] of your delight. l. 16. A] travailes. l. 29. B _divides the line after_ me. l. 34. B] blanck figures. l. 37. B] else Sir offer at. l. 40. B] Another Gentleman.

p. =292=, l. 10. B] compacted. l. 12. B] Automicon. l. 13. B] stooles. l. 19. B] we read there, that Hiarbaes. l. 21. B] wait at the. l. 23. B] wooden Dove. l. 25. B] All these were done Sir by. l. 27. B] your own sphere. l. 28. B] with you ... beleeve you. l. 31. B] know't. l. 35. B _omits_] still. B _adds line_] And accurate forth from them.

p. =293=, l. 2. A] Norbert. l. 4. B] Mine. l. 5. B] Whats that. l. 8. A] thee tooke. l. 13. B] cannot. _After_ l. 18 B _adds line_] I cannot heare your beads knack. l. 23. B] That you. l. 25. B] best on's. l. 32. B] send in a. l. 33. B] o' th. l. 34. B] one of his Boles.

p. =294=, l. 4. A] Souz. B] souse ... yee ... yee. ll. 8 and 9. B] o' your. l. 11. B] bird cal'd. l. 13. B] Element. l. 23. B _omits_] e're. l. 26. B] I' th. l. 28. B] crispt. l. 37. B] O' your. l. 40. B] on us.

p. =295=, l. 1. A] wrists. l. 2. B] you ha' none. l. 3. B] who's. ll. 2-4. B _reads stage direction_] Bells Ring within. | Exit Pip. and enter | againe. l. 8. B _omits stage direction_. l. 10. B] towards. l. 13. B] T'his. l. 14. B] visour. l. 15. B] Enter Latorch and Hamond. l. 17. B _gives_ Business _to the previous line_. l. 18. B] i'th. B _omits_] Exit. l. 21. B] I am. l. 23. B] La Bube. l. 32. A] minutes. l. 33. B] Pray them they will. l. 35. B] heere, heere in a. l. 36. B] fitt' illuminate.

p. =296=, l. 2. B _omits this line_. l. 7. C] neglient. l. 11. B] As may well free 'em. l. 13. B _divides the line after_ Gentlemen. l. 14. B _divides the line after_ hour. l. 20. B] those. l. 22. B] late his. l. 30. B _divides the line at_ is. l. 34. C] Bud. l. 35. B _divides the line after_ then. B and C] intreat, it be. l. 36. B] Ha' you. l. 38. B _divides the line after_ Sir.

p. =297=, l. 1. B _divides the line after_ Marry. l. 8. B] these studies. l. 9. B] was imitated. l. 12. B _omits_] to. l. 14. B _omits this line_. l. 15. B _omits_] him. l. 19. B _divides the line after_ Familiars. l. 25. B _divides the line after_ true. l. 28. B _omits_] a. l. 30. B _divides the line after_ I. l. 34. A _omits_] a. l. 35. B] these, this. l. 36. C] Norbert. l. 37. B] your. l. 38. B] see 't.

p. =298.= _After_ l. 3 B _adds line_] At twenty one degrees the latitude. l. 7. B] see 't. l. 8. B] they are. l. 9. B _omits_] in. l. 10. A] Fortune. B] fortuna. l. 11. A] twelve. B] twelfe. l. 13. B] i' the fift. l. 15. B] the ascendant. l. 16. B] That joint. l. 17. B] Imum ... exultation. C] Juniu. l. 18. B] Ith'. l. 20. A and B] Almuter. l. 21. B] genitures. l. 23. B] Nasahales, Laell. l. 25. B] o' th. l. 32. A] 'is the. B] Alchocoden. l. 37. B] i' th. l. 38. B] ha told. l. 40. A and B] partly.

p. =299=, l. 3. B] hilage. l. 5. B] you will. l. 7. B _omits_] in. l. 9. A and B] Algell. l. 14. B] Alchocoden. l. 30. B] tells not us. l. 31. B] That's. l. 38. B] of bloud. l. 40. A and B] Fart. B _divides the line after_ reverence.

p. =300=, l. 7. B] He's. l. 16. B] you shall. l. 18. B] inth'. l. 21. B] there not wait your. A] your. C] you. l. 22. B] on't. l. 24. B _omits the line_] Scene III. l. 25. A and B _omit_] and.

p. =301=, l. 4. C _omits_] be. l. 5. B] fame. l. 10. B] but for th'. l. 16. A] partiall. l. 25. B] thine. l. 28. B _omits_] Sophia. l. 40. B] have ... now they are.

p. =302=, l. 1. C] desire? l. 5. B] he were fit. l. 11. B] t' hast. l. 13. B] Th' admittance. l. 15. B] leave too. l. 20. B] mine ... with an attracted. l. 23. A and B] Affects thou. l. 24. B] Mine. l. 27. B] They're ... me mine. l. 31. B] worthlesse. l. 36. B] 'Tis.

p. =303=, l. 4. B _gives_ But _to the previous line_. l. 8. B] th' encounters. l. 22. B] thing that runnes. l. 39. B] Rhoane.

p. =304=, l. 1. B _omits this line_. l. 3. B] them. l. 8. B] the house. l. 19. B _omits this line_. l. 22. B] the letters. l. 26. B] nor. l. 29. B] to it.

p. =305=, l. 6. B _omits this line and proceeds with_ Aub.'s _speech_ Tis _etc._ l. 11. B _divides the line after_ first. l. 18. B] for his hate. l. 25. B] base and dye, so sir your pardon. l. 28. B _omits_] a. l. 36. B] know. l. 37. A] do's not know. B] doe not know. C] does know. l. 39. B] where he is.

p. =306=, l. 2. B] in my. l. 5. B] in stormes. l. 17. B _omits the line_] Scene II. l. 18. B] and a boy. A banquet set out. l. 19. B] the ruine. l. 23. A and B] cloud.

p. =307=, l. 4. B] The Song. l. 9. A, _some copies_] being again. l. 12. B] bosome bears. l. 14. B] Are yet of. l. 16. A] Ioy chaines _some copies read_ gay. B] Icy chaines. l. 19. A] Ha's. B] comfort thee. l. 34. B] she got thee. l. 35. B] hath prickt. l. 37. B] th' Arabian.

p. =308=, l. 8. B] any thing, and any thing. l. 9. B] direction. l. 10. B] whilst. l. 12. B] Has. l. 22. B] thee, and yet there is. l. 28. B] They are. l. 32. B _omits_] I. l. 33. A and B] mischiefe. l. 34. B] mens. l. 35. A] sorrowes, made. B] sorrowes minde ... thou learne. l. 40. B _omits this line_.

p. =309=, l. 9. A] upon one. l. 10. B] doe thou not. l. 15. B] and blesse me. l. 20. A] ha's. l. 22. B] doore. l. 25. B _begins_ Rollo's _speech with_ I have etc. l. 32. B _divides the line after the first_ Pray.

p. =310=, l. 3. B _divides the line after_ No. l. 8. A] ha's. B] ha thee. ll. 12-15. B _divides these lines after_ not, villain, not, Him. l. 19. B] I am. l. 20. A] ha's. l. 21. B _divides the line at_ Captain. l. 24. B] comes. l. 26. B] wilt thou. l. 31. A and B] soules. l. 38. A] ha's. l. 39. B _divides the line at_ No. l. 40. B] yee. B _for_ within _reads stage direction_ Sophia, Matilda, Aubrey, and Lords at the doore.

p. =311=, l. 1. B] Yee. l. 2. B] make my way. l. 5. B] let 'em. l. 14. B] May honour. l. 20. C] sacrifie. l. 22. B] mine eyes. l. 23. B] ev'n. l. 26. B] I will. l. 36. B] I am ... then, for though. l. 38. B] Cloyster presently carry.

p. =312=, l. 1. B] faint revenges. l. 6. B] That's. l. 11. B] Should suffer himselfe to be. l. 13. B] mouth's. l. 14. B] on yee. l. 17. B] bent. l. 19. B] crowded too. l. 23. B] Ha dead? my. l. 26. B] Lator. O my fortune, | My maister dead. l. 29. B] mischiefes. l. 35. B] twenty foot. l. 36. B] Lator. Mercy, mercy, 'tis too late fool. Exit Lator. Aub.'s _speech beginning with_ Such _and the stage direction at the end of_ l. 38 _being omitted_. l. 39. B] peeping knaves are those.

p. =313=, l. 2. B] And it like your. ll. 2 and 5. B _divides the lines at_ Mathematicians _and_ Sir. l. 3. B] ye. l. 7. B] yee. l. 9. B] whip 'em. l. 17. B] 'em _and omits the stage direction_. l. 18. B _adds stage direction_] Exeunt Juglers. ll. 27 and 28. B _divides the lines at_ yee (= you) and mee. l. 30. B] service. l. 32. B _omits_] is. l. 33. B] W'are ... that honour. _Omits_ Sir. l. 38. B] Goe sadly. l. 39. B adds] Exeunt. l. 40. B _adds_] Florish. A and B _add_] Finis.

THE WILD-GOOSE CHASE.

This comedy is referred to in the Stationer's address 'to the Readers' in the First Folio (see Vol. I, present edition, p. xiii) as having 'beene long lost.' It was published separately in folio in 1652 and is often bound up with copies of the Folios. The title-page of the 1652 edition runs as follows:

The Dedication and preliminary verses that follow are from the edition of 1652: they were omitted in the Second Folio. In the following variations =A= = 1652 and =B= = the Second Folio.

_THE DEDICATION._

To the Honour'd, Few, Lovers of

_Drammatick Poesie_.

_Noble Spirits!_

It will seem strange to you that we should beg a Pardon from you before you know a Crime committed; But such is our _harsh Fate_, that we shall want as much of your _Mercie_ to the forgiving of this sad presumption of offering to your view these few _poor_ sheets, the _Rich Remains_ of our too-long-since lost Friend, Mʳ _FLETCHER_, as we shall your favourable _Acceptance_, and _Incouragement_ in it. The Play was of so Generall a receiv'd Acceptance, that (he _Himself_ a _Spectator_) we have known him un-concern'd, and to have wisht it had been none of His; He, as well as the _throng'd Theatre_ (in despight of his innate Modesty) Applauding this _rare issue of his Brain_. His _Complacencie_ in his own Work, may be, perhaps no Argument to you of the Goodness of the Play, any more than our _Confidence_ of it; and we do not expect our _Encomium_ can do any thing with you, when the Play it self is so near: That will _commend_ it self unto you. And now Farewell our _Glory_! Farewell your _Choice Delight_, most noble Gentlemen! Farewell th' _Grand Wheel_ that set _Us_ smaller Motions in Action! Farewell the Pride and Life o' th' Stage! Nor can we (though in our Ruin) much repine that we are so little, since _He_ that gave us being is no more.

* * * * *

_Generous Soules!_

'Tis not unknown unto you All, how by a cruell Destinie we have a long time been _Mutes_ and _Bound_, although our Miseries have been sufficiently _Clamorous_ and _Expanded_, yet till this happy opportunitie, never durst vex your open Ears and Hands: But this we're confident of will be the surest Argument for your _Noblesses_. What an Ingenious Person of Qualitie once spake of his _Amours_, we apply to our necessities,

_Silence in Love betrays more Wo_ _Than Words, though ne'r so Wittie:_ _The Beggar that is DUMB, you know,_ _Deserves a DOUBLE PITTIE._

But be the _Comoedie_ at your _Mercy_ as _We_ are. Onely we wish, that you may have the same _Kind Joy_ in _Perusing_ of it, as we had in the _Acting_.

So _Exeunt_

Your Gratefull Servants, _JOHN LOWIN_, } _JOSEPH TAYLOR._ }

On the best, last, and only remaining _Comoedy_ of Mr. _FLETCHER_.

I' _Mun-o'reclowded too! Clear from the Mist!_ _The_ blind _and late_ Heaven's Ey's _Great_ Oculist Obscur'd _with the_ False Fiers _of his Sceme_ _Not halfe those Souls are Lightned by this Theme._ _Unhappy Murmurers that still repine_ _(After th'_ Eclipse _our Sunne doth brighter shine)_ _Recant your False Grief and your True joyes knowe,_ _Your Bliss is Endles as you fear'd your Woe!_ _What Fort'nate_ Flood _is this? what storm of Witt?_ _Oh who would_ live _and not_ orewhelm'd _in it?_ _No more a_ Fatall Diluge _shall be hurl'd,_ _This_ Inundation _hath_ sav'd _the World._ _Once more the Mighty_ FLETCHER _doth arise_ _Roab'd in a Vest, Studded with Starrs and Eyes_ _Of all his former Glories; His last Worth_ _Imbroydered with what yet Light e're brought forth._ _See! in this glad Farewell he doth appeare_ _Stuck with the Constellations of his Sphere,_ _Fearing we num'd fear'd no Flagration_ _Hath curled all his Fyres in this_ one ONE, _Which (as they guard his hallowed Chast Urn)_ _The dull approaching Hereticks do burn._ FLETCHER _at his Adieu Carouses thus_ _To the_ Luxurious Ingenious. _A_ Cleopatra _did of Old out-vie_ _Th' un-numbred dishes of her_ Anthonie _When (He at th' emptie Board a Wonderer)_ _Smiling shee call's for_ Pearl _and_ Vineger; _First pledges Him in's_ Breath, _then at one Draught_ _Swallowes_ Three Kingdomes _off to_ His best Thought. _Hear Oh ye_ Valiant Writers _and subscribe!_ _(His_ Force _set by) y'are_ Conquer'd _by this_ Bribe; _Though you_ Hold out your selves, _He doth commit_ _In this a_ Sacred Treason _on your Witt;_ _Although in Poëms_ desperately Stout, Give up; _This Overture must_ buy you out. _Thus with some Prodigall Us'rer 't doth fare_ _That keepes his Gold still_ veyl'd, _his steel-breast bare,_ _That doth exclude his Coffers all but's Eye_ _And his Ey's Idoll the_ Wing'd Deitie; _That cannot lock his_ Mines _with half the Art_ _As some_ Rich Beauty _doth his_ wretched heart: _Wild at his reall Poverty, and so wise_ _To winne her, turnes Himselfe into a_ Prise. _First startles Her with th'_ Emerald-Mad-lover _The_ Rubie-Arcas; _lest shee should recover_ _Her das'led Thought a_ Diamond _He throwes_ _Splendid in all the bright_ Aspatia's _woes;_ _Then to summe up the_ Abstract _of his store_ _He flings a_ Rope _of_ Pearl _of_ Forty _more._ _Ah see! the_ stag'ring Vertue faints! _which He_ _Beholding, darts his_ Wealth's Epitome, _And now to Consumate her wished Fall_ _Shewes this one_ Carbuncle _that darkens All._

RICHARD LOVELACE.

Mr. FLETCHERS

excellent Play,

THE

_WILD-GOOSE CHASE_.

Me thinkes I see thy _angred ashes_ rise _FLETCHER_; I feel them smarting in my eyes. Methinks thou sayst what would this rimer have He _raises me_, yet _gives my fame a grave_? Me thinkes (like that _Old Moralist's_ Complaint What ill of mine has gain'd this ill mans prayse?) I hear thee say, sure this Play has some taint That this ill Poet gives his withered bayes? Perhaps this good _Philosophers_ life began To make the _ill_ man _good_; As in a man To love the good's a step to being so, Love to thy Muse may be to me so too; Then I shall know how to commend thy Muse When her own self the prayses shall infuse: Till then I must sit down, confess the _wonder_, 'Bove which I _cannot_ go, and, _won't_ go _under_. But where's the prayse (you'l say) to _FLETCHERS_ wit? I would ha giv'n but had no Offering fit. Then let these lines be thought to _FLETCHERS Muse_ Not an _Encomium_, but an _Excuse_.

_NORREYS JEPHSON._

An Epigram upon the long lost and fortunately recovered _WILD-GOOSE CHASE_, and as seasonably bestowed on Mr. _JOHN LOWEN_ and Mr. _JOSEPH TAYLOR_, for their best advantage.

In this late dearth of wit, when _Jose_ and _Jack_ Were hunger-bit for want of fowl and Sack, His nobleness found out this happy meanes To mend their dyet with these _WILD-GOOSE_ scenes, By which he hath revived in a day Two Poets, and two Actors with one Play.

_W. E._

To the incomparable Mr. _FLETCHER_,

upon his excellent Play, The

_WILD-GOOSE CHASE_.

Sole Soul of _Drammas_, thou who only art Whole in the whole, and whole in ev'ry _Part_. Thy _fury_ every scene with spirit warmes, And that same _spirit_ every line _informes_. No _Commas_ ly intranc'd, and rise up sense Three, four lines off, such is thy _Influence_. Thy woords are all _alive_; and thou ne're writ _Things to come to themselves_, nor _Types_ of _Wit_, All lives, and is _fulfill'd_. And for thy _Plot_ When ere we read _we have, and have it not_, And glad to be deceiv'd, finding thy Drift T' excell our guess at every turn, and shift. Some new _Meanders_ still do put us out, Yet find that nearest what we thought _about_. Through all Intriqu's we are securely lead, And all the way we pass w'ave hold 'oth' thread, Which a long while we _feel_ not, till thy Close Winding the _Bottom_ up the _Bottom_ showes.

H. HARINGTON.

On Mr. _FLETCHERS Wild-Goose Chase recovered_.

This sprightly _Posthume_, whom our pious fear Bewail'd as if it an _abortive_ were (And out of sense of that, no _gen'rous breast_ But a forsaken lover's grief exprest) Hath forc'd his way thorough the _pangs_ of _Fate_, And in his _infancy's_ at _mans estate_. Thus that _Fam'd flood_ that's _plung'd_ into a grave For many leagues, at length _exalts_ his wave; Leapes from his Sepulcher, and proudly slides Through's banks in deeper, more expanded tides; Till to his watry Center he hath got By wrigling twines, subtile as _FLETCHER'S plot_. That 'tis a sacred birth from hence we know, It doth by _buriall_ more _glorious_ grow: For Saints by persecution thrive; and none Is Martyr'd, but's _opprest_ into a _throne_. There reign he to Time's end! while we from this, Doe calculate his _Apotheosis_.

JAMES RAMSEY.

p. =314=, ll. 3 and 4. _Omitted in_ A. l. 5. A] Drammatis Personæ.

_Instead of the Actors' names being given in a list separately, they follow the names and descriptions of the characters, thus_:

De-Gard ... Acted by Mr. _Robert Benfield_. La-Castre ... Acted by Mr. _Richard Robinson_. Mirabell ... Incomparably Acted by Mr. _Joseph Taylor_. Pinac ... Admirably well Acted by Mr. _Thomas Pollard_. Belleur ... Most naturally Acted by Mr. _John Lowin_. Nantolet ... Acted by Mr. _William Penn_. Lugier ... Acted by Mr. _Hilliard Swanston_. Oriana ... Acted by Mr. _Steph. Hammerton_. Rosalura } ... {_William Trigg._ Lillia-Bianca } ... {_Sander Gough._ Petella ... Their servant Mr. _Shanck_.

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A young Factor by Mr. _John Hony-man_.

p. =315=, l. 3. B _omits name of character_. l. 12. A _omits_] a. p. =316=, l. 11. A _omits_] be. p. =320=, l. 19. B] Linguists? l. 25. A] Their very. p. =321=, l. 11. A] th' other. l. 12. A] I am. l. 26. A] ha'st. p. =322=, l. 9. B] you, will so. l. 21. B] Lugien. p. =323=, l. 24. A] Ye. l. 28. A] Pray. l. 34. A] Has. p. =324=, l. 4. B _omits_] Belleur. p. =325=, l. 14. A] this ... Gentlewoman. l. 40. A] gather. p. =326=, ll. 17, 19, 20. A] ye ... ye ... ye. l. 27. A] a Nawl. ll. 36 and 40. A] ye ... ye. p. =327=, l. 13. A] Pray. p. =328=, l. 1. A] year. l. 5. B] there. l. 9. A] ore the. l. 10. A] there's. l. 24. A] let that. p. =329=, l. 11. A] 'Pre' thee. l. 18. A] more a welcome. l. 20. A] do'st. p. =330=, l. 10. A _omits_] fain. p. =334=, l. 18. B] de Ca. p. =335=, l. 38. A] loose. p. =336=, l. 19. A] 'May. p. =337=, l. 10. A] told ye enough. l. 39. B] me, p. =338=, l. 14. A] fancie. p. =339=, l. 37. B] Bella fronte. p. =340=, l. 4. A] Germins. l. 22. A] do's. p. =341=, l. 2. A _omits the second_ I. l. 8. B] blurred. p. =342=, l. 7. B] would'd. p. =344=, l. 12. A] y' faith. l. 36. A] sham'd. p. =345=, l. 31. A] Y' faith. p. =346=, l. 38. A] Lelia, Rosaluce. The names of the characters are, throughout both A and B, spelt erratically. p. =349=, l. 4. Lel. _has been altered to_ Lil. _here and elsewhere_. p. =350=, l. 12. B] Travel. l. 16. A] fare. p. =352=, l. 38. A] Loose. p. =356=, l. 4. A] Enter Leverduce, des Lugier, Mr Illiard. [See _Dram._ _Pers._] l. 34. B] Coutrey. p. =358=, l. 30. A] what ye. l. 37. A] been attaint of. p. =359=, l. 4. A _omits_] Exeunt. l. 22. B _misprints char._] Sir. l. 33. A] by ye. p. =361=, l. 18. B _misprints char._] Sir. p. =362=, l. 15. A] need. l. 28. B] mind. p. =363=, l. 13. A] women. l. 27. B] wold. p. =364=, l. 5. A] in mine. ll. 11 and 13. A] ye ... ye. l. 30. A] she is. l. 31. A] you will. l. 37. B] Engllsh. p. =366=, l. 24. A] manner. l. 39. A] say to ye. p. =367=, l. 11. A] counsel. l. 26. A _omits the second_ your. l. 40. A] took not notice. p. =368=, l. 12. A] Cry now instantly. l. 34. A] Gentlewoman. l. 36. B] 2 Wom. p. =369=, l. 25. A] 'pray ye come. p. =370=, l. 15. A] Ye are. p. =371=, l. 17. A] as you. p. =372=, l. 8. A] ye. l. 14. A] you. l. 31. A] ye. p. =373=, l. 4. A] Pray. l. 11. B _omits stage direction_. l. 12. B] do you. A] do not ye. l. 13. A] why a. l. 22. A] she is. l. 25. B _omits_] good. l. 31. A] do'st. l. 32. B _misprints char._] Min. p. =374=, l. 10. A] vild. p. =376=, l. 30. A] seem' stubborn. p. =377=, l. 2. A _omits_] and. p. =379=, l. 9. A] Renegado no. l. 37. B _misprints_] particularey. p. =380=, l. 17. A] this will. l. 32. _A query mark has been added after_ wealthie. p. =381=, l. 7. B _prints_] _Exit_ Alberto. l. 15. A] entirements. p. =382=, l. 32. A] affect. p. =383=, l. 4. B] Perserve. p. =386=, l. 28. A] Rosaluce, Lillia. l. 31. A _prints stage direction_] Musick, then Enter _etc._ p. =389=, l. 14. A] Gentlemen. p. =390=, l. 27. A _adds_] Finis.

END OF VOL. IV.

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CAMBRIDGE: PRINTED BY JOHN CLAY, M.A. AT THE UNIVERSITY PRESS.

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