The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume I

Chapter 54

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p. 190, l. 11 _To find out this Rest._ 1724 ‘To find this Rest’.

p. 190, l. 32 _La Nu. ’Tis he whom I expect._ 1724 gives this speech as prose.

p. 191, l. 10 _whence I fetcht my Gold._ 1724 ‘whence I fetch my Gold’.

p. 191, l. 18 _they are by dark._ 1724 omits.

p. 192, l. 33 _What is’t to be adorn’d._ 1724 ‘What ’tis to be adorn’d’.

p. 193, l. 19 _Wou’d! by Heaven, thou hast._ 1724 gives this as prose, 1681 metrically. I have followed the 4to, attempting a rather better division of the lines.

p. 193, l. 32 _The last indeed._ The first three lines of this speech metrically as 4to 1681. 1724 prints as prose.

p. 194, l. 22 _his Youth and Beauty._ 4to 1681 ‘this Youth and Beauty’.

p. 195, l. 5 _not a Landlady. [bis._ 1724 omits ‘[bis.’

p. 195, l. 18 _La Nu. Left by both!_ 4to 1681 ‘Left by both?’

p. 195, l. 20 _and Beau._ I have added this exit. It is unmarked in 4to 1681 and in 1724.