A public place near the city. Warburton.
Capell adds: A State with chairs under it.
MARIANA ... stand.] Capell. om. Ff.
PROVOST, OFFICERS] Malone. om. Ff.
4: _thankings_] F1. _thankings be_ F2 F3. _thinkings be_ F4.
_thanks be_ Pope.
5: _We have_] _We"ve_ Pope.
9: _wrong it_] F1. _wrong_ F2 F3 F4.
13: _me_] F3 F4. _we_ F1 F2.
14: _subject_] _subjects_ Theobald.
19: SCENE II. Pope.
... come forward.] Capell. Enter ... Ff.
21: _I would_] _I"d_ Pope.
25: _given_] _give_ F4.
26: Printed as two lines in Ff, ending _wrongs ... brief._ 32: Two lines in Ff, ending _you ... heere._ _Hear me, O hear me, here!_] F3 F4.
_Heare me: oh heare me, heere_ F1 F2. _O hear me here._ Pope.
_O, hear me, hear me!_ Theobald.
35: _By_] om. Pope.
36: _and strange_] F1. om. F2 F3 F4. _and strangely_ Collier MS.
37: _strange, but yet_] _strangely yet_ Collier MS.
42: _it is_] om. Pope.
47: _infirmity_] _infirmiry_ F4.
48: _O prince, I conjure thee,_] _O, I conjure thee, Prince,_ Pope.
_O prince, I do conjure thee,_ Capell.
54, 55: _as absolute As_] F4. _as absolute: As_ F1 F2 F3.
57: _believe it_] _trust me_ Pope.
63: _e"er_] _ne"er_ Capell conj.
_O_] om. Pope.
64: _nor_] _and_ Pope.
65: _inequality_] _incredulity_ Collier MS.
65, 66: _serve To make the truth_] _Serve to make truth_ Pope.
67: _And hide_] _Not hide_ Theobald (Warburton). _And hid,_ Phelps.
67: _that are_] om. Hanmer.
68: Two lines in Ff, ending _reason ... say?_ 73: _Lucio_] _Lucio being_ Hanmer.
74: _As_] _Was_ Johnson.
82: _your honour_] _your honour, sir_ Hanmer.
83: _take heed_] _be sure, take heed_ Hanmer.
_to"t_] _to it_ Capell.
84: _somewhat_] F1. _something_ F2 F3 F4.
91: _Mended_] _Mend it_ Malone conj.
_The matter;_] _The matter then;_ Hanmer. om. Capell.
_The matter? now_ Collier MS.
92: _process_] F1. om. F2 F3 F4.
94: _refell"d_] _repell"d_ Pope.
98: _concupiscible_] _concupiscent_ Pope.
99: _and_] om. Pope.
101: _but the_] om. Pope.
102: _surfeiting_] Theobald. _surfetting_ F1 F2 F3. _forfeiting_ F4.
107: _First_] om. Pope.
108: _Next_] om. Pope.
109: _vehemency_] _vehemence_ Pope.
110-113: Hanmer ends the lines _so ... by ... one ... say._ 111: _He would_] _he"d_ Hanmer.
123: _needs_] om. Pope.
124: _your_] _our_ Pope.
131: _this "s_] _this"_ F1 F2 F3. _this_ F4. _this is_ Rowe.
See note (XXII).
137: _Blessed_] _Bless"d_ Hanmer.
_royal_] om. Hanmer.
142, 143: Hanmer ends the lines _believe ... Lodowick._ 143: _that she speaks of_] F1. _which she speaks of_ F2 F3 F4.
om. Hanmer.
145: _temporary_] _tamperer and_ Johnson conj.
147: _trust_] _truth_ Collier MS. _troth_ Singer.
149: _villanously;_] _villanously he did;_ Hanmer.
152: _strange_] _strong_ S. Walker conj.
154: _"gainst_] F1. _against_ F2 F3 F4.
156: _what he with_] _he upon_ Pope.
157: _And_] _By_ Pope.
158: _Whensoever he"s convented_] _Whenever he"s conven"d_ Pope.
_Whenever he"s convented_ Warburton.
162: [Isabella, &c.] Stage direction to this effect inserted here by Capell. Hanmer, &c. to Johnson place it after line 166, where Ff have: Enter Mariana.
166: _I"ll be impartial_] _I will be partial_ Theobald.
168: SCENE III. Pope.
_her face_] F2 F3 F4. _your face_ F1.
170-178: Printed as four verses by Steevens (Capell conj.).
175: _A widow_] _Widow_ Capell.
177: _Why_] _What_ Capell.
_you are_] F1. _are you_ F2 F3 F4.
186, 167: _husband Knows not_] Ff. _husband knows not_ Pope.
195: _with such a time_] _with such, a time_ Edd. conj.
199: _No?_ om. Hanmer.
202: _he knows_] _he knew_ Hanmer.
213: _my lord_] om. Hanmer.
221: _with her, saw her, nor_] _with, saw, or_ Hanmer.
234: _informal_] _informing_ Hanmer.
235: _mightier_] _mighty_ Pope.
238: _to_] _unto_ Pope. _even to_ Capell.
242: _against_] F1. _gainst_ F2. _"gainst_ F3 F4.
251: _Go_] om. Pope.
255-257: _while ... you; But ... determined Upon_] Spedding conj.
_while Will ... have Well determin"d upon_ Ff.
_while Will ... well Determined upon_ Theobald.
_while Will ... have Determin"d well upon_ Hanmer.
258: SCENE IV. Pope.
275: _would_] F1. _should_ F2 F3 F4.
_she"ll_] F1 F2 F3. _she"ld_ F4. _she"d_ Rowe.
278: Re-enter ...] Enter Duke, Provost, Isabella. Ff (after line 276).
289: Malone supposes a line preceding this to be lost.
290: _and_] _then_ Collier MS.
295: _at least_] _at least I"ll speak_ Hanmer.
296: _fox?_] F2 F3 F4. _fox;_ F1. _fox,_ Dyce.