p. 72, l. 20 _Ex. severally_. 4to 1677 adds "The End of the Fourth Act."
p. 72, l. 22 _Scene I_. I have numbered this scene.
p. 76, l. 14 _Scene II. Lord Plotwell"s House_. There is no scene division in 4to 1677. I have numbered this scene and added the locale which is evident from the dialogue.
p. 80, l. 5 _Exit_. 4to 1677 omits this stage direction.
p. 82, l. 10 _Scene III_. I have numbered this scene.
p. 82, l. 27 _Look on this face_. I have metrically arranged this. It is obviously verse. 4to 1677 and 1724 print as prose.
p. 94, l. 24 _written by Mr. E.R_. i.e. "Mr. Edward Ravenscroft."
Omitted in 1724.
THE FALSE COUNT.
p. 101 _Dramatis Personae_. I have added to the list "Page to _Carlos_, A little Page to the False Count; Wife to _Petro_."
p. 106, l. 26 _halving_. Omitted by 1724,
p. 109, l. 7 _hither_. Omitted by 1724.
p. 110, l. 36 _easier_. 4to 1697 and 1724 "easilier".
p. 111, l. 11 _Son_. 4tos "Soul".
p. 115, l. 28 _Huswise_. read "Huswife".
p. 116, l. 5 _Just-au-corps_. 4to 1697 "Justicore".
p. 120, l. 29 _He goes out_. 1724 "Exeunt severally."
p. 120, l. 30 Scene II_. I have numbered this scene.
p. 121, l. 34 _Page holding his lanthorn to his face_. Omitted in 1724.
p. 125, l. 20 _Going in_. 4tos 1682 and 1697 read "Goes in." But Carlos, obviously, does not leave the stage at this point.
p. 128, l. 24 _Scene III_. I have numbered this scene.
p. 131, l. 11 _Don Carlos" house_. I have added the locale.
p. 131, l. 26 _dear_. 1724 "dearer".
p. 135, l. 16 _Francisco"s house_. I have added the locale.
p. 135, l. 26 _should_. 1724 "shall".
p. 139, l. 15 _not yet_. 1724 repeats "not yet".
p. 140, l. 2 _froward_. 1724 "forward",
p. 143, l. 21 _They dance_. 4tos add "with Don", which seems unsuitable as the company are seated.
p. 147, l. 22 _Exit Cap_. I have added this necessary direction, not in any previous edition, although all mark his entry again a little later.
p. 152, l. 15 _the body of Francisco_. 4tos 1682 and 1697. 1724 omits "the body of".
p. 156, l. 29 _glout_. 1724 "glut".
p. 158, l. 6 _Mahometan_. 1724 repeats "Mahometan".
p. 158, l. 33 _And wou"d not break_. These two lines, which are obviously metrical, all former editions print as prose.
p. 163, l. 19 _and Mutes attending_. I have added these words as Carlos addresses the mutes a little later in the scene.
p. 163, l. 21 _your_. 1724 "thy".
p. 166, l. 13 _Sir, I"ll warrant_. 1724 omits "Sir".
p. 167, l. 15 _that"s the greatest_. 1724 omits "that"s".
p. 168, l. 30 _Aside_. 1724 omits.
THE LUCKY CHANCE.
p. 177 _The Lucky Chance_. On the t.i.tle of the 4to 1687, we have "This may be Printed, _April 23_, 1686. _R.P_."
p. 183, l. 1 _To The Right Honourable_. This Dedication and the Preface (p. 185) are only found in the 4to 1687. p. 190 _Dramatis Personae_.
have added to the list "_Gingle_, a Music Master; A Post-man; _Susan_, Servant to Sir _Feeble; Phillis, Leticia"s_ Woman."
p. 191, l. 20 _Enter Mr. Gingle_. I have inserted Gingle"s name. All previous editions read "Enter several with Musick."
p. 194, l. 5 _Dudgeon_. 4to 1687 "Dugion".
p. 199, l. 13 _I have had ... Guyneys_. These words have by a curiously gross error been dropped out in all editions save the 4to 1687.
p. 202, l. 30 _all but for_. 1724 omits "but".
p. 203, l. 10 _so, I"ll go_. 1724 "so, and I"ll go".
p. 203, l. 27 _Then then_. All previous editions read "Then thou" which makes no sense. The emendation, if not what Mrs. Behn wrote, is at least grammatical.