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APPENDIX VI.

LIST OF THE CHIEF DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE EDITION

OF 1594 AND THAT OF THE 1ST EDITION OF

ALEX. DYCE, LONDON, 1850. (Vol. II.)

Ed. A. Dyce, 1850.

Line

Edition of 1594.

[ACT I. Scene i. Cunningham.]

2 Enter Gaueston reading on a letter that was brought from the king ('reading a letter from the king.' Cunningham).

16

18

5

7,8

let me die (for 'lie,' p. 118, col. 1, ed. Cunningham). artick (for arctic').

Tanti: Ile fanne, for 'Tanti; I'll fawn' (as in Cunningham).

'Enter three poor Men' after the words 'what are these?'

23 Sold. (for 3 Man) Farewell, &c.

27

6

171

Porpintine (for porcupine ').

4 [Aside] omitted, like all other Asides' in the play.
My lord, here comes, &c. (for 'By'r lord,' &c.: Čun.
Here comes my lord the king': Dyce).
[Retires] omitted.

7

8, ff.

Enter the King, Lancaster, Mortimer senior, Mortimer junior, Edmund Earl of Kent, Guie Earle of Warwicke, &c. (as in Cunningham, p. 119, col. 1). (N. B. In the rest of the play the two Mortimers are always distinguisht as senior and junior.)

1 for Mowbray' here as elsewhere, is "Mowbery.' Cunningham has 'Moubery.'

22

2, 3

And northward Gaueston, &c. (for 'Lancaster: Cunningham, p. 120, col. 2).

Exeunt Nobiles (for 'Exeunt Nobles': Cun. 'all, except', &c.: Dyce).

'Most of them are of no importance whatever. A superfluous line is recoverd in Act IV. Sc. v. I add a few references to Cunningham's edition. -F. J. F.

[ACT I. Scene ii. Cun.]

Enter both the Mortimer, Warwick, and Lancaster (as
in Cunningham, but with Mortimers ').
after 'and us': Enter the Bishop of Canterbury (for
'Archbishop of Canterbury and a Messenger).
Exit Attendant ('Messenger,' Cunningham): omitted.
Enter the Queene (for Enter Queen Isabella).
oppress'd by (for with: Cunningham, p. 122, col. 1).
[ACT I. Scene iv. Cun.]

Archb of Cant. omitted, so that Mortimer speaks the
line.

[Exeunt] omitted.

Enter Nobiles.

He subscribes, &c., omitted.

Enter the King and Gaveston.

178

7

15

1

7

14

180

8

We will not thus be facst, &c. (for 'faced').
[Attendants remove Gav., &c., omitted.
This Ile (for 'isle ').

be (for 'are ').

7 [Subscribes] omitted.

16

Exeunt Nobiles.

may (for 'make').

[The exchange, &c.] omitted.

6 Circes (for Circe').

21, 22

184

1

185

4

13

194

6

196

Enter the Nobles to the Queene.

2 murtherer (for 'murderer').

thy neck (sic).

imbrotherie (for embroidery': Cunningham, p. 127, col. 1).

6 The conquering Hector (for 'Hercules').

such formal (sic) toys (as in Dyce and Cunningham, 'formal,' of form and ceremony).

Enter the Lady.

Lady (for Niece,' as afterwards).

27 [reads] omitted, as afterwards.

3 But rest thee, &c. (for But' stay' thee).

4 [Puts the letter, &c.] omitted.

11 after done, madam, Exit' (as in Cunningham, p.

128, col. 2).

24 [Exeunt] omitted.

210

12

overstretched, hath (wrongly for break).

made road (for make).

Exeunt Nobiles (for Nobles': Cun. 'Exit with
Y. Mortimer': Dyce).

Enter the Queene, Ladies 3, Baldock and Spencer.
(Also in Sc. iv. Lady for Niece).

:

[ACT II. Scene iv. Cun.]

214 21 [Enter Queene, &c.] omitted.

bella.

your lovers sake' Exeunt omnes, manet Isa

Enter the Barons alarums (same words as in Cunningham. Not in Dyce).

and therefore be gone ('and' is bad).

[Exeunt, &c.] omitted.

17

Exeunt.

[ACT II. Scene v. Cun.]

219

220

223

24

1 Enter the Nobiles.

N. B. In the lines on this page is another division. 23 'short' omitted (as in Cunningham, making the line 9 syllables). These short delays': Dyce. Exit cum servis Pen.

17

226 20, 21

228 229

My 'lovely' Pierce, my Gaveston again: (my, for of).
Enter Hugh Spencer, an old man, father to the yong
Spencer, with the truncheon, and soldiers ('an old
man' inserted).

True, and it like, &c. (and, for an).

Lewne a Frenchman (Lewne for Levune).
[Exit, &c.] omitted.

227 10

2

231

4

kneeles and says (and says' added).

Enter Herald from the Barons, &c. (as in Cunning

ham, p. 137, col. 2).

Messenger (for 'Herald ').

route (for root).

Embrace (for Embraces) Spencer.

8 [Exit] omitted.

235

9

23

8

[ACT III. Scene iii. Cun.]

Enter King Edward with the Barons captives.
[Exit Kent] omitted,

Tis but temporal, &c. (for It is).

28 [The captives, &c.] omitted.

Lewne (for Levune).

3, 4

15

leuied (for levelled).

Enter the Queene and her sonne.

Henolt (for Henoult).

party (for part).

Enter a Poast.

And made the channels (for Who made the channel'). [Exeunt] omitted.

[ACT IV. Scene v. Cun.]

Spencer, flying about the stage (as in Cunningham, p. 142, col. 1).

Vilde (for Vile).

249

13

scape (as in Cunningham, p. 143, col. 1).
Edm.

Enter Rice ap Howell, and the Maior of Bristow, with
Spencer the father.

Unhappies.

Meanwhile have hence this rebel to the block.

Your lordship cannot priviledge your head.

[This is a lost line recovered. Act IV. Sc. v., p. 143, col. 1, ed. Cunningham.]

[Exeunt, &c.] omitted.

Exeunt omnes.

N. S. SOC. TRANS., 1876,

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of that philosophie (for 'thy ').

[ACT IV. Scene vi. Cun.]

11, 12

4

Monks (for First M.).

open, for ope (ope is better).

Spencer, a sweet Spencer (for, 'Spencer, sweet Spencer').
For friend hath Edward none but these, and these;
And these must die, &c. (Cunningham reads,

For friend hath [hapless] Edward none, but these; And these must die under a tyrant's sword.' IV. vi, p. 144, col. 2.)

8 are fleeted hence (for fleeting").

[ACT V. Scene i. Cun.]

with the Bishop for the crowne.
Full often, &c. (as in Cun., for 'oft': Dyce).
survives (for survive: Cun., p. 145, col. 2).
In which extreme (for extremes: Cun.).

'be king' omitted (as in Cun.).

after 'myself!' Enter Bartley (and afterwards, ed. 1594 has Bartley, for Berkely: Cun., p. 146, col. 2). of the queen (as in Cun.).

Exeunt omnes (as in Cun.).

[ACT V. Scene ii. Cun., p. 147, col. 1.]

imports as much (badly, for us: Cun., p. 147, col. 1). will bear (for 'twill).

it is.

Exeunt omnes.

[ACT V. Scene iii. Cun., p. 149, col. 2.]

'to Killingworth'; Enter Edmund (for Kent': Cun.). 'King Edward'; Manent Edmund and the soldiers. Exeunt omnes (as in Cun.).

[ACT V. Scene iv. Cun., p. 149, col. 2.]

Enter Mortimer alone.

when his sonne is of age (metre needs 'sons,' as in Cun.).

25 [reads] omitted.

27 No stops in the line (as in Cun.).

13

26

275

[Enter Lightborn] omitted.

through the throat (for down': To strangle with a lawn thrust 'down' the throat is of course much better).

11 ten miles end (for 'ten mile end ').