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.