Shakespeare's Play Of King Henry The Fifth - Arranged For Representation At The Princess's Theatre (1859) (Paperback)

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: NOTES. Page 4, line 11. And force proude Mahomett from Palestine.] This line is not found in any printed edition. It is not one of Sir E. Deryng's additions, but is written in the same hand with the body of the manuscript, taking the place of the following: " Over whose acres walk'd those blessed feet, Which, fourteen hundred years ago, were nail'd, For our advantage, on the bitter cross." Page 4, line 20. Now is twelue-month's old.] The printed edition reads, " is a twelvemonth old." Page 4, line 23. Sonne of Lancaster.] This is instead of " cousin Westmoreland," to whom the succeeding speech is given in the other copies. Several changes are made in this scene in the distribution of the speeches. Page 5, line 13. Like.] The quartos of 1598 and 1599 read did, which is adopted by Mr. Collier; but the later editions agree with our text. Page 5, line 14. Far.] The quarto of 1613, and the folio of 1623, read/awe, but the earlier editions " for." Page 6, line 4. In faith it is.] This of course belongs to the next speech, which is assigned to Westmoreland in the printed copies. Page 6, line 8. Of.] The early quartos read " to." Page 6, line 25. Respects.] Printed eds. " aspects." Page 7, line 9. Afternoone.] " In the afternoone," ed. 1623. Page 7, line 15. Superfluious.] " So superfluous," ed. 1598. The other quartos agree with our text. Page 7, line 18. Seauen stares.] The early quartos read "the seven stars." The edition of 1613, as well as the folio, omits " the." Page 8, line 22. Long.] " Far," printed ed. Page 8, line 24. Not.] Omitted in the folio. Page 8, line 25. Thou wouldst be trusted no more.] In making this addition to the original text, Deryng probably felt how incomplete the sentence was without some similar termination; nor do...