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_Sess._ I must be excus'd, The burden is too heavy for my shoulder, Bestow it where 'tis due. Stand forth _Ascanio_, It does belong to you; live long and wear it, And warn'd by the example of your Unkle, Learn that you are to govern men, not beasts: And that it is a most improvident head, That strives to hurt the limbs that do support it. Give burial to the dead; for me, and mine, We will again to Sea, and never know, The place, which in my birth first gave me woe. [_Exeunt._

[_Flor. of Trumpets._

APPENDIX.

_In the following references to the text the lines are numbered from the top of the page, including titles, acts, stage directions, &c., but not, of course, the headline or mere 'rules.' Where, as in the lists of Persons Represented, there are double columns, the right-hand column is numbered after the left._

It has not been thought necessary to record the correction of every turned letter nor the substitution of marks of interrogation for marks of exclamation and _vice versâ_. Full-stops have been silently inserted at the ends of speeches and each fresh speaker has been given the dignity of a fresh line: in the double-columned folio the speeches are frequently run on. Misprints in the Quartos and the First Folio are recorded when they appear to be interesting. A word or two from the printed text is attached to the variants recorded below in cases where the variant, by itself, would not be sufficiently clear. Altered punctuation is shown, usually, by printing the old punctuation between the preceding and following words.

THE QUEEN OF CORINTH.

A = First Folio. B = Second Folio.

p. =1.= _Not in_ A, _except title._

p. =2=, l. 15. B] Euphenes. l. 28. B] Merionc.

p. =3=, l. 12. B] Agenenor.

p. =4=, l. 29. B] you. l. 40. B] Gentleman.

p. =5=, l. 31. A] Servant.

p. =6=, l. 23. _Colon added, as in_ A. l. 38. A _omits stage direction_.

p. =7=, l. 38. A _reads_]

_Bel._ Good _Euphanes,_ where benefits are ill conferr'd, I had thought, &c. (See p. 8, ll, 28-30.)

p. =8=, l. 28. B] Bell.

p. =10=, l. 30. A] was from you due to me:

p. =11=, ll. 29, 30. B] he is. For

p. =12=, l. 5. B] in my. l. 34. A] mine.

p. =13=, l. 7. B] Socines.

p. =15=, l. 12. A] unto this. 1. 13. B] nave. l. 23. B] Brother?

p. =17=, l. 16. B _omits mark of interrogation._ l. 26. A _omits_] the.

p. =18=, l. 20. A] thank ye.

p. =19=, l. 2. A] Gentlemen with Torches.

p. =20=, l. 7. B] Erates. l. 11. B] Ser.

p. =21=, l. 1. B] Leonides. A _adds_] Gent. with Lights. l. 28. B] t'is.

p. =22=, l. 9. A _misprints_] tooke. l. 18. A] strengths.

p. =23=, l. 11. B] Ah.

p. =26=, l. 36. A _reads_] Enter Drawer with Quissiions.

p. =30=, l. 18. A _omits stage direction_.

p. =31=, l. 29. B _misprints_] Gome.

p. =32=, l. 9. B] ege. l. 15. B] Gabbedge.

p. =33=, l. 16. B] Mart; to Mart.

p. =34=, l. 19. B] _Exeunt._

p. =36=, l. 24. A _omits_] Countries.

p. =37=, l. 28. A] so felicitated.

p. =40=, l. 21. A] forfeiture.

p. =43=, l. 12. A] 'em.

p. =45=. _The two Songs are not in_ A.

p. =46=, l. 36. B _misprints_] Enphanes.

p. =47=, l. 27. B _misprints turned m_.

p. =49=, l. 16. A and B _print stage direction 2 lines lower_.

p. =50=, l. 8. A] love will. l. 29. B] trapings. l. 30. B] Bottons.

p. =51=, l. 8. B] hubo. l. 19. B] Il'l. l. 27. A] o' stones.

p. =52=, l. 13. A] damne me's. l. 36. _The first parenthesis has been supplied, as in_ A.

p. =54=, l. 11. B] T'is.

p. =55=, l. 13. B] than than. l. 17. B] Il'd.

p. =56=, l. 30. B] gives.

p. =58=, l. 10. A] barbarisme. l. 2l. _The second parenthesis has been supplied, as in_ A. l. 32. _The second parenthesis has been supplied, as in_ A.

p. =59=, l. 4. A] innocency. l. 7. A _divides the line at_ Eave. l. 25. A _misprints_] with ail. l. 33. B _misprints_] Aud.

p. =60=, l. 7. B] is it to. l. 9. A _divides the line at_ thou. l. 24. A _omits_] the. l. 25. B] lay as. ll. 25, 26. B] feet, she gives. l. 38. A] imminent.

p. =61=, l. 11. A] Be that.

p. =62=, l. 9. B] min.

p. =64=, l. 27. A _divides at_ hazard. l. 32. A _divides at_ parts.

p. =65=, ll. 5, 6. A _divides at_ Neanthes _and_ fit. l. 32. A] Dan.

p. =66=, ll. 13, 14. A _divides at_ trust _and_ discharge. l. 22. A _divides at_ prosper. l. 27. A _adds] Exit._

p. =67=, l. 24. B] Nerione like Beliza. Conon l. 25. _A comma has been supplied after_ Sosicles.

p. =68=, l. 11. A _divides at_ confirms. l. 15. B _misprints_] That. l. 16. B] reads. l. 26. B] dispairng.

p. =69=, l. 11. B] this. l. 16. A] run-away. l. 19. A _omits_] 'ts.

p. =71=, l. 10. B _misprints_] Uuc. l. 31. A] ye would.

p. =72=, l. 25. B] Theamor. l. 32. B] you you. l. 33. B] displeasure be.

p. =73=, l. 1. B _misprints_] publickly. l. 4. B _misprints_] be.

p. =75=, l. 20. B] rises? l. 38. B] latter of.

p. =76=, l. 7. B] Sonnet. l. 20. B _misprints_] gracions.

BONDUCA.

p. =79=, _Not in_ A, _except title._

p. =80=, l. 25. A _omits_] at.

p. =82=, l. 23. B] fearful? ll. 38, 39. B] Britain-Foxes. More l. 40. B] Britain;

p. =83=, l. 5. B _misprints_] sor. l. 8. A] Romane.

p. =85=, l. 35. B] you this. ll. 36, 37. B] see. Although

p. =86=, l. 10. A _omits_] is't. ll. 26, 27. B] Petillius. That

p. =87=, l. 25. B _omits this line._

p. =88=, l. 20. B] soul.

p. =89=, l. 7. B] yon. l. 38. B _misprints_] Hecatomhs.

p. =90=, l. 23. B] (Mona).

p. =91=, l. 15. B _misprints_]failing. l. 32. B] Sweet. A] nothings.

p. =92=, l. 10. B] Sweet. l. 13. B _misprints_]occasious. l. 20. B _misprints_] Iu. ll. 31, 32. B] cools. Fling

p. =95=, l. 8. B _misprints_] Baitains. l. 27. A] Nor slaves. l. 28. B _misprints_] beseeeh.

p. =98=, l. 13. A _omits_] observing Junius. l. 34. A] brings.

p. =100=, l. 11. A] sick persons.

p. =101=, l. 33. B _misprints_] asl.

p. =102=, l. 10. B] have have.

p. =103=, l. 22. A] we'ld shew.

p. =104=, l. 7. A] gallows? They. l. 17. B] e'm l. 26. B _misprints_] Remans.

p. =105=, l. 36. B _misprints_] Dangh.

p. =106=, l. 7. B] me.

p. =108=, l. 15. B] think thou. l. 21. B] wist. l. 38. B _misprints_] otder.

p. =111=, l. 35. B _misprints_] sttrik'st.

p. =112=, l. 12. B _misprints_] Rome.

p. =112=, l. 39 and p. 113, l. 14. A] Audate.

p. =113=, l. 22. A] tempt him. l. 24. A] His hidden.

p. =114=, l. 26. A] I am.

p. =115=, l. 27. B] yet l. 37. A] toplesse Perinine.

p. =117=, l. 32. B] end'. l. 33. B] to.

p. =118=, l. 13. A] halloa. l. 26. B] swallow'd Drusus.

p. =119=, l. 38. A] 'em.

p. =120=, l. 1. A] salt-itcht. l. 6. B] my self anger. l. 23. B _misprints_] lawful. l. 37. A] and must we shame.

p. =121=, l. 20. B _misprints_] whole.

p. =122=, l. 3. B] fate.

p. =123=, l. 17. A _omits_] Exeunt. l. 32. B] the.

p. =124=, l. 23. A] have ye.

p. =125=, l. 20. A] nesh nag. l. 22. A] of ballads.

p. =126=, l. 21. B] ye have. l. 30. B] shall, choak.

p. =128=, ll. 25, 26. B] He. That

p. =130=, l. 21. A _adds] Exeunt_.

p. =131=, l. 9. B _misprints_] Battles. l. 12. B _misprints_] scornful.

p. =133=, l. 11. B] bring all.

p. =134=, l. 10. B] dist. l. 21. B] whither.

p. =135=, l. 35. B] graet.

p. =136=, l. 5. A _omits stage direction._ l. 13. B] foe. I l. 15. B _misprints_] Penyns.

p. =137=, l. 13. B] souldiers? l. 29. B] out out-brav'd.

p. =138=, l. 9. B _misprints_] Cond.

p. =140=, l. 6. A] bloody fears. l. 36. B] our.]

p. =142=, l. 2. _The_ I _has dropped out in_ B. l. 16. A _omits stage direction._ l. 17. B _misprints_] Bend.

p. =143=, l. 1. A] Romane. _Omits stage direction._ l. 29. B] marriage-sons.

p. =145=, l. 7. A] sometimes. l. 10. B _misprints_] soidiers.

p. =147=, l. 13. A] life was. l. 14. B] drawn, pursue it on. l. 22. A _adds another_] ha.

p. =148=, l. 12. B] and and.

p. =149=, l. 10. A] specially.

p. =150=, l. 21. B _misprints_] sufficieut. l. 40. A] th' Camp.

p. =153=. l. 14. B] Petell.

p. =154=, l. 36. A] sankst.

THE KNIGHT OF THE BURNING PESTLE.

=A= = the quarto of 1613. =B= and =C= = the quartos of 1635. =D= = the second folio.

To his many | waies endeered | friend Maister Robert Keysar. | _Sir, this unfortunate child, who in eight daies (as lately I have learned) was begot and borne, soone after, was by his parents (perhaps because hee was so unlike his brethren) exposed to the wide world, who for want of judgement, or not understanding the privy marke of_ Ironie _about it (which shewed it was no of-spring of any vulgar braine) utterly rejected it: so that for want of acceptance it was even ready to give up the Ghost, and was in danger to have bene smothered in perpetuall oblivion, if you (out of your direct_ antipathy _to ingratitude) had not bene moved both to relieve and cherish it: wherein I must needs commend both your judgement, understanding, and singular love to good wits; you afterwards_ _sent it to mee, yet being an infant and somewhat ragged, I have fostred it privately in my bosome these two yeares, and now to shew my love returne it to you, clad in good lasting cloaths, which scarce memory will weare out, and able to speake for it selfe; and withall, as it telleth mee, desirous to try his fortune in the world, where if yet it be welcome, father, foster-father, nurse and child, all have_ _their desired end. If it bee slighted or traduced, it hopes his father will beget him a yonger brother, who shall revenge his quarrell, and challenge the world either of fond and meerely literall interpretation, or illiterate misprision._ _Perhaps it will be thought to bee of the race of_ Don Quixote: _we both may confidently sweare, it is his elder above a yeare; and therefore may (by vertue of his birth-right) challenge the wall of him. I doubt not but they will meet in_ _their adventures, and I hope the breaking of one staffe will make them friends; and perhaps they will combine themselves, and travell through the world to seeke their adventures. So I commit him to his good fortune, and my selfe to your love._ | Your assured friend | W. B.

The first quarto does not contain the address _To the Reader_ or The Prologue, printed on p. 160. It omits _The Actors Names_ and the text is headed The famous Historie | Of the Knight of the burning| _PESTLE_. |, a title followed in quartos B and C at the head of the text.

(=B=) The | Knight | Of the | Burning | Pestle. | Full of Mirth and Delight. | Written by {Francis Beaumont, and John Fletcher.} Gent. | As it is now Acted by Her Majesties Servants | at the Private house in Drury lane. | 1635. | Quod si | Iudicium subtile, videndis artibus illud | Ad libros & ad hæc Musarum dona vocares: | B[oe]otum in crasso jurares aëre natum. | Horat. in Epist. ad Oct. Aug. | London: | Printed by N. O. for I. S. 1635.

(C) The | Knight | Of the | Burning | Pestle. | Full of Mirth and Delight. | Written by {Francis Beaumont, and John Fletcher.} Gent. | As it is now acted by her Majesties Servants | at the Private house in Drury lane. | 1635. | Quod si | Iudicium subtile, videndis artibus illud | Ad libros & ad hæc Musarum dona vocares: | Boeotum in crasso jurares aëre natum. | Horat. in Epist. ad Oct. Aug. | London: | Printed by N. O. for I. S. 1635.

The alternative readings adopted in square brackets in the text are, mainly, from A.

Mrs Arnold Glover has kindly collated the copies of the quartos of 1635 at the British Museum and at South Kensington.

p. =160=, l. 8. A and B] person. l. 19. B] meanings. l. 25. D] tbe.

p. =161=, l. 1. B and C] The Speakers Names. l. 11. B and C] Luce Marchants. l. 45. A-C _print practically the rest of the Prologue, except Ralph's lines on_ p. =164= _and Prologue's conclusion_ p. =165= _as prose; the interruptions of the Citizen and his Wife are also, usually, printed as prose in the Quartos._ l. 43. D] sweat.

p. =162=, l. 34. A] warrant tee.

p. =163=, l. 13. D _some copies misprint_] Playa, ss. l. 21. A] couple stools.

p. =164=, l. 35. D] Grocers.

p. =165=. l. 1. D] bunrning.

p. =166=, l. 3. D] my my. l. 5. A and B] his Prentice. l. 13. D] of self.

p. =167=, l. 7. A and B] it must be.

p. =169=, ll. 18, 29. D] Mer. l. 24. A] in's. l. 33. B-D] froward to.

p. =170=, l. 3. A] this place. l. 11. D] Luec.

p. =171=, l. 10. A] you, I if.

p. =172=, l. 23. A-D] Tobacco? do you nothing. l. 18. A-C] fault' faith. l. 20. A _omits_] of. l. 26. D] Grocer. l. 36. A-C] stroake.

p. =173=, l. 21. D] beautiful. l. 27. A-C] Methridatum. l. 29. C and D] of, in his. l. 33. C and D] I not. l. 38. D] Tom.

p. =174=, l. 2. A] oth. B] o'th. l. 25. A-C] Damsels. l. 38. A] Im'e a.

p. =175=, l. 5. A-C] ne'er [_in various spellings_]. l. 7. A and B] th' art. l. 8. C and D] the bloud. l. 35. C and D] I ever.

p. =176=, l. 13. A and B] state. l. 14. A] lust. l. 23. A-C] hitherto this.

p. =177=, l. 24. D] and and. l. 19. A and B] there's. l. 33. B-D] Enter Jasper. l. 37. A] 'tis now matter.

p. =178=, l. 3. D _repeats line twice._ l. 21. A-C] a'th toe. D] Sweet: heart.

p. =179=, l. 33. A-C] a'thy. l. 35. D] fair a. l. 38. A and B _omit_] thou. l. 40. D] Cit.

p. =180=, l. 29. A-C] pitch-field. l. 15. A-C] the wilde.

p. =181=, l. 8. D] indeed: law. l. 9. A and B _omit_] will. l. 10. A-C] a' my. l. 12. B] a knot grasse. l. 17. D] it'a. l. 18. B-D] friends. Ralph l. 22. A] may this. l. 23. D] Knigthood.

p. =182=, l. 17. A and B] and some Trumpets. l. 32. C and D] to earrh.

p. =183=, l. 5. D] Wife. l. 7. A] here are. l. 10. A and B] an he. l. 23. D _omits_] Ralph. l. 36. A and B] he hath.

p. =184=, l. 1. B-D] dare. l. 7. D] aed. l. 16. A] warrant thee. l. 30. D] the ill.

p. =185=, l. 17. A _omits_] you. l. 28. A] a hell. l. 35. A] then ha.

p. =186=, l. 29. D] shoulderr.

p. =187=, l. 16. D] _Ralph._ Thou.

p. =188=, l. 8. A and B] shrodly. l. 18. C and D] your.

p. =189=, l. 6. A] Chamberlino. B] Chamberlaino. l. 9. A] Tastero. l. 16. A and B] nole. ll. 22, 23. A] Tapstero. l. 27. A-C] Am to.

p. =190=, l. 6. A] errant. l. 15. A] shall I.

p. =191=, l. 30. C and D] Never his. l. 31. B-D] _repeat_ she is _thrice only_.

p. =192=, l. 4. A] taken. B and C] take. l. 6. A] from that. l. 38. A-C] a your.

p. =193=, l. 3. C and D _omit_] poore. l. 16. C and D] Your. l. 29. C and D] my dear,

p. =194=, l. 30. D] if.

p. =195=, l. 31. B] _Luce_. _Luce_ awake. _Luce_, why ...

p. =196=, l. 31. A and B] that be.

p. =197=, l. 9. D] is fit. l. 12. D _omits_] _Exit._ l. 18. A] i truth. l. 24. D] Dwarse.

p. =198=, l. 3. A] Every truery true Knight, and every damsell faire faire. l. 19. D] Knigthood. l. 20. A _omits_] your. l. 34. A] our Casket.

p. =199=, l. 1. C and D] your can. l. 19. D] If oft. l. 22. C and D] bounds. l. 38. C and D] near a.

p. =200=, l. 8. A] Ladies Gent: l. 24. A] fight him.

p. =201=, l. 13. D] merry-totgght. ll. 14, 15. D] merry-thoughauhain. l. 17. D] aone. l. 22. A and B _omit_] thank. l. 30. A] plot. B] plos.

p. =202=, l. 6. A and B] Behold that. l. 12. B and C] all the adventurous. l. 16. A and B] speake. l. 24. A] Ladies Gent.

p. =203=, l. 6. A and B] ore. l. 24. A and B] showdst. l. 29. B-D] the wise. D] I hear. l. 31. A] That that I may give condigne. l. 34. B-D] his den.

p. =204=, l. 2. A and B] till mine. l. 18. D] way. A-C] way, l. 30. B-D] 3. Knight.

p. =205=, l. 7. D] Rafe. l. 20. A] for these. l. 25. A-C] stricken. l. 27. A] Turne-bull. l. 29. D] here. ll. 33, 34. D] done. Another

p. =206=, l. 1. C and D] half. l. 4. C and D] tender. l. 8. D] Gentleman. l. 14. A and B] shall thou. l. 19. D] Sqire. l. 32. D] yon. A] out at the. l. 34. D] I'll get in amoug. C] I get. A and B] 'em ... em. l. 35. D] such Ieslon.

p. =207=, l. 7. A and B] fellow and fellow. l. 24. A and B] 'em.

p. =208=, l. 38. A-C] Margret.

p. =210=, l. 9. D] stand, fix. l. 16. A and B] flirt Gill. l. 22. D] Geerge. l. 30. C and D] be weary.

p. =211=, ll. 10, 14, 15. A and B] warrant tee. l. 22. C and D] I'm.

p. =212=, l. 25. A-C] needs must. l. 38. C and D] shilling to. B] shilling, to.

p. =213=, l. 12. A] and a Boy. l. 18. D] as your. l. 38. A] appointed.

p. =214=, ll. 10, 11. A and B] ha has. l. 15. B] I should. l. 28. A-C] I heere. l. 31. A and B] Porrage.

p. =215=, l. 14. C and D] may know. l. 19. A-C] I am. l. 20. D] bosly. l. 36. C and D] of father.

p. =216=, l. 1. D] changes. A-C] changes, l. 16. A and B] deserv'd. 1. 38. D] snall. A and B] borne.

p. =217=, l. 5. A-C] whiles.

p. =218=, l. 37. D] great. l. 38. C and D] Dinner.

p. =219=, l. 11. D] Bnt. l. 13. C and D] is that. l. 19. A] let am. l. 25. A _adds another_ now. l. 28. C and D] not know.

p. =220=, l. 6. C and D] Rafe, l. 18. D] quickly, for I come amongst. B and C] or if I come amongst. l. 21. A and B] _Exit Boy._ l. 35. A-C] councell. l. 39. D] flagrant.

p. =221=, l. 13. A] the bellowing Bucke.

p. =222=, l. 1. C and D] Jasper and his. l. 9. B-D] on. l. 10. A] To farre. l. 29. A] of this. l. 37. A-C] fount.

p. =223=, l. 5. B] the Ghost, l. 6. B-D] now I'll. l. 15, 16. D] prethee. call l. 26. D] Scarfe for. l. 34. A-C _repeat_ Rafe _before_ double. l. 38. D] shaer.

p. =224=, l. 6. A-C] stroke.

p. =225=, l. 8. A] not you should. l. 21. A-C] double your files. l. 26. D] Shop. l. 33. C and D] is more.

p. =226=, l. 10. A and B] has. l. 16. B-D] boys? l. 28. B-D] full long I.

p. =227=, l. 12. D] _Mist. Mer._

p. =228=, l. 1. C and D] him talk.

p. =229=, l. 1. A and B] forgive ham. l. 2. A] be sad l. 10. D] rest-- l. 15. A] care of that. l. 37. B-D] means. l. 38. B-D] The Lord of May.

p. =230=, l. 1. D] Afrer. l. 12. C and D] Death came [B, come] and caught. l. 17. B-D] in Moor-fields. l. 33. A] not depart.

p. =231=, l. 15. A] I might see. l. 17. C and D] you like.

LOVES PILGRIMAGE.

=A==First Folio. =B==Second Folio.

p. =232=, l. 1. B] Pilgramage. ll. 2-39. _Not in_ A. l. 21. B] Borcellona.

p. =233=, l. 14. A] or an onyon. l. 20. B _omits_] pray,

p. =234=, l. 13. B] ought. l. 27. B] Florentine.

p. =235=, l. 24. B] sweat.

p. =237=, l. 19. A] those do. l. 20. A] that it is.

p. =238=, l. 24. A] eat.

p. =244=, l. 1. B] Ine. l. 25. B] too.

p. =245=, ll. 24, 25. B] manger. But l. 31. B] stirrop. and

p. =246=, l. 7. _Omitted in_ B. l. 24. B] Theodosio.

p. =247=, l. 1. B] folly, l. 5. B] Sir. l. 12. B] Oh, l. 28. B] Had I.

p. =251=, l. 23. B] Sir I.

p. =252=, l. 4. B] havihg.

p. =254=, ll. 3, 4. A] _Enter two Servants_, 1 _Rowl_: 2 _Ashton_. Come in Sir. l. 27. B] _omits words in brackets_. l. 31. A] _omits_ ye.

p. =255=, l. 32. B] crimes,

p. =256=, ll. 34, 35. A] language sirrah Signiour. _Alph_. Give....

p. =257=, l. 16. B] sitter.

p. =258=, l. 19. A] adventures. l. 20. B] Will.

p. =259=, l. 2. A] _Diego Host, Philippo._ l. 38. A] satisfie ye.

p. =260=, l. 8. A] They are. l. 35. B] he.

p. =263=, l. 23. B] our. A] swing.

p. =264=, l. 12. B] Franciscc. l. 20. B] childrne. l. 24. A _omits_] his l. 25. B] uever.

p. =265=, l. 7. B] know no. l. 29. A _adds stage direction] within._ l. 34 B] Bareelona. l. 35. A _reads stage direction] within_.

p. =266=, l. 1. B] Mar-- l. 4. A] pleasures children.

p. =267=, l. 17. B] Mare.

p. =268=, l. 15. B] lenghth. l. 16. B] as as. l. 22. A] appears. l. 33. A] if ye.

p. =269=, l. 23. B] nam'd. discourses,

p. =270=, l. 2. A] _Enter Philippo, and second Host._ ll. 7 ff. B] _Host._ l. 16. A] the half Falconers dog. l. 33. B _omits] Serv._

p. =272=, l. 20. B] three.

p. =273=, l. 5. A] dams.