The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [Vol. 5 of 9]The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [Vol. 5 of 9]

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Note XXIV

V. 3. 145. In the first and second Quartos the Ghosts of the two young Princes enter and speak before the Ghost of Hastings. The Folios and the other Quartos make the Ghost of Hastings enter first. As a chronological order is observed in the appearance of the other Ghosts we have thought it best in this case to follow the latter authorities.

This discrepancy between the two earliest editions and the rest seems to have escaped the notice of Capell and of all other editors.

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