Note IV

I. 4. 16–18. We leave this corrupt passage as it stands in the first Folio. In the second Folio, which is followed as usual by the third and fourth, it is thus given:

‘And fully even these three dayes have I watcht,

If I could see them. Now Boy doe thou watch,

For I can stay no longer.’

Pope omits the words ‘For...longer.’

Malone has:

‘And even these three days have I watched,

If I could see them.

Now do thou watch, for I can stay no longer.’

Mr Collier:

‘And even these three days have I watch’d, if I

Could see them.

Now, do thou watch, for I can stay no longer.’

We’ll remember where you stopped. All chapters