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The play, evidently printed from a much altered and probably illegible manuscript, abounds in errors of every description. The following list is confined to such readings as are to some extent doubtful in the original and to a few literal misprints which might otherwise perhaps be thought due to the reprint. No irregularities recorded by previous editors are included. No variations of any importance have been found between the two copies collated.

3	plac’st
36	deele
65	because
88	Idy
109	mifled
120	Attus
203	choyseff (ff broken, read choysest)
316	drie (? read dire)
323	c.w. X. of S.
334	Beheld Venns
373	moaths
440	autthoritie
482	bettet,
493	Steu.
611	Os
618	Ba.
643	part,
646	theworld,
648	weele (perhaps we ele)
655	Simi Ranus,
661	Simeranus,
675	king,
691	wrethednesse:
702	eate.
742	loure,
757	louer
765	letter.
784	hath
801	what
834	doo shifting,
880	Ateu. (perhaps Ate u.)
918	denoũced, it
983	same.)
988	to … too
996	nye. (perhaps ny e.)
1019	consider
1026	tryees
1028	step (perhaps ste p)
1030	becauso
1045	sings.
1048	loue
1078	ean (e not absolutely certain, read can)
1094	Bur
1159	Thon
1163	Exennt.
1175	the
1183	thee
1190	Slip. (there is a faint trace of the i in the Dyce copy only)
1192	Sip.
1205	viutnerd (original viutnerd)
1213	Guatoes
1268	thon (original thon)
1279	(fe-)re ie. (space not certain)
1292	the (perhaps th e)
1294	your (perhaps y our)
1324	bettet
1332	yout
1355	esteemd, (original esteemd‘)
1367	ic pour. Yea
1370	mee,
1378	woman, (comma not quite certain)
1398	Court,,
1399	stricknesse
1405	mstaled:
1411	preuention you (original preuent ion you)
1423	Nauo.
1424	shildish
1433	appooued
1449	displac’ff, (ff broken, read displac’st,)
1451	Auteukin,
1464	bnt speakie
1497	are
1504	Mistresle
1511	you, drawe a
1546	Exeuut.
1607	Prepare (cf. c.w.)
1621	Hart,
1626	(indentation doubtful)
1626, 1627	Deiu,
1637	(speaker’s name omitted) ditte
1644	tout, vn
1646	fllattering
1681	thee Shoo-maker.
1702	progenators Cutler.
1706	edge,
1713	a (failed to print in the B.M. copy)
1720	Ohn, o (read Oh, no)
1763	thing:
1777	fals
1789	strumpet, ta Matressa
1790	foy
1791	me
1796	morglay,
1799	soule, (the comma failed to print in the Dyce copy)
1801	stay.
1803	Ie meu
1845	alreadle
1848	For
1863	alosse,
1897	on
1908	missed, (ss broken, read misled,)
1917	ouerthtow.
1924	slrange (read strange)
1990	wartes:
1993	Dambac
2000	slaine. (sl not quite certain, possibly broken ss)
2002	but
2007	Doro,
2019	effate: (ff broken, read estate:)
2024	but on the (perhaps buton th e)
2037	Nana,
2060	fontre
2092	purschase
2101	place (read plow)
2113	Lyon, (king
2114	slaine? (sl not certain, perhaps broken ss)
2142	Exeunt, (original Exeunt, or Fxeunt, apparently the latter, but the letter may be a broken E)
2144	state, (so the Dyce copy, the B.M. copy apparently has a full point, but this is probably a broken comma)
2162	sect,
2166	countriees (first e not quite certain, possibly c)
2169	toexcept:
2182	greatmens
2189	guise, (perhaps gu ise,)
2204	warre?
2215	summonies
2241	ofcontention:
2254	true, .Exeun.. (what appears like a full point after the n may be the remains of a very broken t)
2260	sarre Twearde.
2283	mistresse:
2294–5	he … she
2300	Alhough
2310	Qeene,
2331	change,
2355	these (perhaps th ese)
2370	wasmisled, (sl not quite certain, possibly broken ss)
2383	K. of S. (apparently S: in the B.M. copy, but the upper dot is accidental)
2424	(indentation doubtful)
2426	for (perhaps fo r)
2438	ttumpets
2443	Cutber tohis
2463	Scortish
2509	missed: (ss broken, read misled:)
2522	Thou (original Thou)
2540	our (perhaps ou r)
2545	ffaies, (ff broken, read staies,)
2547	reeoncile
2562	Auteukin,
2579	when,

In ll. 1062, 1090 the speaker’s name is given as ‘8. Atten.’ Whatever this may be meant for it is clear that the speeches belong to the Bishop of St. Andrews. In ll. 2015–6 a complicated error has occurred, the ‘e’ of ‘her’ in the lower line having worked its way up into an accidental space after the ‘d’ of ‘and’ in the upper.