The reading of the present text appears to the left of the square bracket. Unless otherwise noted, the reading to the left of the bracket is from F, the First Folio text (upon which this edition is based). The earliest sources of readings not in F are indicated as follows: Q is the first quarto of 1594; F2 is the Second Folio of 1632; F3 is the Third Folio of 1663–64; F4 is the Fourth Folio of 1685; Ed. is an earlier editor of Shakespeare, beginning with Rowe in 1709. No sources are given for emendations of punctuation or for corrections of obvious typographical errors, like turned letters that produce no known word. SD means stage direction; SP means speech prefix; ~ stands in place of a word already quoted before the square bracket; ^ indicates the omission of a punctuation mark.
1.1 0. SD Queen] Ed.; The Queene F;
4. Princess] F (Princes);
19 and hereafter. SP KING HENRY] Ed.; King. F;
27 and hereafter. SP QUEEN MARGARET] Ed.; Queen. F;
34. overjoy] F (ouer ioy);
40. Queen] F (Qu.);
46. Imprimis] F (Inprimis);
47. king] F (K.);
55. father—] ~. F;
61. SP CARDINAL] Ed.; Win. F;
62. duchies] Ed.; Dutchesse F;
63. delivered] Ed.; deliuered ouer;
98. had] Ed.; hath F;
106. Razing] F (Racing);
110. peroration] preroration F;
114. roast] F (rost);
138 and hereafter in this act. SP GLOUCESTER] Ed.; Hum. F;
149. out.] ~, F;
153. SD Gloucester exits.] F (Exit Humfrey.);
184. besides] F (beside);
186. Protector] Q; Protectors F;
193. cardinal,] ~. F;
268. in] in in F
1.2 1 and hereafter. SP DUCHESS] Ed.; Elia. F;
8. Enchased] Inehac’d F;
19. hour] Ed.; thought F;
21. world] worid F;
59. Saint] F (S.);
62. SD Gloucester exits] F (Ex. Hum) 1 line earlier;
80. promisèd:] ~^ F;
89. SD Duchess exits.] F (Exit Elianor.)
1.3 6. SP FIRST PETITIONER] F4; Peter. F;
32. master] Ed.; Mistresse F;
43. SD They exit.] Exit. F;
70. Besides] F (Beside);
103. helm] Ed.; Helme. Exit. F;
103. SD King . . . Cardinal . . . Warwick] Ed.; the King . . . Cardinall, Buckingham, Yorke, Salisbury, Warwicke F;
116. Buckingham] Buekingham F;
133. wife’s] F (Wiues);
140. SD Gloucester exits.] F (Exit Humfrey.);
146. I’d] Q; I could F;
151. SD Eleanor . . . exits.] F (Exit Elianor.);
192 and hereafter. SP HORNER] Ed.; Armorer. F
1.4 24. SD etc.] Ed.; &c. F;
26. SP JOURDAIN] Ed.; Witch. F;
58. SD Jourdain . . . aloft.] F (Exit.);
66. posse] Ed.; posso F;
74. lord] Ed.; Lords F
2.1 0. SD King] Ed; the King F;
32. Lord] F4; Lords F;
54. SP CARDINAL] Ed.; Cardinall, F;
65. SD a man from St. Albans] Ed.; one F;
68 and hereafter. SP MAN] Ed.; One. F;
122. Alban] F2 (Albon); Albones F;
146. his] Q; it F;
171. them] F (thẽ);
172. SD The . . . exit.] Ed. Exit. F
2.2 38 and hereafter. Philippa] F (Phillip);
49. son] Ed.; not in F;
50. son] Ed.; Sonnes Sonne F;
67. SP SALISBURY, WARWICK] Ed.; Both. F
2.3 0. SD King] Ed.; the King F;
4. sins] Ed.; sinne F;
54. therefor] F (therefore);
56. I’] F (A)
2.4 5. o’clock] F (a Clock);
43. Sometimes] F (Sometime)
3.1 39. lords] This ed.; Lord F;
212. strains] Ed.; strayes F;
333. SD All . . . exit.] Ed.; Exeunt. Manet Yorke. F;
336. art^] ~; F;
340. than] F (thẽ);
387. Humphrey^] ~; F
3.2 1 and hereafter. SP FIRST MURDERER] Ed.; 1. F;
3. SP SECOND MURDERER] Ed.; 2. F;
14. SD King Henry, Queen Margaret, Cardinal, Somerset] Ed.; the King, the Queene, Cardinall, Suffolke, Somerset F;
26. Meg] Ed.; Nell F;
33. SD swoons] F (sounds);
81,
103,
124. Margaret] Ed.; Elianor F;
138. Salisbury] Salsburie F;
152. SD Bed . . . forth] F, 2 lines earlier;
186,
189. Duke] F (D.);
274. whe’er] F (where);
310. SD All . . . exit.] Ed.; Exit. F;
319. enemies] Q; enemy F;
322. Could] Q; Would F;
330. on] F (an);
344. turn] Ed.; turnes F;
345. bade] F (bad);
363. Adventure] Aduenrure F;
380. Whither] F (Whether);
386,
387. Sometimes] F (Sometime);
419. It] Ir F
3.3 8. SP CARDINAL] Ed.; Beau. F;
10. whe’er] F (where)
4.1 6. Clip] F (Cleape);
10. their] theit F;
49. Jove . . . I] Q only; not in F;
49. sometimes] Q (sometime);
51. SP SUFFOLK] Q only (Suf.); not in F;
51. blood,] ~. F;
52. The] Q; Suf. The F;
72–73. SP LIEUTENANT . . . Pole!] Q (Cap. Yes Poull. | Suffolke. Poull.); not in F;
91. mother’s bleeding] Ed.; Mother-bleeding F;
99. are] Ed.; and F;
122. Walter] Ed.; Water F;
123. SP WHITMORE] Ed.; W. F;
124. Paene] Ed.; Pine F;
126 and hereafter. SP WHITMORE] Ed.; Wal. F;
140. SP SUFFOLK] Ed.; not in F;
140. can,] ~. F;
141. That] Ed.; Suf. That F;
144. Brutus’] Brutsn F;
146. SD Walter Whitmore] Ed.; Water F
4.2 34 and hereafter until
4.7.52. SP DICK] Ed.; But. F;
35. fall] F4; faile F;
47 and hereafter until
4.7.10. SP SMITH] Ed.; Weauer. F;
88. H’as] F (Ha’s);
100. an] F2; a F;
133. this:] ~^ F;
151. Duke] F (D.);
178. SD The . . . exit.] Ed.; Exit. F
4.4 0. SD King . . . Queen] Ed.; the King . . . the Queene F;
19. have] huae F;
28. Southwark] Southwatke F;
50. SP SECOND MESSENGER] Mess. F;
59. be betrayed] F2; betraid F
4.7 3. SP DICK] Rut. F;
7 and hereafter. SP HOLLAND] Ed.; Iohn. F;
47. on] Q; in F;
59. where] F (wher’e);
89. caudle] F4; Candle F;
108. i’] F (a)
4.8 27. freedom] Fteedome F;
70. means] F (meane)
4.10 7. o’er] Ed.; on F;
21. waning] Ed.; warning F;
27. Ah] F (A);
60. God] Q; Ioue F
5.1 0. SD with] wiʇh F;
47. Saint] F (S.);
74. thou] rhou F;
110. these] Ed.; thee F;
112. sons] Q; sonne F;
115. for] F2; of F;
139. arrested] atrested F;
150,
166. Salisbury] Salsbury F;
177. shame!] ~^ F;
198. or] Ed.; and F;
199,
202,
212. SP CLIFFORD] Ed.; Old Clif. F;
205. house’s] F2; housed F;
211. to] io F
5.2 8. How] Ed.; War. How F;
18. thee] theee F;
18. SD Warwick] F (War.);
28. oeuvres] F2; eumenes F;
29. thou] F (uy);
31 and hereafter. SP YOUNG CLIFFORD] Q; Clif. F;
69. Saint] F (S.)
5.3 1,
7. Salisbury] Salsbury F;
16. Now] Ed.; Sal. Now F;
17. SP SALISBURY] Ed.; not in F