Textual Notes: King John

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: 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; uncorr. means the first or uncorrected state of the First Folio; corr. means the second or corrected state of the First Folio; ~ stands in place of a word already quoted before the square bracket; ^ indicates the omission of a punctuation mark.

1.1
5 and hereafter in this scene. SP QUEEN ELEANOR] Ed.; Elea. F
30. SD Chatillion, Pembroke] Ed.; Chat., Pem. F
43. God] Ed.; heauen F
49. expedition’s] Ed.; expeditious F
49. SD ¹/₂ line later in F
51 and hereafter until line 135. SP PHILIP FAULCONBRIDGE] Ed.; Philip F
51. subject^ I,] ~, ~^ F
55 and hereafter. Coeur de Lion] F (Cordelion)
57 and hereafter. SP ROBERT FAULCONBRIDGE] Ed.; Robert. F
62. certain] cerraine F
65. Thou] F (_y^u)
81. yourself.] your selfe^ F
137. rather:] ~^ F
140. besides] F (beside)
151. I] F2; It F
163. wife’s] F (wiues)
188. A] Ed.; Bast. A F
194. too respective] F2; two respectiue F
195. conversion.] ~, F
209. Pyrenean] F (Perennean)
214. smack] Ed.; smoake F
222. SD 5 lines later in F
228 and hereafter. SP LADY FAULCONBRIDGE] Ed.; Lady. F
233. unreverent] F (vnreuerend)
243. well— . . . confess—] ~, . . . ~^ F
244. he] Ed.; omit F
244. me.] ~^ F
265. Thou] Ed.; That F

2.1
0. Act 2, scene 1] Ed.; Scæna Secunda F
0. SD Austria . . . Arthur] This edition; Austria, Constance, Arthur F
1 and hereafter to line 153. DAUPHIN] Ed.; Lewis F
35. that] F (_y^t)
37 and hereafter to line 79. SP KING PHILIP] Ed.; King. F
37. work.] ~^ F
45. blood.] ~, F
63. Ate] Ed.; Ace F
75. SD 2 lines later in F
83. SD King] K. F
89 and hereafter except line 152. SP KING PHILIP] Fran. F
106. Geoffrey’s.] ~^ F
113,
175. From] Frõ F
114. breast] Ed.; beast F
121 and hereafter except line 171. SP QUEEN ELEANOR] Ed.; Queen. F
152. SP KING PHILIP] Ed.; King F
155. Anjou] Ed.; Angiers F
158 and hereafter except
3.1.338 and
5.1.1. SP KING JOHN] Ed.; Iohn F
159. Brittany] F (Britaine)
171. SP QUEEN ELEANOR] Ed.; Qu. Mo. F
195. plague; . . . sin^ . . . injury,] ~^ . . . ~: . . . ~^ F
208. SD Citizens] Ed.; a Citizen F
223. French^] ~. F
224. Confronts your] Ed.; Comfort yours F
261. invulnerable] F (involuerable)
268. roundure] F (rounder)
276. subjects.] ~^ F
296. chevaliers!] ~^ F
312. SP FRENCH HERALD] F (F. Her.)
318. earth] earrh F
324. SP ENGLISH HERALD] F (E. Har.)
337 and hereafter. SP CITIZEN] Ed.; Hubert. F
339. your] yonr F
353. water^] ~, F
365. SD aside] This edition
378. Speak] Speɐke F
384. SP CITIZEN] Ed.; Fra. F
418. town] Townc F
434. league,] ~: F
471. from motion] ftom moʇion F
474. SD aside] This edition
489. SP QUEEN ELEANOR] Ed.; Old Qu. F
489. match.] ~^ F
509. Anjou] Ed.; Angiers F
526. SD aside] This edition
533. mine.] ~, F
534. aught] F (ought)
557. daughter] daughtet F
558. well.—Young princes,] ~^^~ ~: F
566. not,] ~^ F
568. son? . . . knows.] ~, . . . ~? F
587. SD All . . . exit.] F (Exeunt)
600. that—] ~. F

3.1
0. Act 3, scene 1.] Ed.; Actus Secundus F
2. joined?] ~. F
40. have] hɐue F
65. Envenom] Euvenom F
72. stoop.] ~, F
77. SD Enter . . . Attendants.] Ed.; Actus Tertius, Scæna prima. Enter King John, France, Dolphin, Blanch, Elianor, Philip, Austria, Constance. F
112. God] Ed.; heauens F
120–21. thou coward] F (_y^u coward)
135 and hereafter. calfskin] F (Calues skin)
137,
139. SP BASTARD] F (Phil.)
149. Archbishop] Arshbishop F
154. task] Ed.; tast F
161. God] Ed.; heauen F
192. too. . . . right,] ~, . . . ~. F
202 and hereafter. SP QUEEN ELEANOR] Ed.; Elea. F
203. that,] ~^ F
232. more,] ~? F
239. religious] religous
246. God] Ed.; Heauen F
253. ourselves] onr selues F
269. chafèd] Ed.; cased F
276. God . . . God] Ed.; heauen . . . heauen F
285. again;] ~, F
290. religion^] ~: F
294. oath. . . . truth^] ~^ . . . ~, F
327. love.] ~, F
338. SP KING JOHN] F (Eng.)
338. thou] F (_y^u)
339. that] F (_y^t)
362. let’s] le’ts F

3.2
4. SD 1 line earlier in F.
11. SD They exit.] F (Exit)

3.3
0. Scene 3] Ed.; not in F

3.4
0. Scene 4] Ed.; Scæna Tertia. F
0. SD Pandulph] Pandulpho F
45. not] Ed.; omit F
65. friends] Ed.; fiends F
98. Remembers] Remembets F
112. world’s] Ed.; words F
114. naught] F (nought)

4.1
14. Mercy] F (’Mercie)
35. Arthur] Arthnr F
86. God’s] Ed.; heauen F
89. wince] F (winch)
102. God] Ed.; heauen F
102. mote] F (moth)
112. will,] ~^ F
133. mercy-lacking] ~, ~ F
139. disguisèd] F (disguis’d)

4.2
1. again crowned] F3; against crown’d F
43. when] Ed; then F
45. reformed^] ~. F
61. exercise.] ~, F
69. SD 2 lines earlier in F
75. Doth] F4 (Does); Do F
107. SD 2 lines earlier in F
136. SD 2 lines earlier in F
148. traveled] F (trauailed)
211. embattlèd] F4; embattailed F
258. breath] F (breathe)
264. hand,] ~. F
265. blood.] ~, F
273. incensèd] incensəd F

4.3
11. Saint] F (S.)
36. beauty!] ~, F
41. precious-princely] ~^~ F
42. beheld.] ~, F
47. height] F (heighth)
99. Salisbury] Salsbury F
111. life’s] F (liues)
120. SD Lords exit.] Ex. Lords F
124. thou] F (_y^u)
150. up!] ~, F
151. royalty,] Ed.; ~? F
163. cincture] F (center)
167. SD They . . . body.] Exit. F

5.1
0. Act 5, Scene 1] Ed.; Actus Quartus, Scæna prima. F
1. SP KING JOHN] F (K. Iohn.)
30. God] Ed.; heau’n F
44. aught] F (ought)

5.2
3. precedent] F (president)
10. and] Ed; and an F
36. grapple] Ed.; cripple F
43. thou] F4; omit F
53. with] wirh F
64. SD 1 line earlier in F
66. God] Ed.; heauen F
80. propertied] proportied F
120. speak,] ~: F
121. King.] ~^ F
136. these] F (this)
146. Englishman—] ~. F
154. mother England] Mother-England F
173. all^] ~, F
177. legate] Lcgate F

5.3
9. the] rhe F

5.4
19. Saint] F (S.)

5.5
3. measured] Ed.; measure F
8. wound] F (woon’d)

5.6
6–7 BASTARD  Why . . . Hubert] Ed.; Why . . . Bast. Hubert F
22. Brief] Brcefe F
26. swoon] F (swound)
41. God] Ed.; heauen F

5.7
1 and hereafter. SP PRINCE HENRY] Hen. F
18. mind] Ed.; winde F
21. that] F (_y^t)
23. cygnet] F (Symet)
64. God] Ed.; heauen F
93. sinewèd] F (sinew’d)
114. you] Ed.; omit F
116. time^] ~: F