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.
Names of the Actors printed at the end of the play in F
1.1
12. boatswain] F (Boson)
22. councillor] F (Counsellor)
36. wi’ th’] F (with)
See line 66.
36–37. A cry within. A plague ^] A plague—A cry within. F
38. SD2 lines earlier directly after “A cry within.” in F
50–51. courses. Off] ~^~ F
52. SPMARINERS] F (Mari.)
62. SDwithin:] ~. F
66. wi’ th’] F (with’)
70. furze] F (firrs)
1.2
3. pour] F (powre)
73. princess ^] ~; F
95. studies.] ~, F
111. that which,] ~, ~ ^ F
130. Milan] F corr. (Millaine); Maillanie F uncorr.
131. royalties] roalties F
133. wi’ th’] F (with)
190. divine.] ~, F
207. princes] F (Princesse)
236. bowsprit] F (Bore-spritt)
249–50. vessel, . . . me.] ~; . . . ~ ^ F
296. made no] Ed.; made thee no F
318, 337. human] F (humane)
335. she] Ed.; he F
363. Awake] Pro. Awake F
391. forth at] Ed.; for that F
415. humane] F
451 SD–452,
473 SD–474.Song. | ARIEL] Ariel Song. F
459. SDBurden dispersedly] 2 words earlier in F
462. Hark] Ar. Hark F
467. o’ th’ island.] ’oth’Iland, F
468. wrack,] ~. F
488. is ’t?] ~ ^ F
518. wert] wer’t F
556. SPSpeak] Pros. Speake F
590. again ^] ~. F
2.1
18–19. entertained ^ . . . offered,] ~, . . . ~ ^F
38. SPANTONIO] Ed.; Seb. F
39. SPSEBASTIAN] Ed.; Ant. F
66. gloss] Ed.; glosses F
98. Ay] F (I)
125. kept,] ~. F
133. lose] F (loose)
179. its] F (it)
225. consent.] ~ ^ F
261. throes] F (throwes)
311. brother] Brothet F
2.2
17. SD3 lines earlier in F
154. o’ th’] ’oth F
3.1
2. sets] Ed.; set F
16. busiest] Ed.; busie lest, F
42–43. you, | Chiefly] ~ ^ | ~, F
57. peerless] peetlesse F
73. would,] ~^ F
3.2
3. ’em] em’ F
16. light.—] ~^ F
28. debauched] debosh’d F
59. isle;] ~ ^ F
165–66. Wilt come? | TRINCULO] Ed.; Trin. Wilt come? F
3.3
22. SD1 line earlier in F, immediately preceding “Enter several . . .”
24. SD3 lines earlier in F
36. islanders] F2; Islands F
40. human] F (humaine)
43. present^] ~; F
50. SD26 lines earlier in F, immediately following 24 SD, “ . . . salutations” as “and inuiting the King, &c. to eate, they depart.”
55. Will ’t] F (Wilt)
83. plume] Ed.; plumbe F
120. bass] F (base)
121. Therefor] F (Therefore)
4.1
9. of her] Ed.; her of F
14. gift] Ed.; guest F
18. rite] F (right)
27. love ^ . . . now,] ~, . . . ~ ^ F
57. rein] F (raigne)
58. abstemious] F (abstenious)
68. vetches] F (Fetches)
70. thatched] F (thetchd)
76. poll-clipped] F (pole-clipt)
82. Her] Ed.; here F
113. SD32 lines earlier in F
119. marriage-blessing] ~, ~ F
126. with] wtth F
139. SD3 1/2 lines later in F
150. sicklemen,] ~ ^ F
152. holiday] F (holly day)
158. SD4 lines earlier in F, following “ . . . and speaks” as “after which to a strange. . . . ”; the spirits] this ed.; they F
177. infirmity.] ~, F
179. repose. . . . two ^] ~, . . . ~, F
181. SDThey exit.] Ed.; Exit. F
181. SDEnter Ariel.] 1 line later in F
200. gorse] F (gosse)
203. filthy-mantled] ~ ^ ~ F
213. Humanely] F
216. SD1 line later in F
217. them on] Ed.; on them F
235. that,] ~ ^ F
258. Let ’t] Ed.; let’s F
5.1
26. human] F (humane)
50. bedimmed] F (bedymn’d)
55. based] F (bass’d)
69. boiled] Ed.; boile F
81. Didst] F (catch-word); Did F (text)
85. entertained] F2; entertaine F
92. lies] F3; ly F
118. Milan] F corr. (Millaine); Maillaine F uncorr.
123. Whe’er] F (Where)
125. been] F corr. (beene); beenee F uncorr.
140. isle] F corr. (Isle); Islle F uncorr.
140. not] F3; nor F
174. Naples] Nalpes F
182. truth,] ~: F
274. events] F corr. (euents); euens F uncorr.
286. her] Ed.; our F
300. shortly, single] ~ ^ ~) F
312. monster, coraggio] Monster, Corasio F
341. Why] F corr.; Who F uncorr.
346. as strange a] Ed.; a strange F
372. strangely] starngely F
Epilogue
2. own,] ~. F
20. SDHe exits.] Exit. | The Scene, an vninhabited Island | Names of the Actors. [See image of list of actors’ names, below.] FINIS. F