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Textual Notes: The Two Gentlemen of Verona

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 heading; 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

0. SD Enter . . . Proteus.] Ed.; Valentine: Protheus, and Speed. F
2. wits.] ~, F
13. travel] F (trauaile)
49. love ^] Loue; F uncorr.; ~, F corr.
59and hereafter. Milan] F (Millaine)
66. more;] F corr.; ~; F uncorr.
67. leave] Ed.; loue F
67. all,] all^ F
68. metamorphosed] F (metamorphis’d)
70. nought] F corr.; naught F uncorr.
79. a] F2; omit F
147. testerned] F2; cestern’d F


1.2

5. parle] F (par’le)
10. knight^] ~, F
56. fool] F (’foole)
85–86. tune, . . . note.] ~: . . . ~, F
88. o’] O, F
103. your] F2; you F
146. will ’t] F (wilt)


1.3

0. SD Enter Antonio and Pantino.] Enter Antonio and Panthino. Protheus. F
17. travel] F (trauaile)
51. O] F2; Pro. Oh F
77. Pantino] Panthmo F
89. father] F2; Fathers F
92. SD They exit.] Exeunt. Finis. F


2.1

0. SD Enter . . . glove.] Enter Valentine, Speed, Siluia. F
20. malcontent] F (Male-content)
30–31. metamorphosed] F (Metamorphis’d)
53. fair^ as, of you,] ~, ~ (~ ~) F
81. bed.] ~, F
113. stead] F (steed)
135. SD Sylvia] F (Sil.)
145. What,] ~ ^ F


2.2

0. SD Enter Proteus and Julia.] Enter Protheus, Julia, Panthion F


2.3

0. SD Enter Lance, . . . Crab.] Enter Launce, Panthion. F
29. wold] Ed.; would F
39, 40, 42, 54. tied] F (tide)


2.4

0. SD Enter . . . Speed.] Enter Valentine, Siluia, Thurio, Speed, Duke, Protheus. F
11. Haply] F (Hap’ly)
63. conversed] F (conuerst)
108. mistress] F2; a Mistresse F
117. SP servant] Ed.; Thur. F
164. too] F (to)
173. makes] F2; make F
186. ^thou . . . jealousy.^] (~ . . . ~.) F
201. SD Valentine and Speed exit.] Ed.; Exit. F, 1 line earlier
203. another,] ~. F
206. Is it mine eye] Ed.; It is mine F
224. SD He exits.] F2; Exeunt. F


2.5

39. that] F2; that that F


3.1

0. SD Enter Duke, Thurio, and Proteus.] Enter Duke, Thurio, Protheus, Valentine, Launce, Speed. F
6. your] yonr F
42. presently,] ~. F
56. tenor] F (tenure)
83. nought] F (naught)
196. ’tis] t’is F
207. you—] ~. F
222, 226. banishèd] banish’d F
231. them,] ~^ F
298–99. grandmother] F corr. (Grand-mother); Grand-ɯother F uncorr.
300. Try] F corr. (try); thy F uncorr.
301. Saint] F (S.)
308. sew] Ed.; sowe F
309. so?] F corr. (so?); so. F uncorr.
319. nameless] F corr.; name lesse F uncorr.
323. follow] F corr.; followes F uncorr.
325. kissed] Ed.; omit F
326. breath] F corr.; breth F uncorr.
333. talk] F corr. (talke); take F uncorr.
335. villain] F corr. (villaine); villanie F uncorr.
340. ta’en] t’ane F
342. love] F corr. (loue); lone F uncorr.
353. hair] F corr. (haire); haires F uncorr.
356. mine^ twice^] ~, ~^ F corr.; ~^~, F uncorr.
356. last] F corr.; omit F uncorr.
359. be;] ~^ F
360. therefore] F corr.; ʇherefore F uncorr.
369. impossible—] ~. F
378. long^] F uncorr.; ~, F corr.
378. going^] F corr.; ~, F uncorr.
380. Pox] F (’pox)
383. SD He exits.] Ed.; Exeunt. F


3.2

1. you^] F corr.; ~, F uncorr.
12. gone?] F corr. (gon?); gon. F uncorr.
13. SP PROTEUS] F corr. (Pro.); omit F uncorr.
14. grievously] F corr.; heauily F uncorr.
47. aught] F (ought)


4.1

0. SD Enter certain Outlaws.] Enter Valentine, Speed, and certaine Out-lawes. F
7. friends—] ~. F
34. travel] F (trauaile)
35. miserable] F2; often miserable F
49. An heir and near^] Ed.; And heire and Neece, F
58. want—] ~. F


4.2

0. SD Enter Proteus.] Enter Protheus, Thurio, Iulia, Host, Musitian, Siluia. F
2. Thurio.] ~, F
28. you’re] F (your’)
40. hear ’em] F (heare’m)
41. SP PROTEUS] Ed.; no SP F
90. even] F (eu’n)
120. his] F2; her F


4.3

0. SD Enter Eglamour.] Enter Eglamore, Siluia. F
42. Recking] Ed.; Wreaking F


4.4

0. SD Enter . . . Crab.] Enter Launce, Protheus, Iulia, Siluia. F
72. thou] F2; thee F
76. to] F2; not F
158–59. is; . . . well,] ~, . . . ~; F
177. Theseus’] F (Thesus)
205–6. myself^ . . . god?] ~? . . . ~. F
216. SD She exits.] F2; Exeunt. F


5.1

0. SD Enter Eglamour.] Enter Eglamoure, Siluia. F


5.2

0. SD Enter . . . Sebastian.] Enter Thurio, Protheus, Iulia, Duke. F
7. SP JULIA] Ed.; Pro. F
13. SP JULIA] Ed.; Thu. F
18. your] F4; you F
46. stand^] ~, F
55. Sylvia’s] Siluas F
58. She exits.] Ed.; Exeunt. F


5.4

0. SD Enter Valentine.] Enter Valentine, Protheus, Siluia, Iulia, Duke, Thurio, Out-lawes. F
5. nightingale’s] F (Nightingales)
6. distresses] distrestes F
26. this ^] ~? F
59. arms’] F (armes)
115. love.] ~? F
132. SP OUTLAWS] F (Out-l.)