Subsequent editions in Quarto were printed in 1622 (Q ̧) by T. P. for Mathew Law, in 1632 (Q,) by John Norton for William Sheares, and in 1639 (Q) by John Norton for Hugh Perry. In all these the title-page is substantially the same. Each Quarto appears to have been printed from its predecessor. The 'Dering MS.' quoted in our foot-notes was discovered in the muniment room at Surrenden by the Rev. Lambert B. Larking in 1844, and published in the following year for the Shakespeare Society under the editorship of Mr Halliwell. It contains a large portion of the First Part of Henry IV. and some scenes of the Second Part. Mr Halliwell believes it to have been written in the early part of the 17th century, certainly earlier than 1640, for the purpose of private theatrical performance. Some additions and corrections were made by the hand of 'Sir Edward Deryng, the first baronet, who died in 1644.' (Introduction, p. xii. ed. 1845.) We are of opinion that this MS. was copied from the fifth Quarto of the First Part, and from a complete Quarto of the Second Part. The writer seems to have been both illiterate and careless. His punctuation is singularly bad, and his spelling peculiar to himself. We have noticed such various readings as seemed in any way remarkable. 4. THE SECOND PART OF KING HENRY THE FOURTH was first published in Quarto in 1600 with the following titlepage: THE Second part of Henrie | the fourth, continuing to his death, and coronation of Henrie | the fift. | With the humours of sir Iohn Fal- staffe, and swaggering | Pistoll. As it hath been sundrie times publikely | acted by the right honourable, the Lord | Chamberlaine his seruants. Written by William Shakespeare. | LONDON Printed by V. S. for Andrew Wise, and William Aspley. 1600. | In some copies of the Quarto the first scene of Act III. is left out altogether. The omission seems to have been discovered after part of the edition had been struck off and rectified by the insertion of two new leaves. In order to make this insertion, the type was taken to pieces in part of the preceding and subsequent leaves, so that there are two different impressions for the latter part of Act II. and the beginning of Act III. Sc. 2. Where this difference occurs we have used the symbols Q1 and Q; where the two are identical we use only Q. The version in the first Folio was probably printed from a transcript of the original MS. It contains passages of considerable length which are not found in the Quarto. Some of these are among the finest in the play, and are too closely connected with the context to allow of the supposition that they were later additions inserted by the author after the publication of the Quarto. In the MS. from which that edition was printed, these passages had been most likely omitted, or erased, in order to shorten the play for the stage. The Folio in other places affords occasional readings which seem preferable to those of the Quarto, but for the most part the Quarto is to be regarded as having the higher critical value. KING HENRY THE FIFTH appears in its present form for the first time in the Folio of 1623. An imperfect edition in quarto was printed surreptitiously in 1600, with the following title: (Q). The Cronicle | History of Henry the fift, | With his battell fought at Agin Court in | France. Togither with Auntient Pistoll. As it hath bene sundry times playd by the Right honorable the Lord Chamberlaine his seruants. | LONDON | Printed by Thomas Creede, for Tho. Milling- | ton, and Iohn Busby. And are to be sold at his house in Carter Lane, next | the Powle head. 1600. The text of this edition is given literatim at the end of the present volume', with the readings of two reprints which appeared in 1602 and 1608 respectively. The title-pages of these are as follows: 1 Now transferred to Vol. 1x.- -W. A. W. (Q2). The Chronicle | History of Henry the fift, | With his | battell fought at Agin Court | in France. Together with Auntient| Pistoll. As it hath bene sundry times playd by the Right honorable | the Lord Chamberlaine his seruants. | LONDON | Printed by Thomas Creede, for Thomas | Pauier, and are to be sold at his shop in Cornhill, at the signe of the Cat and Parrets neare | the Exchange. 1602. (Q). The Chronicle History of Henry the fift, with his battell fought at Agin Court in | France. Together with an-cient Pistoll. As it hath bene sundry times playd by the Right Honou-| rable the Lord Chamberlaine his | Seruants. | Printed for T. P. 1608. The text of these Quarto editions is so imperfect and varies so much from the more authentic text of the Folio, that it was impossible to give the variations in our foot-notes. We are inclined to agree with Mr Collier and others in the supposition that the Quarto text was 'hastily made up from notes taken at the theatre during the performance, subsequently patched together.' The references to these Quartos are inclosed in brackets in accordance with the rule mentioned in the Preface to Vol. I. p. xxiii. It is scarcely necessary to add that 'The famous Victories of Henry the Fift,' published in [1598 and] 1617, has nothing to do with Shakespeare's play. We have the pleasure of adding several new names to the list of our benefactors. Miss Thackeray, of Windsor, has been so kind as to lend us a copy of Nares's Glossary which belonged to her late father, the Provost of King's College, Cambridge, and is copiously annotated in his hand. Mr Henry Wilbraham has obtained for us the loan of some valuable MS. notes on Shakespeare, compiled by the late Mr Roger Wilbraham, F.R.S., formerly Fellow of Trinity College, and now in the possession of Mr George Fortescue Wilbraham of Delamere House, Cheshire. Dr C. M. Ingleby and Mr G. R. French have sent us valuable communications, the former with reference to difficulties in the text, the latter with reference to points of history and genealogy. We are also indebted for various acts of kindness and courtesy to the Marquis Camden, the Rev. T. S. Woollaston, the Rev. Lambert B. Larking, the Rev. Archibald Clerke of Kilmallie, Mr Stirling of Keir, Mr Pryme, Mr W. B. Donne, Mr P. S. Worsley, Professor Goldwin Smith, the Rev. H. O. Coxe, Librarian of the Bodleian, Mr C. Wright, and the late Mr George Daniel. [1864] W. G. C. NOTE. THE rather long list of Addenda to the various readings and conjectures already recorded is due mainly to the fact that until the volume was nearly finished I was not aware that a second edition of the first volume of Mr H. H. Vaughan's notes on the Historical Plays had been published since his death, and that Bishop Wordsworth's edition of certain selected plays contained alterations and emendations of the text. Even now I have not attempted to indicate the conjectures which Mr Vaughan subsequently abandoned. May, 1891. W. A. W. 4 ADDENDA ET CORRIGENDA. I. 1. 276 II. 1. 16 II. 1. 111 II. 1. 125 II. 1. 144 II. 1. 149 II. 1. 160 II. 1. 167 II. 1. 323 II. 1. 354 KING JOHN. Who says 'ay' was, he lies Vaughan conj. from thy] forth by Vaughan conj. As to me was my husband; Vaughan conj. an ass] an ape Orger conj. King Philip,] Kind Lewis, Vaughan conj. Lew. Let us Orger For Lettsom conj. read Wordsworth (Lettsom conj.). Dipp'd in the dying slaughter of their foes Vaughan conj. II. 1. 511, 512 makes him like That...sees which Vaughan conj. his own so too Vaughan conj. should] would So quoted by Vaughan. 287 But thou, dost...forsworn Art most Vaughan conj. vast of night Orger conj. proud and watchful Orger conj. III. 3. 69 Remember] Hubert, remember Wordsworth. IV. 2. 127 IV. 3. 128 v. 2. 64-68 What? my mother dead? Vaughan conj. That] om. Wordsworth, reading ever...serve as one line. I do not ask much Vaughan conj. (retaining with cold). |