16 Your . . . friend. In B ends preceding line.
Enter . . . above. A omits.
30 To. Some copies of B have T.
33-36 If I . . . and ready. A omits.
41 Why . . . villains? A omits.
Enter . . . dore. A omits.
all but the first. A omits.
53 Qq punctuate wrongly:--Where is that angry Earle my lord? Come forth.
all the murtherers. A, others.
D'Ambois . . . downe. A omits.
Pistolls shot within. Inserted before 72 in B; A omits.
90-93 And if . . . groomes. A omits.
She offers to help him. Inserted before 95 in B. A omits.
119 Now. A, And.
135 in. A, gainst.
136 drifts of. A, endless.
146 struck. Emend. ed.; Qq, stuck.
Moritur. A omits.
147-153 Farewell . . . humanity. These lines are placed by A at the close of the Scene, and are preceded by three lines which B omits:--
My terrors are strook inward, and no more My pennance will allow they shall enforce Earthly afflictions but upon my selfe.
147 reliques. A, relicts.
149 Joine flames with Hercules. So in A; B, Jove flames with her rules.
151 chrystall. A, continent.
154 Son . . . soule. Before this line B has Frier.
155 Rues . . . heaven. After this line A inserts:--
Since thy revengefull spirit hath rejected The charitie it commands, and the remission To serve and worship the blind rage of bloud.
163 kneeling. A, sitting.
173 No place . . . compriseth. After this line A inserts:--
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