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Act Iii: Scene Ii

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p. 383, l. 31 Scene II. A Chamber in Lady Desbro’s House. 4tos and 1724 ‘Scene, a Chamber’.

p. 384, l. 7 Enter Tom. 4tos and 1724 ‘Enter Page’ with speech-prefix— ‘Pag.’ and ‘Exit Page’; but Act iv, 1, 4tos we have ‘Enter Page’ with speech-prefix ‘Tom’ and later in the same scene ‘Enter Tom Page’.

p. 384, l. 12 hear him preach. 1724 ‘here him preach’.

p. 385, l. 8 Beau - - ty. And later ‘fall - ing’ to mark the sanctimonious drawl. 1724 prints ‘Beauty’ and ‘falling’.

p. 388, ll. 8, 10 Exeunt. 4tos omit. 1724 omits ‘Ex. Ana.’

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