The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 615 pages of information about The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III.
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The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 615 pages of information about The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III.

p. 227, l. 29 Scene II.  I have numbered this scene.

p. 227, l. 29 in an undressing. 1724 omits ‘in an’.

p. 228, l. 7 Aside.  Omitted in 4to 1687.

p. 228, l. 21 Within.  I have supplied this stage direction here and in Bellmour’s following speech.

p. 229, l. 2 to him.  Not in 1724.

p. 229, l. 4 before to morrow. 1724 reads ’before we go to him to-morrow.’

p. 229, l. 27 his Safety. 1724 omits ‘his’.

p. 231, l. 3 I’m sorry.  I have arranged this metrically.  Former editions as prose.

p. 23l, l. 16 Woman. 4to 1687 ‘Women’.  But Pert is alone.

p. 231, l. 22 Want. 1724 misprints ‘Wont’.

p. 234, l. 4 Exit.  I have supplied this stage direction.

p. 234, l. 5 Scene V.  I have numbered this scene.

p. 234, l. 27 Dick his Boy.  Former editions ‘and Boy.’  But Dick’s name is given in the Dramatis Personae and later in this same scene.

p. 235, l. 11 you know.  Omitted by 1724.

p. 237, l. 21 Aside.  Former editions wrongly mark this whole speech ‘aside’.  The last sentence is clearly spoken aloud to Sir Cautious.

p. 238, l. 30 Ad, and. 1724 ‘and and’.

p. 238, l. 32 Exit Dick.  I have added this Exit, unmarked in former editions.  Dick obviously does not remain on the stage as his entrance is marked later.

p. 239, l. 14 Aside, turns. 1724 omits ‘turns’.

p. 240, l. 29 Scene VI.  I have numbered this scene.

p. 241, l. 28 Aside.  Not in 4to 1687.  But marked in 1724.

p. 243, l. 18 Exeunt.  This stage direction is in no previous edition.

p. 244, ll. 28-36 I am sorry ...  Jewel, Sir.  Previous editions as prose.

p. 245, l. 5 Where had ...  Previous editions print as prose.

p. 246, l. 1 rivell’d. 4to 1687.  All later editions ‘shrivel’d’, which is by no means as good.

p. 246, l. 2 Ladles. 1724 misprints ‘Ladies’,

p. 248, l. 31 amended. 1724 ‘mended’.

p. 249, l. 2 Dinner in. 1724 ‘Dinner at’.

p. 255, l. 27 wou’d but stand. 1724 omits ‘but’.

p. 259, l. 13 Exit.  I have added this stage direction. 4to 1687 reads ‘The End of the Fourth Act.’

p. 260, l. 17 Scene II.  I have numbered this scene,

p. 263, l. 14 Scene III. 4to and 1724 ‘Scene II.’

p. 264, l. 21 attend. 1724 ‘intend.’

p. 265, l. 31 Soft Musick ceases.  I put this stage direction here, following 4to 1687. 1724 inserts it after the Song, which is not so well.

p. 266, l. 20 Scene IV.  I have numbered this scene.

p. 267, l. 1 Yet you may.  I have arranged the whole speech metrically. 1687 prints to ‘April Flow’rs’ as prose. 1724 prints to ‘gather’ as prose.

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