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p. 235, l. 22 _give._ My own emendation: previous editions 'be'.
p. 236, l. 12 _make._ 4to 1690 'have'.
p. 237, l. 6 _Down. I say._ 4to 1690 wrongly gives this speech to Dunce.
p. 238, l. 25 _If we wou'd._ 1724 'If he wou'd'.
+ACT I: Scene iii+
p. 239, l. 25 _Jeffery._ I have supplied the name here from the following line.
p. 239, l. 31 _Exit._ Not noted in former editions.
p. 240, l. 2 _of a Baboon._ 4to 1690 'of Baboone'.
p. 240, l. 5 _Tumbler._ 4to 1690 misprints 'Fumbler'.
p. 241, ll. 15, 18 _Pound._ 1724 'Pounds'.
p. 242, l. 32 _Sure. reads._ 4to 1690 and 1724 'she reads', which is ambiguous.
p. 243, l. 16 _de la guerre._ 4to 1690 'de la gare'.
p. 244, l. 17 _They join with Surelove._ Only in 4to 1690.
+ACT II: Scene i+
p. 245, l. 21 _have Charms._ 1724 'have those Charms'.
p. 245, l. 28 _Mediator._ 1724 'Meditator'.
p. 245, l. 32 _would make me lay the Conqueror._ 1724 'would lay me a Conqueror'.
p. 248, l. 12 _knip._ 1724 mis-spells this rare word 'nip'.
+ACT II: Scene ii+
p. 252, l. 36 _A Scots Dance._ 1724 'A Scotch Dance.'
p. 253, l. 28 _Billet-Douxs._ 4to 1690 'Billet-Deaxs'.
p. 254, l. 12 _Drinking all this while sometimes._ Only in 4to 1690.
+ACT II: Scene iii+
p. 255, l. 16 _Pulls a Bottle._ 4to 1690 'Pulls out a Bottle'.
p. 255, l. 28 _Drinks._ Only in 4to 1690.
p. 256, l. 31 _durst._ 4to 1690 'darst'.
+ACT II: Scene iv+
p. 258, l. 26 _Enter Brag._ Both 4to 1690 and 1724 have 'Enter a Messenger', and give l. 27 speech-prefix 'Mes.' Both, however, give the next speech he speaks (l. 33) to Brag and have later 'Exit Brag.'
p. 259, l. 5 _Whimsey._ Both 4to 1690 and 1724 here and elsewhere cut the name down to 'Whim.'
p. 259, l. 9 _wish'd that the Plot._ 4to 1690 'wish'd the Plot'.
p. 261, l. 17 _care._ 1724 'ear'.
p. 262, l. 25 _Wellman's Guards._ 4to 1690 'Wellman, his Guards'. But Wellman has not left the stage. The comma printed by 1690 is probably a mistake and we should read 'Wellman his Guards'.
p. 263, l. 24 _Exit._ 4to 1690 gives no direction. 1724 has 'Exeunt.'
But Timorous is left alone on the stage.
+ACT III: Scene i+
p. 264, l. 1 _hollow._ 4to 1690 'hallow'.
p. 266, l. 15 _That._ Omitted in 4to 1690.
p. 270, l. 8 _Exeunt._ 4to 1690 gives no stage direction here.
+ACT III: Scene ii+
p. 272, l. 28 _'tis a t.i.ttle of the D-- breed._ [sic] 4to 1690. 1724 ''tis little of the D-- breed'.
p. 274, l. 1 _haste with._ 1724 'haste you with'.
+ACT III: Scene iia+
p. 275, l. 28 _stands and stares a while._ 1724 'stands a while and stares'.
p. 277, l. 28 _shall be._ 4to 1690 'shall not be'.
+ACT IV: Scene i+
p. 279, l. 12 _Priests._ 4to 1690 'Priest.'
+ACT IV: Scene ii+
p. 289. l. 10 _draw._ 4to 1690 'draws', but not as a stage direction.
+ACT IV: Scene iii+
p. 289, l. 21 _Scene III._ I have numbered this scene.
