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. 22, l. 27 Scene II.  This Scene is not numbered in the previous editions but considered as Scene I with the former.

p. 24, l. 10 To-morrow. 1724 as prose.  I follow metrical arrangement of 4to.

p. 26, l. 12 impose. 4to 1677 ‘imposes’.

P. 27, l. 15 Scene III.  Sir Timothy’s House.  I have supplied the locale.  In all former editions Scenes I and II being counted as one this is numbered Scene II.

p. 27, l. 16 and Boy.  I have added the entrance of the Boy.

p. 28, l. 12 that I am. 4to 1677 omits ‘that’.

p. 28, l. 28 _—­and where—­and where_. 1724 reads ‘—­and where—­’ once.

p. 29, l. 25 Fortunes. 1724 ‘Fortune’.

p. 30, l. 32 Exeunt. 4to 1677 ‘Ex.’ 1724 ‘Exit.’

p. 30, l. 33 Scene IV.  Lord Plotwell’s House.  I have added the locale.  The former editions, regarding Scenes I and II of this act as one, read ‘Scene III.’

p. 34, l. 21 nor one. 1677 ‘nor none’.

p. 37, l. 14 Scene V.  ‘Scene IV’ in former editions.

p. 39, l. 34 Exeunt.  Not in former editions. 4to 1677 has ’The End of the Second Act.’

p. 40, l. 2 A Room in Lord Plotwell’s House.  All former editions mark the locale as ‘The Street.’  But this is obviously wrong from the sitting, dancing and whole business of the scene.

p. 41, l. 6 Griefs. 1724 ‘Grief.’

p. 41, l. 9 something of disorder. 4to 1677 ‘something in disorder’.

p. 41, l. 24 bear. 4to 1677 ‘bare’.

p. 42, l. 19 Life left. 1724 omits ‘left’.

p. 43, l. 4 plunged in Blood. 1724 ‘plung’d in, in Blood.’

p. 43, l. 5 A Jigg.  Not in 1724.

p. 43, l. 19 with all your Faults. 4to 1677 omits ‘your’.

p. 45, l. 4 of it. 4to 1677 ‘on’t’.

p. 47, l. 7 Exeunt.  All former editions ‘Exit.’

p. 47, l. 8 Scene II.  No former editions number this scene, but read ‘Enter Diana, Scene a Bedchamber.’

p. 47, l. 33 unto. 4to 1677 ‘to’.

p. 49, l. 25 Love. 1724 ‘Life’.

p. 50, l. 23 Exit.  Not marked in former editions.

p. 50, l. 24 Scene III.  A Street.  No former editions number this scene.

p. 51, l. 1 Which. 4to 1677 ‘Who’.

p. 54, l. 34 Exeunt.  Not in 1724. 4to 1677 adds ’The End of the Third Act.’

p. 55, l. 2 Celinda’s Chamber.  The locale is unmarked in all former editions,

p. 57, l. 15 the longed for. 4to 1677 misprints ‘she long’d for’.

p. 59, l. 8 Blessings. 1724 ‘Blessing’.

p. 59, l. 10 Who ere. 1724 ‘When e’er’.

p. 61, l. 11 and who. 1724 ‘and she who’.

p. 62, l. 6 Scene II.  The former editions have not numbered this scene.

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