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Textual Notes: As You Like It

The reading of the present text appears to the left of the square bracket. Unless otherwise noted, the reading to the left of the bracket is from F, the First Folio text (upon which this edition is based). The earliest sources of readings not in F are indicated as follows: Morley is Thomas Morley’s The First Booke of Ayres, Or Little Songs, to Sing and Play to the Lute of 1600; F2 is the Second Folio of 1632; F3 is the Third Folio of 1663–64; F4 is the Fourth Folio of 1685; Ed. is an earlier editor of Shakespeare, beginning with Rowe in 1709. No sources are given for emendations of punctuation or for corrections of obvious typographical errors, like turned letters that produce no known word. SD means stage direction; SP means speech prefix; uncorr. means the first or uncorrected state of the First Folio; corr. means the second or corrected state of the First Folio; ~ stands in place of a word already quoted before the square bracket; ^ indicates the omission of a punctuation mark.

1.1
12. manage] F (mannage)
61. so.] ~, F
83. SD Ex. Orl. Ad. F
108. she] F3; hee F
160. SP OLIVER] F2; omit F
160. SD Exit. F 1 line earlier.
168. misprized] F (misprised)

1.2
3. I] Ed.; omit F
43. No?] ~; F
44 SD and hereafter in SDD. Touchstone] Ed.; Clowne F, where SD is 2 lines earlier.
53. and] Ed.; omit F
57 and hereafter. SP TOUCHSTONE] Ed.; Clow. F
58. father] farher F
82. SP CELIA] Ed.; Ros. F
82. him.] ~ ^ F
90. Le] F2; the F
96. Bonjour] F (Boon-iour)
104. rank—] ~. F
114. sons—] ~. F
143 SP and hereafter. DUKE FREDERICK] Ed.; Duke F
152. you,] ~ ^ F
174. misprized] F (misprised)
239–40. deserved. . . . love ^ ]~, . . . ~; F
241. justly,] ~ ^ F
244. fortune,] ~ ^ F
251. quintain] F (quintine)
257. SD Rosalind . . . exit] Ed.; Exit F
261. SD 2 lines earlier in F
263. To] Te F
273. smaller] Ed.; taller F

1.3
37. SD 2 lines earlier in F
60. likelihood] F2; likelihoods F
80. smoothness,] ~; F
81. her] per F
86. lips.] ~ ^ F
87. doom] F (doombe)
93. SD Exit Duke, &c. F
127. martial] F (marshall)
133. be] F2; by F
138. travel] F (trauaile)
144. go we in] F2; goe in we F

2.1
51. much] F2; must F
53. friends] Ed.; friend F

2.2
10. gentlewoman] Centlewoman F
21. SD They exit] Exunt F

2.3
8. prizer] F (priser)
10. some] F2; seeme F
16. SP ORLANDO] F2; omit F
19. lives.] ~ ^ F
30. SP ORLANDO] F2; Ad. F
72. seventeen] Ed.; seauentie F

2.4
1. weary] Ed.; merry F
18. SD 1 line earlier in F
32. heartily.] ~, F
43. thy wound] Ed.; they would F
71. you] F2; your F
76. travel] F (trauaile)
84. recks] F (wreakes)
86 and hereafter. cote] F (Coate)
100. me.] ~, F

2.5
1. SP AMIENS] Ed.; omit F
3. turn] tnrne F
28. not,] ~ ^ F
36. SP ALL together here] this ed; Altogether heere F
42–43. No . . . weather] Ed.; &c. F
47. SP JAQUES] F2; Amy. F

2.7
0. SD Senior] F (Sen.)
0. SD Lords] Ed.; Lord F
39. brain] braiue F
50. Withal] Wiithall F
57. Not to] Ed.; omit F
66. chiding sin] F2; chiding fin F
91. comes] F2; come F
102. say.] ~, F
119. been] bcene F
120. sat] F (sate)
139. find] sinde F
158. sudden ^ ] ~, F
167. wide ^] ~, F
169. treble,] ~ ^ F
173. SD carrying] Ed.; with F
182. SP AMIENS sings] Ed.; omit F
190. Then] Ed.; The F
193. bite] F (bight)
198–201. heigh-ho . . . jolly] &c. F
209. master] F2; masters F

3.1
15. Well,] ~ ^ F

3.2
11,
86. Master] F (Mr)
21. Hast] F (Has’t)
27. good] pood F
32,
40. Wast] F (Was’t)
49. court ^ ] ~, F
75. good,] ~ ^ F
85. SD 2 lines later in F
127. a] Ed.; omit F
130. show] F (shoe)
137. boughs] F (bowes)
145. enlarged.] ~, F
147. her] Ed.; his F
161. now?—Back,] ~ ^ ~ ^ F
165. SD Exit. F
197. whooping] F (hooping)
241. such] F2; omit F
248. thy] Ed.; the F
250. heart] F (Hart)
255. SD 1 line earlier in F
262. God be wi’] F (God buy)
277. conned] F (cond)
303. is ’t] i’st F
353. lectures] F (Lectors)
369. deifying] F2; defying F
377. are] F2; art F

3.3
0. SD followed by] Ed.; and F
55. Horns? Even so. . . . alone?] Ed.; ~, ~~ ^ . . . ~: F
66. and hereafter. SP OLIVER MARTEXT] F (Ol.)
73. Monsieur] F (Mr)
96. SP TOUCHSTONE] F2 (Clo.); Ol. F
98. Master] F (Mr)
107. SD Exeunt. F

3.4
13. the] thc F
29. a] F2; omit F
41. puny] F (puisny)

3.5
1. Phoebe.] ~ ^ F
12. pretty,] ~ ^ F
32. wounds] wouuds F
70. hear] F (here)
138. I] F2; omit F
147. straight] F (strait)

4.1
1. be] F2; not in F
21. my] F2; by F
31. travel] F (trauaile)
32. SD 4 lines earlier in F
34. be wi’] F (buy)
41. gondola] F (Gundello)
52. whole] F (hole)
73. holiday] F (holy-day)
163. hyena] F (Hyen)
176. wilt] F (wil’t)
178. wife’s] F (wiues)
192. o’clock] F (a clock)
197. hour?] ~. F
223. in, it] F2; in, in F

4.2
13. SD printed as part of the song in F

4.3
1. o’clock] F (a clock)
5. SD 2 lines earlier in F
12. tenor] F (tenure)
30. huswife’s] F (huswiues)
78. SD Silvius] F (Sil.)
82. bottom;] ~ ^ F
109. boughs] F (bows)
115. threats,] ~ ^ F
116. suddenly,] ~ ^ F
150. place—] ~. F
151. In] F2; I F
164. his] F2; this F

5.1
9. SD 1 line later in F
11. clown.] ~, F
15. gi’] F (ye)
18. covered] eouer’d F
21. SP TOUCHSTONE] F corr. (Clo.); Orl. F uncorr.
22. SP WILLIAM] F corr. (Will.); Clo. F uncorr.
23. Wast] F (Was’t)
27. SP TOUCHSTONE] Ed.; Cle. F
37. sir] F2; sit F
56. policy] F2; police F

5.2
7. her] Ed.; omit F
27. swoon] F (sound)
33. overcame] F2; overcome F
59. are] F2; arc F
68. straits] F (straights)
71. human] F (humane)
120. will] wlll F
121. satisfy] Ed.; satisfi’d F

5.3
5. SD 1 line later in F
19. springtime] Ed.; the spring time F
19. ring] Morley; rang F
24. lie ^ ] ~. F
25–27. the only . . . the spring] Ed.; &c. F
31–33. the only . . . the spring] Ed.; &c. F
34–37. And . . . springtime] Morley; printed in F after line 21
36. prime,] ~. F
37–39. the only . . . the spring] Ed.; &c. F
46. be wi’] F (buy)

5.4
26. SD Rosalind] F (Ros.)
30. daughter] daughrer F
35. SD 1 line earlier in F
84. to] ro F
84. the] F2; omit F
117. hither,] ~. F
118. her] his F
153. daughter,] ~ ^ F
169. them] Ed.; him F
177. here were] here vvete F
180. share] sharc F
189. SP SECOND BROTHER] F corr. (2. Bro.); 2. Bri. F uncorr.
192. bequeath;] ~ ^ F
205. see] F corr.; sce F uncorr.
207. rites] F (rights)
208. trust ^ ] ~, F
208. SD Exit. F


Epilogue

9. play!] F corr. (~?); ~. F uncorr.