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Textual Notes: Timon of Athens

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: 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
0. SD Enter Poet, Painter, Jeweler, and Merchant, at several doors.] Ed.; Enter . . . Ieweller, Merchant, and Mercer, at seuerall doores. F
27. gum which oozes] Ed.; Gowne, which vses F
29. struck] F (strooke)
50. Look, more] Looke^ moe F
85. scope.]~^ F
102. hands] F2; hand F
102. slip] Ed.; sit F
117. Ventidius. Well,] ~, ~: F
128 and hereafter. SP OLD MAN] F (Oldm. or Old.)
135. Lord] F (L.)
143. o’] F (a’)
150. be,] ~^ F
203. the] F (ye)
204. SD 2 lines earlier in F
206. bear,] ~^ F
224. thou ’lt] F (thou’t)
231. You’re] F (Y’are)
236. thou ’dst] F (thoud’st)
240. So^] ~, F
244. cost] F3; cast F
255. feigned] fegin’d F
281. so, there!] so; their^ F
290. depart] depatt F
291. SD All . . . exit.] Exeunt. F
292, 307. o’] F (a)
308. Come] Ed.; Comes F

1.2
28. to] F (too)
30. ever] Ed.; verie F
50, 148. ’T ’as] F (’Tas)
50. proved.] ~, F
53. notes.] ~, F
64. too] F (to)
104, 109. born] F (borne)
108. joy’s^] ioyes, F
110. methinks. . . . faults,] ~^ . . . ~. F
117. Much! Sound tucket.] Ed.; Much. | Sound Tucket. Enter the Maskers of Amazons, with Lutes in their hands, dauncing and playing. F
118. SD Enter Servant.] 1/2 line later in F
125. SD Enter “Cupid.”] Ed.; Enter Cupid with the Maske of Ladies. F
129–30. touch,] ~^ F
134. SP LUCIUS] Luc. F
134. SD See nn. to lines 117 and 125.
156. SP FIRST LADY] Ed.; 1 Lord. F
161. SD Cupid and Ladies exit.] Exeunt. F
168. he’d] F (hee’ld)
173. SD after
line 183 in
F
175. lord] F (L.)
246. SD All but Timon and Apemantus exit.] Ed.; Exeunt Lords F

2.2
1 and hereafter. SP FLAVIUS] Ed.; Stew. F
4. resumes] Ed.; resume F
12 and hereafter in this scene. SP VARRO’S MAN] Ed.; Var. F
14 and hereafter in this scene. SP ISIDORE’S MAN] Ed.; Isid. F
58. SD Timon . . . exit.] Exit. F
91. SP PAGE] Ed.; Boy. F
98. thou ’lt] F (thou’t)
106. Ay. Would] Ed.; I would F
143. proposed] F2; propose F
152. found] F2; sound F
152. honesty.] ~, F
160. time.] ~, F
174. of] Ed.; or F
187. Lord] F (L.)
208. Flaminius] Ed.; Flauius F
209. SP SERVANTS] F (Ser.)
230. treasure] Treature F
260. SD He exits.] Exeunt F

3.1
0. SD Enter Flaminius . . . Lucullus . . . Enter] Ed.; Flaminius . . . a Lord . . . enters F
11. bountiful] bouutifull F
53. SD Lucullus] F (L.)
54. that] F (yt)

3.2
12, 24, 38. fifty] Ed.; so many F
28, 39, 64. SP LUCIUS] Lucil. F
50–51. Servilius,] ~. F
64. SD Servilius exits.] F (Exit Seruil.) 1 line earlier

3.3
23. I] F2; omit F

3.4
0. SD two Men] man F
5 and hereafter in this scene. SP LUCIUS’ MAN] Ed.; Luci. F
9. And, sir, Philotus’] And sir Philotus F
21. recoverable. I fear^] ~, . . . ~: F
39, 41. SP VARRO’S FIRST MAN] Ed.; Varro F
69. If ’twill] If ’t ’twill F
99. SP HORTENSIUS] Ed.; I Var. F
124. Sempronius] Sempronius Vllorxa F

3.5
17. An] Ed.; And F
22. behave] Ed.; behooue F
30. born] F (borne)
51. felon] Ed.; fellow F
66. I] F2; omit F
66. has] F (ha’s)
70. ’em] F2; him F
111. SD Senators exit.] F (Exeunt.)
124. ’Tis] ,Tis F

3.6
1 and hereafter in this scene. SPP FIRST FRIEND, SECOND FRIEND, THIRD FRIEND, FOURTH FRIEND] Ed.; 1, 2, 3, 4 F
19. here’s] F (heares)
24. SD 1/2 line later in F
35. awhile,] ~: F
47. SD 6 lines earlier in F
55. SP FIRST AND SECOND FRIENDS] Ed.; Both F
63. Will ’t . . . Will ’t] F (Wilt . . . Wilt)
82. tag] Ed.; legge F
94. with your] Ed.; you with F
112. the] rhe F
116. naught] F (nought)

4.1
6. steads! . . . filths^] ~, . . . ~. F
8. fast!] ~^ F
13. Son] F4; Some F

4.2
1. Master] F (M.)
17. SD 1/2 line later in F
52. has] F (ha’s)

4.3
3. Twinned] Ed.; Twin’d F
12. lards^] ~, F
12. brother’s] F (Brothers)
13. lean] F2; leaue F
16. say] fay F
45. at,] ~. F
51. Thou ’lt] F (thou’t)
97. tub-fast] Fubfast F
109, 149, 304, 350. thou] F (yu)
130. window-bars] Ed.; window Barne F
175. scolds] Ed.; scold’st F
179. curled-pate] curld’pate F
200. SD To . . . exit] Exeunt. F
211. thy] Ed.; the F
211. human] F (humane)
221. unctuous] F (Vnctious)
237, 392, 497, 587. has] F (ha’s)
241. bade] F (bad)
261. e’er] F (ere)
276. Outlives^] ~: F
288. command] Ed.; command’st F
322. my] Ed.; thy F
411. swoon] F (swoond)
427. son] F (Sunne)
427. sire] Ed.; fire F
429. ever^] ~, F
436. slave, man,] ~-~^ F
446. SD 2 lines later in F
448. them] Ed.; then F
448. SD Apemantus] F (Apeman.)
454. him.] ~, F
460. SP OTHERS] Ed.; All. F
487. villainy] Ed.; Villaine F
487. ’t,] ~. F
488. workmen.] ~, F
507. us,] ~^ F
512. SD Thieves exit.] F (Exit Theeues.)
531. grant’st] Ed.; grunt’st F
535. I.] ~^ F
540. then.] ~^ F
545. that] F (yt)
552. mild] Ed.; wilde F
569. A usuring] Ed.; If not a Vsuring kindnesse F
601. SD They exit.] F (Exit)

5.1
5–6. Phrynia and Timandra] Phrinica and Timandylo F
9. has] F (Ha’s)
17. SD 13 lines later in F
53. worship] Ed.; worshipt F
69. go^ naked.] ~, ~^ F
75. men] F2; man F
82. therefor] F (therefore)
131. SD Timon . . . exits.] Exeunt. F
144. chance] F3; chanc’d F
153. cauterizing] Cantherizing F
170. sense] Ed.; since F
208. reverend’st] F (reuerends)
224. through] F (thorow)

5.2
1, 15. SP THIRD SENATOR] Ed.; I F
6. SP FOURTH SENATOR] Ed.; 2 F
16. SP FIRST SENATOR] Ed.; 3 F
17. enemy’s] F (Enemies)
19. foe’s] F (Foes)

5.4
26. their] rheir F
33. Shame, that they wanted cunning,] ~^ ~ . . . ~, ~^ F
35. spread.] ~, F
36. death,] ~; F
48. offended.] ~, F
50. all together] F (altogether)
57. thou ’lt] F (thou’t)
65. Descend] F2; Defend F
75. SD Soldier] Ed.; Messenger F
76. SP SOLDIER] Ed.; Mes. F
88. human] F (humane)
89. brains’] F (Braines)