The First Part of King Henry the Fourth Author:William Shakespeare Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: APPENDIX A VARIANTS The text used in this edition is that of Craig's Oxford Shakespeare (Oxford University Press), which follows, almost invariably, the Firs... more »t Quarto, the best early text of Henry IF, Part I. The stage- directions are not those of the Oxford Shakespeare, but are for the most part from either the First Quarto or the First Folio; stage-directions which are bracketed are modern. Occasionally the Oxford Shakespeare departs from the reading of the First Quarto, and substitutes an inferior reading from the First Folio. In such cases I have restored the Quarto readings, as noted below. I have taken the title of the play from the First Folio. The First Quarto title, which omits the phrase 'The first part,' is as follows: THE | HISTORY OF | HENRIE THE FOURTH; | With the battell at Shrewsburie betweene the King and Lord Henry Percy, surnamed Henrie Hotspur of the North | With the humorous conceits of Sir lohn Falstaffe. In the Dramatis Personal, the Oxford Shakespeare omits the name of Francis, although in all stage- directions and before speeches it uses the name Francis instead of the word 'Drawer' which is used in Quartos and Folios. The list of my departures from the Oxford text follows: Yale Oxford I. i. 28 now is twelve months Ql is a twelvemonth Fl I. i. 42 A hundred Ql And a hundred Fl I. i. 49 with other, did, Ql with other like Fl I. iii. 71 Whate'er Lord Ql I. iii. 83 that Ql I. iii. 124 you will Ql II. i. 38 and 44 lantern Ql, Fl II. ii. 57 Bardolph, what news? Ql Fl II. iv. 163 by the Lord, I'll stab thee Ql II. iv. 379 O, Glendower Ql, Fl II. iv. 499 an old fat man Ql III. i. 10 wisheth Ql, Fl III. iii. 18 not—above III. iii. 21 borrowed—three III. iii. 29 lantern Ql, Fl III. iii. 194 pacified still Ql...« less