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Textual Notes: Henry VI, Part 1

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; ~ stands in place of a word already quoted before the square bracket; ^ indicates the omission of a punctuation mark.

1.1
1. the] F (ye)
47. dead.] ~, F
61. Roan] Ed.; omit F
82. arms;] ~^ F
91. SP SECOND MESSENGER] Ed.; Mess. F
94 and throughout. Dauphin] F (Dolphin)
105. SP THIRD MESSENGER] Ed.; Mes. F
122. continuèd,] ~: F
123. human] F (humane)
133 and hereafter. Fastolf] F (Falstaffe)
155. I.] ~, F
160. need; ’fore Orleance] Ed.; need, for Orleance is F
170. haste] F (hast)
179. steal] Ed.; send F

1.2
30. bred] Ed.; breed F
47 and hereafter in this act. SP CHARLES] Ed.; Dolph. F
101,
146. Saint] F (S.)
105 SD and throughout. la] Ed.; de F

1.3
6. SP FIRST SERVINGMAN] F (Glost. I. Man)
8. SP FIRST SERVINGMAN] F (I. Man.)
29. Humphrey] F (Vmpheir)
30. Peeled] F (Piel’d)
50. I’ll] F2; I F

1.4
1 and hereafter. SP MASTER GUNNER] Ed.; M. Gunner F
25. gott’st] F (got’s)
27. Duke] Ed.; Earle F
33. vile-esteemed] Ed.; pil’d esteem’d F
43. scarecrow] F (Scar-Crow)
69. SD shoot, and Salisbury and Gargrave fall] Ed.; shot, and Salisbury falls F
89. Bear hence his body; I will help to bury it.] 2 lines earlier in F
95. Nero] Ed.; omit F
107. Pucelle or puzel] Ed.; Puzel or Pussel F
110. we] Ed.; me F
111. then try] Ed.; then wee’le try F

1.5
16. hunger-starvèd] Ed.; hungry-starued F

1.6
11. not bells] Ed.; not out the Bells F
22. of] Ed.; or F

2.1
8. SD scaling ladders] Ed.; scaling Ladders: Their Drummes beating a Dead March. F
24. long,] ~: F
31. all together] Ed.; altogether F
40. SD Scaling the walls, they cry “Saint George! À Talbot!”] Ed.; Cry, S. George, A Talbot. F, 1 line later
57 and hereafter in this scene. SP PUCELLE] Ed.; Ioane F
81. SD them. | Alarum] Ed.; them. Exeunt. | Alarum F
81. SD an English Soldier] Ed.; a Souldier F
81. SD The French] Ed.; they F

2.2
6. SD Drums . . . march.] F, at
2.1.8.
20. Arc] Ed.; Acre F
59. SD Whispers.] 1 line later in F

2.4
1 and hereafter in this scene. SP PLANTAGENET] Ed.; Yorke. F
57. law] Ed.; you F
60. meditating^] ~, F
133. sir] F2; omit F

2.5
35 and hereafter in this scene. SP PLANTAGENET] Ed.; Rich. F
84. Cambridge^ then,] ~, ~^ F
109. that] F (ty)
129. mine ill] Ed.; my will F

3.1
0. SD Winchester . . . Gloucester offers] Ed.; Winchester, Warwick, Somerset, Suffolk, Richard Plantagenet. Gloster offers F
25. Besides] F (Beside)
52. reverend] F (reuerent)
55. SP GLOUCESTER] Ed.; Warw. F
56. SP WARWICK My lord] Ed.; My Lord F
57. so] Ed.; see F
65,
176. SP PLANTAGENET] Ed.; Rich. F
69 and hereafter. SP KING HENRY] Ed.; King. F
78. What] Ed.; King. What F
133. Winchester] Winehester F
138. king. ~: F
141. thee;] ~^ F
172. alone] F2; all alone F
183. SP YORK] Ed.; Rich. F
195. SD All but Exeter exit.] F (Exeunt. | Manet Exeter.)
208. should] F2; omit F

3.2
13. Qui] F (Che)
14. Paysans] F (Peasauns)
14. pauvre] F (pouure)
21. specify^] ~? F
59. SD Those below] Ed.; They F
67,
68. Seigneur] F (Seignior)
83. Coeur-de-lion’s] F (Cordelions)
125. gleeks] F (glikes)
139. human] F (humane)

3.3
48. eyes,] ~. F

3.4
0. SD Winchester . . . To] Ed.; Winchester, Yorke, Suffolke, Somerset, Warwicke, Exeter: To F
27. SD All . . . exit.] F (Exeunt. | Manet Vernon and Basset.)
45. SD He exits.] Ed.; Exeunt. F

4.1
0. SD Winchester . . . Governor of Paris, and Others.] Ed.; Winchester, Yorke, Suffolke, Somerset, Warwicke, Talbot. and Gouernor Exeter. F
19. Patay] Ed.; Poictiers F
25,
144. besides] F (beside)
26. there] thete F
48. my] Ed.; omit F
72. that] F (ty)
94. cheeks^] ~: F
113. slight] slighr F
174. SD Flourish. . . . exit.] F (Exeunt. Manet Yorke, Warwick, Exeter, Vernon.) ForFlourish,” see note to
4.1.182. 176. orator.] ~.) F
181. iwis] Ed.; I wish F
182. SD York . . . remains.] Ed.; Exeunt. | Flourish. Manet Exeter. F
192. sees] Ed.; that F

4.2
3. calls] F2; call F
12. even] eeuen F
15. SP GENERAL] Ed.; Cap. F
55. Saint] F (S.)

4.3
5. Talbot.] ~^ F
5. along,] ~. F
17. SD Sir William Lucy] Ed.; another Messenger F
18,
31,
35,
48. SP LUCY] Ed.; “2 Mes.” orMes.” F
50. loss^] ~: F

4.5
12 and hereafter. SP JOHN TALBOT] Ed.; Iohn. F
42. that] F (ty)

4.6
57. SD They exit.] Ed.; Exit. F

4.7
24. breath!] ~, F
65. Goodrich] F (Goodrig)
70,
71. Saint] F (S.)
91. him.] ~, F
97. thou] F (uy)
99. SD They exit.] Ed.; Exit. F

5.1
0. SD Ed.; Scena secunda. F
15. Besides] F (Beside)
27. SD the Ambassador of Armagnac . . . another Ambassador] Ed.; three Ambassadors F
49. where, inshipped] F4; wherein ship’d F
50. SD All . . . exit.] Ed.; Exeunt. F
62. SD He exits.] Ed.; Exeunt F

5.2
0. SD Ed.; Scœna Tertia. F

5.3
8. speed] Ed.; speedy F
13. silence] silenee F
47. reverent] F (reuerend)
57. her] F3; his F
85. random] F (randon)
184. modestly] F2; modestie F
193,
200. mayst] F (mayest)
195. wondrous] F (wonderous)
197. And] Ed.; Mad F

5.4
28. suck’dst] F2; suck’st F
38. one] Ed.; me F
50. Arc] Aire F
59. torture] tortute F
61. discover] discouet F
62. warranteth] wartanteth F
75. Machiavel] F (Macheuile)
94. SD Enter . . . Cardinal.] 2 lines earlier in F
95 and hereafter. SP WINCHESTER] Ed.; Car. F
103. travail] F (trauell)
128. breathe] F (breath)
151. comparison?] ~. F

5.5
0. SD Ed.; Actus Quintus. F
25. sin.] ~, F
46. Besides] F (Beside)
62. wedlock] wedloeke F