1 Cit.In our wrongs:There was no mean.2 Cit.Nor in our full revengeWill we know any.Sess.Be appeas'd good man,No sorrow can redeem them from deaths Prison;What his inevitable hand hath seiz'd on,The world cannot recover. All the comfortThat I can give to you, is to see vengeancePour'd dreadfully upon the Authors head,Of which their ashes may be sensible,That have fain by him.[Sound a parley.
1 Cit.In our wrongs:There was no mean.
2 Cit.Nor in our full revengeWill we know any.
Sess.Be appeas'd good man,No sorrow can redeem them from deaths Prison;What his inevitable hand hath seiz'd on,The world cannot recover. All the comfortThat I can give to you, is to see vengeancePour'd dreadfully upon the Authors head,Of which their ashes may be sensible,That have fain by him.[Sound a parley.
EnterFerrand, Martia, Ascanio,andRonvere,above.
Pand.They appear.Fer.'Tis not that we esteem rebellious TraytorsWorthy an answer to their proudest SummonsThat we vouchsafe our presence; or to exchangeOne syllable with 'em: but to let such know,Though circled round with treason, all points bentAs to their Center at my heart, 'tis free,Free from fear, villains, and in this weak TowerFerrandcommands as absolute, as whenHe trod upon your necks, and as much s[c]orns you.And when the Sun of Majesty shall break throughThe clouds of your rebellion, every beamInstead of comfortable heat shall sendConsuming plagues among you; and you callThat government which you term'd tyrannousHereafter, gentle.Sess.Flatter not thy selfWith these deluding hopes, thou cruel beast,Thou art i'th' toyle, and the glad Huntsman prouder,By whom thou art taken, of his prey, than if(Like thee) he should command, and spoil his Forrest.Fer.What art thou?Sess.To thy horror Duke ofSesse.Fer.The Divel.Sess.Reserv'd for thy damnation.Fer.Why shakes my love?Mart.O I am lost for ever;Mountains divide me from him; some kind handPrevent our fearful meeting: Or lead meTo the steep rock, whose rugged brows are bentUpon the swelling main; there let me hide me:And as our bodies then shall be divided,May our souls never meet.Fer.Whence grows this, Sweetest?Mar.There are a thousand furies in his looks;And in his deadly silence more loud horror,Than when in hell the tortur'd and tormentorsContend whose shreeks are greater. Wretched me!It is my father.Sess.Yes, and I will own her, Sir,Till my revenge. It is my daughter,Ferrand;My daughter thou hast whor'd.Fer.I triumph in it:To know she's thine, affords me more true pleasure,Than the act gave me, when even at the height,I crack'd her Virgin zone. Her shame dwell on thee,And all thy family; may they never knowA female issue, but a whore;Ascanio.Ronvere, look cheerfull; be thou a man too,And learn of me to dye. That we might fall,And in our ruines swallow up this Kingdom,Nay the whole world, and make a secondChaos.And if from thence a new beginning rise,Be it recorded this did end with us;And from our dust hath embryon.Ron.I liv'd with you,And will dye with you; your example makes meEqually bold.Asc.And I resolv'd to bearWhat ere my fate appoints me.Sess.They are ours,Now to the spoyl.Boats.Pitty the Lady; to all else be deaf.[Exeunt.Within, Kill, kill, kill.[Alarum Flo. Trumpets. Retreat.
Pand.They appear.
Fer.'Tis not that we esteem rebellious TraytorsWorthy an answer to their proudest SummonsThat we vouchsafe our presence; or to exchangeOne syllable with 'em: but to let such know,Though circled round with treason, all points bentAs to their Center at my heart, 'tis free,Free from fear, villains, and in this weak TowerFerrandcommands as absolute, as whenHe trod upon your necks, and as much s[c]orns you.And when the Sun of Majesty shall break throughThe clouds of your rebellion, every beamInstead of comfortable heat shall sendConsuming plagues among you; and you callThat government which you term'd tyrannousHereafter, gentle.
Sess.Flatter not thy selfWith these deluding hopes, thou cruel beast,Thou art i'th' toyle, and the glad Huntsman prouder,By whom thou art taken, of his prey, than if(Like thee) he should command, and spoil his Forrest.
Fer.What art thou?
Sess.To thy horror Duke ofSesse.
Fer.The Divel.
Sess.Reserv'd for thy damnation.
Fer.Why shakes my love?
Mart.O I am lost for ever;Mountains divide me from him; some kind handPrevent our fearful meeting: Or lead meTo the steep rock, whose rugged brows are bentUpon the swelling main; there let me hide me:And as our bodies then shall be divided,May our souls never meet.
Fer.Whence grows this, Sweetest?
Mar.There are a thousand furies in his looks;And in his deadly silence more loud horror,Than when in hell the tortur'd and tormentorsContend whose shreeks are greater. Wretched me!It is my father.
Sess.Yes, and I will own her, Sir,Till my revenge. It is my daughter,Ferrand;My daughter thou hast whor'd.
Fer.I triumph in it:To know she's thine, affords me more true pleasure,Than the act gave me, when even at the height,I crack'd her Virgin zone. Her shame dwell on thee,And all thy family; may they never knowA female issue, but a whore;Ascanio.Ronvere, look cheerfull; be thou a man too,And learn of me to dye. That we might fall,And in our ruines swallow up this Kingdom,Nay the whole world, and make a secondChaos.And if from thence a new beginning rise,Be it recorded this did end with us;And from our dust hath embryon.
Ron.I liv'd with you,And will dye with you; your example makes meEqually bold.
Asc.And I resolv'd to bearWhat ere my fate appoints me.
Sess.They are ours,Now to the spoyl.
Boats.Pitty the Lady; to all else be deaf.[Exeunt.Within, Kill, kill, kill.[Alarum Flo. Trumpets. Retreat.
EnterSessewithFerrandshead, the Citizens, Master,Boteswaine, Gunner, Souldiers bringing inAscanio,andMartia.
Sess.Cruel beginnings meet with cruel ends;And the best sacrifice to Heaven for peace,Is tyrants blood: and those that stuck fast to him,Flesh'd instruments in his commands to mischief,With him dispatch'd.Boats.They are cut off.Sess.'Tis well.All.Thanks to the Duke ofSesse.Sess.Pay that to Heaven,And for a general joy, give general thanks:For blessings nere descend from Heaven, but whenA grateful Sacrifice ascends from men.To your devotion, leave me, there's a Scene,Which I would act alone; yet you may stay,For wanting just spectators, 'twill be nothing.The rest forbear me.Cit.Liberty, liberty, liberty.Mar.I would I were as far beneath the Centre,As now I stand above it; how I tremble!Thrice happy they that dyed; I dying liveTo stand the whirlwind of a fathers fury.Now it moves toward me.Sess.Thou, I want a name,By which to stile thee: All articulate soundsThat do express the mischief of vile woman,That are, or have been, or shall be, are weakTo speak thee to the height. Witch, Parricide,For thou, in taking leave of modesty,Hast kild thy father, and his honor lost;He's but a walking shadow to torment thee.To leave, and rob thy father; then set freeHis foes, whose slavery he did preferAbove all treasure, was a strong defeazanceTo cut off, even the surest bonds of mercy.After all this, having given up thy self,Like to a sensual beast, a slave to lust,To play the whore, and then (high Heaven it racks me)To find out none to quench thy appetite,But the most cruel King, whom next to Hell,Thy father hated; and whose black imbracesThou shouldst have fled from, as the whips of furies;What canst thou look for?
Sess.Cruel beginnings meet with cruel ends;And the best sacrifice to Heaven for peace,Is tyrants blood: and those that stuck fast to him,Flesh'd instruments in his commands to mischief,With him dispatch'd.
Boats.They are cut off.
Sess.'Tis well.
All.Thanks to the Duke ofSesse.
Sess.Pay that to Heaven,And for a general joy, give general thanks:For blessings nere descend from Heaven, but whenA grateful Sacrifice ascends from men.To your devotion, leave me, there's a Scene,Which I would act alone; yet you may stay,For wanting just spectators, 'twill be nothing.The rest forbear me.
Cit.Liberty, liberty, liberty.
Mar.I would I were as far beneath the Centre,As now I stand above it; how I tremble!Thrice happy they that dyed; I dying liveTo stand the whirlwind of a fathers fury.Now it moves toward me.
Sess.Thou, I want a name,By which to stile thee: All articulate soundsThat do express the mischief of vile woman,That are, or have been, or shall be, are weakTo speak thee to the height. Witch, Parricide,For thou, in taking leave of modesty,Hast kild thy father, and his honor lost;He's but a walking shadow to torment thee.To leave, and rob thy father; then set freeHis foes, whose slavery he did preferAbove all treasure, was a strong defeazanceTo cut off, even the surest bonds of mercy.After all this, having given up thy self,Like to a sensual beast, a slave to lust,To play the whore, and then (high Heaven it racks me)To find out none to quench thy appetite,But the most cruel King, whom next to Hell,Thy father hated; and whose black imbracesThou shouldst have fled from, as the whips of furies;What canst thou look for?
Enter Pandulph, and bodies born on the Herse.
Mart.Death; and 'tis not in youTo hurt me farther: my old resolution,Take now the place of fear; in this I liv'd,In this I'll dye, your daughter.Pand.Look but here;You had I know, a guilty hand in this;Repent it Lady.Mart.Julianadead?AndVirolet?Pand.By her unwilling hand.Mart.Fates you are equal. What can now fall on me,That I will shrink at? now unmov'd I dareLook on your anger, and not bend a kneeTo ask your pardon; let your rage run higherThan billows rais'd up by a violent Tempest,And be, as that is, deaf to all intreaties:They are dead, and I prepar'd; for in their fallAll my desires are summ'd up.Sess.Impudent too?Die in it wretch.Boats.Stay Sir.[Boats. kills her.Sess.How dar'st thou villain,Snatch from my sword the honor of my justice?Boats.I never did you better service Sir,Yet have been ever faithful. I confessThat she deserv'd to dye; but by whose hand?Not by a fathers. Double all her guilt,It could not make you innocent, had you done it.In me 'tis murder, in you 'twere a crimeHeaven could not pardon. Witness that I love you,And in that love I did it.Sess.Thou art Noble,I thank thee for't; the thought of her dye with her.Asc.My turn is next: since she could find no mercy,What am I to expect?Cit.With one voyce, Sir,The Citizens salute you with the stileOf King ofNaples.Sess.I must be excus'd,The burden is too heavy for my shoulder,Bestow it where 'tis due. Stand forthAscanio,It does belong to you; live long and wear it,And warn'd by the example of your Unkle,Learn that you are to govern men, not beasts:And that it is a most improvident head,That strives to hurt the limbs that do support it.Give burial to the dead; for me, and mine,We will again to Sea, and never know,The place, which in my birth first gave me woe.[Exeunt.
Mart.Death; and 'tis not in youTo hurt me farther: my old resolution,Take now the place of fear; in this I liv'd,In this I'll dye, your daughter.
Pand.Look but here;You had I know, a guilty hand in this;Repent it Lady.
Mart.Julianadead?AndVirolet?
Pand.By her unwilling hand.
Mart.Fates you are equal. What can now fall on me,That I will shrink at? now unmov'd I dareLook on your anger, and not bend a kneeTo ask your pardon; let your rage run higherThan billows rais'd up by a violent Tempest,And be, as that is, deaf to all intreaties:They are dead, and I prepar'd; for in their fallAll my desires are summ'd up.
Sess.Impudent too?Die in it wretch.
Boats.Stay Sir.[Boats. kills her.
Sess.How dar'st thou villain,Snatch from my sword the honor of my justice?
Boats.I never did you better service Sir,Yet have been ever faithful. I confessThat she deserv'd to dye; but by whose hand?Not by a fathers. Double all her guilt,It could not make you innocent, had you done it.In me 'tis murder, in you 'twere a crimeHeaven could not pardon. Witness that I love you,And in that love I did it.
Sess.Thou art Noble,I thank thee for't; the thought of her dye with her.
Asc.My turn is next: since she could find no mercy,What am I to expect?
Cit.With one voyce, Sir,The Citizens salute you with the stileOf King ofNaples.
Sess.I must be excus'd,The burden is too heavy for my shoulder,Bestow it where 'tis due. Stand forthAscanio,It does belong to you; live long and wear it,And warn'd by the example of your Unkle,Learn that you are to govern men, not beasts:And that it is a most improvident head,That strives to hurt the limbs that do support it.Give burial to the dead; for me, and mine,We will again to Sea, and never know,The place, which in my birth first gave me woe.[Exeunt.
[Flor. of Trumpets.
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It has not been thought necessary to record the correction of every turned letter nor the substitution of marks of interrogation for marks of exclamation andvice versâ. Full-stops have been silently inserted at the ends of speeches and each fresh speaker has been given the dignity of a fresh line: in the double-columned folio the speeches are frequently run on. Misprints in the Quartos and the First Folio are recorded when they appear to be interesting. A word or two from the printed text is attached to the variants recorded below in cases where the variant, by itself, would not be sufficiently clear. Altered punctuation is shown, usually, by printing the old punctuation between the preceding and following words.
A = First Folio. B = Second Folio.
p.1.Not inA,except title.p.2, l. 15. B] Euphenes.l. 28. B] Merionc.p.3, l. 12. B] Agenenor.p.4, l. 29. B] you.l. 40. B] Gentleman.p.5, l. 31. A] Servant.p.6, l. 23.Colon added, as inA.l. 38. Aomits stage direction.p.7, l. 38. Areads]
Bel.GoodEuphanes,where benefits are ill conferr'd, I had thought, &c. (See p. 8, ll, 28-30.)
Bel.GoodEuphanes,where benefits are ill conferr'd, I had thought, &c. (See p. 8, ll, 28-30.)
p.8, l. 28. B] Bell.p.10, l. 30. A] was from you due to me:p.11, ll. 29, 30. B] he is. Forp.12, l. 5. B] in my.l. 34. A] mine.p.13, l. 7. B] Socines.p.15, l. 12. A] unto this.1. 13. B] nave.l. 23. B] Brother?p.17, l. 16. Bomits mark of interrogation.l. 26. Aomits] the.p.18, l. 20. A] thank ye.p.19, l. 2. A] Gentlemen with Torches.p.20, l. 7. B] Erates.l. 11. B] Ser.p.21, l. 1. B] Leonides.Aadds] Gent. with Lights.l. 28. B] t'is.p.22, l. 9. Amisprints] tooke.l. 18. A] strengths.p.23, l. 11. B] Ah.p.26, l. 36. Areads] Enter Drawer with Quissiions.p.30, l. 18. Aomits stage direction.p.31, l. 29. Bmisprints] Gome.p.32, l. 9. B] ege.l. 15. B] Gabbedge.p.33, l. 16. B] Mart; to Mart.p.34, l. 19. B]Exeunt.p.36, l. 24. Aomits] Countries.p.37, l. 28. A] so felicitated.p.40, l. 21. A] forfeiture.p.43, l. 12. A] 'em.p.45.The two Songs are not inA.p.46, l. 36. Bmisprints] Enphanes.p.47, l. 27. Bmisprints turned m.p.49, l. 16. A and Bprint stage direction 2 lines lower.p.50, l. 8. A] love will.l. 29. B] trapings.l. 30. B] Bottons.p.51, l. 8. B] hubo.l. 19. B] Il'l.l. 27. A] o' stones.p.52, l. 13. A] damne me's.l. 36.The first parenthesis has been supplied, as inA.p.54, l. 11. B] T'is.p.55, l. 13. B] than than.l. 17. B] Il'd.p.56, l. 30. B] gives.p.58, l. 10. A] barbarisme.l. 2l.The second parenthesis has been supplied, as inA.l. 32.The second parenthesis has been supplied, as inA.p.59, l. 4. A] innocency.l. 7. Adivides the line atEave.l. 25. Amisprints] with ail.l. 33. Bmisprints] Aud.p.60, l. 7. B] is it to.l. 9. Adivides the line atthou.l. 24. Aomits] the.l. 25. B] lay as.ll. 25, 26. B] feet, she gives.l. 38. A] imminent.p.61, l. 11. A] Be that.p.62, l. 9. B] min.p.64, l. 27. Adivides athazard.l. 32. Adivides atparts.p.65, ll. 5, 6. Adivides atNeanthesandfit.l. 32. A] Dan.p.66, ll. 13, 14. Adivides attrustanddischarge.l. 22. Adivides atprosper.l. 27. Aadds] Exit.p.67, l. 24. B] Nerione like Beliza. Cononl. 25.A comma has been supplied afterSosicles.p.68, l. 11. Adivides atconfirms.l. 15. Bmisprints] That.l. 16. B] reads.l. 26. B] dispairng.p.69, l. 11. B] this.l. 16. A] run-away.l. 19. Aomits] 'ts.p.71, l. 10. Bmisprints] Uuc.l. 31. A] ye would.p.72, l. 25. B] Theamor.l. 32. B] you you.l. 33. B] displeasure be.p.73, l. 1. Bmisprints] publickly.l. 4. Bmisprints] be.p.75, l. 20. B] rises?l. 38. B] latter of.p.76, l. 7. B] Sonnet.l. 20. Bmisprints] gracions.
p.79,Not inA,except title.p.80, l. 25. Aomits] at.p.82, l. 23. B] fearful?ll. 38, 39. B] Britain-Foxes.More l. 40. B] Britain;p.83, l. 5. Bmisprints] sor.l. 8. A] Romane.p.85, l. 35. B] you this.ll. 36, 37. B] see. Althoughp.86, l. 10. Aomits] is't.ll. 26, 27. B] Petillius. Thatp.87, l. 25. Bomits this line.p.88, l. 20. B] soul.p.89, l. 7. B] yon.l. 38. Bmisprints] Hecatomhs.p.90, l. 23. B] (Mona).p.91, l. 15. Bmisprints]failing.l. 32. B] Sweet. A] nothings.p.92, l. 10. B] Sweet.l. 13. Bmisprints]occasious.l. 20. Bmisprints] Iu.ll. 31, 32. B] cools. Flingp.95, l. 8. Bmisprints] Baitains.l. 27. A] Nor slaves.l. 28. Bmisprints] beseeeh.p.98, l. 13. Aomits] observing Junius.l. 34. A] brings.p.100, l. 11. A] sick persons.p.101, l. 33. Bmisprints] asl.p.102, l. 10. B] have have.p.103, l. 22. A] we'ld shew.p.104, l. 7. A] gallows? They.l. 17. B] e'ml. 26. Bmisprints] Remans.p.105, l. 36. Bmisprints] Dangh.p.106, l. 7. B] me.p.108, l. 15. B] think thou.l. 21. B] wist. l. 38. Bmisprints] otder.p.111, l. 35. Bmisprints] sttrik'st.p.112, l. 12. Bmisprints] Rome.p.112, l. 39 and p. 113,l. 14. A] Audate.p.113, l. 22. A] tempt him.l. 24. A] His hidden.p.114, l. 26. A] I am.p.115, l. 27. B] yetl. 37. A] toplesse Perinine.p.117, l. 32. B] end'.l. 33. B] to.p.118, l. 13. A] halloa.l. 26. B] swallow'd Drusus.p.119, l. 38. A] 'em.p.120, l. 1. A] salt-itcht.l. 6. B] my self anger.l. 23. Bmisprints] lawful.l. 37. A] and must we shame.p.121, l. 20. Bmisprints] whole.p.122, l. 3. B] fate.p.123, l. 17. Aomits] Exeunt.l. 32. B] the.p.124, l. 23. A] have ye.p.125, l. 20. A] nesh nag.l. 22. A] of ballads.p.126, l. 21. B] ye have.l. 30. B] shall, choak.p.128, ll. 25, 26. B] He. Thatp.130, l. 21. Aadds] Exeunt.p.131, l. 9. Bmisprints] Battles.l. 12. Bmisprints] scornful.p.133, l. 11. B] bring all.p.134, l. 10. B] dist.l. 21. B] whither.p.135, l. 35. B] graet.p.136, l. 5. Aomits stage direction.l. 13. B] foe. Il. 15. Bmisprints] Penyns.p.137, l. 13. B] souldiers?l. 29. B] out out-brav'd.p.138, l. 9. Bmisprints] Cond.p.140, l. 6. A] bloody fears.l. 36. B] our.]p.142, l. 2.TheIhas dropped out inB.l. 16. Aomits stage direction.l. 17. Bmisprints] Bend.p.143, l. 1. A] Romane.Omits stage direction.l. 29. B] marriage-sons.p.145, l. 7. A] sometimes.l. 10. Bmisprints] soidiers.p.147, l. 13. A] life was.l. 14. B] drawn, pursue it on.l. 22. Aadds another] ha.p.148, l. 12. B] and and.p.149, l. 10. A] specially.p.150, l. 21. Bmisprints] sufficieut.l. 40. A] th' Camp.p.153. l. 14. B] Petell.p.154, l. 36. A] sankst.
A= the quarto of 1613.BandC= the quartos of 1635.D= the second folio.
(A) The | Knight of | the Burning Pestle. | Quod si | Indicium subtile, videndis artibus illud | Ad libros & ad hæc Musarum dona vocares: | Bœotum in crasso iurares aëre natum. | Horat. in Epist. ad Oct. Aug. | London, | Printed for Walter Burre, and are to be sold at the signe of the Crane in Paules Church-yard. | 1613.
To his many | waies endeered | friend Maister Robert Keysar. |Sir, thisunfortunate child, who in eight daies (as lately I have learned) was begot andborne, soone after, was by his parents (perhaps because hee was so unlike hisbrethren) exposed to the wide world, who for want of judgement, or not understandingthe privy marke ofIronieabout it (which shewed it was no of-springof any vulgar braine) utterly rejected it: so that for want of acceptance it waseven ready to give up the Ghost, and was in danger to have bene smothered inperpetuall oblivion, if you (out of your directantipathyto ingratitude) had notbene moved both to relieve and cherish it: wherein I must needs commend bothyour judgement, understanding, and singular love to good wits; you afterwardssent it to mee, yet being an infant and somewhat ragged, I have fostred it privatelyin my bosome these two yeares, and now to shew my love returne it to you, cladin good lasting cloaths, which scarce memory will weare out, and able to speakefor it selfe; and withall, as it telleth mee, desirous to try his fortune in theworld, where if yet it be welcome, father, foster-father, nurse and child, all havetheir desired end. If it bee slighted or traduced, it hopes his father will begethim a yonger brother, who shall revenge his quarrell, and challenge the worldeither of fond and meerely literall interpretation, or illiterate misprision.Perhaps it will be thought to bee of the race ofDon Quixote:we both mayconfidently sweare, it is his elder above a yeare; and therefore may (by vertue ofhis birth-right) challenge the wall of him. I doubt not but they will meet intheir adventures, and I hope the breaking of one staffe will make them friends;and perhaps they will combine themselves, and travell through the world to seeketheir adventures. So I commit him to his good fortune, and my selfe to yourlove.| Your assured friend | W. B.
To his many | waies endeered | friend Maister Robert Keysar. |Sir, thisunfortunate child, who in eight daies (as lately I have learned) was begot andborne, soone after, was by his parents (perhaps because hee was so unlike hisbrethren) exposed to the wide world, who for want of judgement, or not understandingthe privy marke ofIronieabout it (which shewed it was no of-springof any vulgar braine) utterly rejected it: so that for want of acceptance it waseven ready to give up the Ghost, and was in danger to have bene smothered inperpetuall oblivion, if you (out of your directantipathyto ingratitude) had notbene moved both to relieve and cherish it: wherein I must needs commend bothyour judgement, understanding, and singular love to good wits; you afterwardssent it to mee, yet being an infant and somewhat ragged, I have fostred it privatelyin my bosome these two yeares, and now to shew my love returne it to you, cladin good lasting cloaths, which scarce memory will weare out, and able to speakefor it selfe; and withall, as it telleth mee, desirous to try his fortune in theworld, where if yet it be welcome, father, foster-father, nurse and child, all havetheir desired end. If it bee slighted or traduced, it hopes his father will begethim a yonger brother, who shall revenge his quarrell, and challenge the worldeither of fond and meerely literall interpretation, or illiterate misprision.Perhaps it will be thought to bee of the race ofDon Quixote:we both mayconfidently sweare, it is his elder above a yeare; and therefore may (by vertue ofhis birth-right) challenge the wall of him. I doubt not but they will meet intheir adventures, and I hope the breaking of one staffe will make them friends;and perhaps they will combine themselves, and travell through the world to seeketheir adventures. So I commit him to his good fortune, and my selfe to yourlove.| Your assured friend | W. B.
The first quarto does not contain the addressTo the Readeror The Prologue, printed on p. 160. It omitsThe Actors Namesand the text is headed The famous Historie | Of the Knight of the burning|PESTLE. |, a title followed in quartos B and C at the head of the text.
(B) The | Knight | Of the | Burning | Pestle. | Full of Mirth and Delight. | Written by
Francis Beaumont,andJohn Fletcher.
Gent. | As it is now Acted by Her Majesties Servants | at the Private house in Drury lane. | 1635. | Quod si | Iudicium subtile, videndis artibus illud | Ad libros & ad hæc Musarum dona vocares: | Bœotum in crasso jurares aëre natum. | Horat. in Epist. ad Oct. Aug. | London: | Printed by N. O. for I. S. 1635.
(C) The | Knight | Of the | Burning | Pestle. | Full of Mirth and Delight. | Written by
Francis Beaumont,andJohn Fletcher.
Gent. | As it is now acted by her Majesties Servants | at the Private house in Drury lane. | 1635. | Quod si | Iudicium subtile, videndis artibus illud | Ad libros & ad hæc Musarum dona vocares: | Boeotum in crasso jurares aëre natum. | Horat. in Epist. ad Oct. Aug. | London: | Printed by N. O. for I. S. 1635.
The alternative readings adopted in square brackets in the text are, mainly, from A.
Mrs Arnold Glover has kindly collated the copies of the quartos of 1635 at the British Museum and at South Kensington.
p.160, l. 8. A and B] person.l. 19. B] meanings.l. 25. D] tbe.p.161, l. 1. B and C] The Speakers Names.l. 11. B and C] Luce Marchants.l. 45. A-Cprint practically the rest of the Prologue, except Ralph's lines onp.164and Prologue's conclusionp.165as prose; the interruptions of the Citizen and his Wife are also, usually, printed as prose in the Quartos.l. 43. D] sweat.p.162, l. 34. A] warrant tee.p.163, l. 13. Dsome copies misprint] Playa, ss.l. 21. A] couple stools.p.164, l. 35. D] Grocers.p.165. l. 1. D] bunrning.p.166, l. 3. D] my my.l. 5. A and B] his Prentice.l. 13. D] of self.p.167, l. 7. A and B] it must be.p.169, ll. 18, 29. D] Mer.l. 24. A] in's.l. 33. B-D] froward to.p.170, l. 3. A] this place.l. 11. D] Luec.p.171, l. 10. A] you, I if.p.172, l. 23. A-D] Tobacco? do you nothing.l. 18. A-C] fault' faith.l. 20. Aomits] of.l. 26. D] Grocer.l. 36. A-C] stroake.p.173, l. 21. D] beautiful.l. 27. A-C] Methridatum.l. 29. C and D] of, in his.l. 33. C and D] I not.l. 38. D] Tom.p.174, l. 2. A] oth. B] o'th.l. 25. A-C] Damsels.l. 38. A] Im'e a.p.175, l. 5. A-C] ne'er [in various spellings].l. 7. A and B] th' art.l. 8. C and D] the bloud.l. 35. C and D] I ever.p.176, l. 13. A and B] state.l. 14. A] lust.l. 23. A-C] hitherto this.p.177, l. 24. D] and and.l. 19. A and B] there's.l. 33. B-D] Enter Jasper.l. 37. A] 'tis now matter.p.178, l. 3. Drepeats line twice.l. 21. A-C] a'th toe. D] Sweet: heart.p.179, l. 33. A-C] a'thy.l. 35. D] fair a.l. 38. A and Bomit] thou.l. 40. D] Cit.p.180, l. 29. A-C] pitch-field.l. 15. A-C] the wilde.p.181, l. 8. D] indeed: law.l. 9. A and Bomit] will.l. 10. A-C] a' my.l. 12. B] a knot grasse.l. 17. D] it'a.l. 18. B-D] friends. Ralphl. 22. A] may this.l. 23. D] Knigthood.p.182, l. 17. A and B] and some Trumpets.l. 32. C and D] to earrh.p.183, l. 5. D] Wife.l. 7. A] here are.l. 10. A and B] an he.l. 23. Domits] Ralph.l. 36. A and B] he hath.p.184, l. 1. B-D] dare.l. 7. D] aed.l. 16. A] warrant thee.l. 30. D] the ill.p.185, l. 17. Aomits] you.l. 28. A] a hell.l. 35. A] then ha.p.186, l. 29. D] shoulderr.p.187, l. 16. D]Ralph.Thou.p.188, l. 8. A and B] shrodly.l. 18. C and D] your.p.189, l. 6. A] Chamberlino. B] Chamberlaino.l. 9. A] Tastero.l. 16. A and B] nole.ll. 22, 23. A] Tapstero.l. 27. A-C] Am to.p.190, l. 6. A] errant.l. 15. A] shall I.p.191, l. 30. C and D] Never his.l. 31. B-D]repeatshe isthrice only.p.192, l. 4. A] taken. B and C] take.l. 6. A] from that.l. 38. A-C] a your.p.193, l. 3. C and Domit] poore.l. 16. C and D] Your.l. 29. C and D] my dear,p.194, l. 30. D] if.p.195, l. 31. B]Luce.Luceawake.Luce, why ...p.196, l. 31. A and B] that be.p.197, l. 9. D] is fit.l. 12. Domits]Exit.l. 18. A] i truth.l. 24. D] Dwarse.p.198, l. 3. A] Every truery true Knight, and every damsell faire faire.l. 19. D] Knigthood.l. 20. Aomits] your.l. 34. A] our Casket.p.199, l. 1. C and D] your can.l. 19. D] If oft.l. 22. C and D] bounds.l. 38. C and D] near a.p.200, l. 8. A] Ladies Gent:l. 24. A] fight him.p.201, l. 13. D] merry-totgght.ll. 14, 15. D] merry-thoughauhain.l. 17. D] aone.l. 22. A and Bomit] thank.l. 30. A] plot. B] plos.p.202, l. 6. A and B] Behold that.l. 12. B and C] all the adventurous.l. 16. A and B] speake.l. 24. A] Ladies Gent.p.203, l. 6. A and B] ore.l. 24. A and B] showdst.l. 29. B-D] the wise. D] I hear.l. 31. A] That that I may give condigne.l. 34. B-D] his den.p.204, l. 2. A and B] till mine.l. 18. D] way. A-C] way,l. 30. B-D] 3. Knight.p.205, l. 7. D] Rafe.l. 20. A] for these.l. 25. A-C] stricken.l. 27. A] Turne-bull.l. 29. D] here.ll. 33, 34. D] done. Anotherp.206, l. 1. C and D] half.l. 4. C and D] tender.l. 8. D] Gentleman.l. 14. A and B] shall thou.l. 19. D] Sqire.l. 32. D] yon. A] out at the.l. 34. D] I'll get in amoug. C] I get. A and B] 'em ... em.l. 35. D] such Ieslon.p.207, l. 7. A and B] fellow and fellow.l. 24. A and B] 'em.p.208, l. 38. A-C] Margret.p.210, l. 9. D] stand, fix.l. 16. A and B] flirt Gill.l. 22. D] Geerge.l. 30. C and D] be weary.p.211, ll. 10, 14, 15. A and B] warrant tee.l. 22. C and D] I'm.p.212, l. 25. A-C] needs must.l. 38. C and D] shilling to. B] shilling, to.p.213, l. 12. A] and a Boy.l. 18. D] as your.l. 38. A] appointed.p.214, ll. 10, 11. A and B] ha has.l. 15. B] I should.l. 28. A-C] I heere.l. 31. A and B] Porrage.p.215, l. 14. C and D] may know.l. 19. A-C] I am.l. 20. D] bosly.l. 36. C and D] of father.p.216, l. 1. D] changes. A-C] changes,l. 16. A and B] deserv'd.1. 38. D] snall. A and B] borne.p.217, l. 5. A-C] whiles.p.218, l. 37. D] great.l. 38. C and D] Dinner.p.219, l. 11. D] Bnt.l. 13. C and D] is that.l. 19. A] let am.l. 25. Aadds anothernow.l. 28. C and D] not know.p.220, l. 6. C and D] Rafe,l. 18. D] quickly, for I come amongst. B and C] or if I come amongst.l. 21. A and B]Exit Boy.l. 35. A-C] councell.l. 39. D] flagrant.p.221, l. 13. A] the bellowing Bucke.p.222, l. 1. C and D] Jasper and his.l. 9. B-D] on.l. 10. A] To farre.l. 29. A] of this.l. 37. A-C] fount.p.223, l. 5. B] the Ghost,l. 6. B-D] now I'll.l. 15, 16. D] prethee. calll. 26. D] Scarfe for.l. 34. A-CrepeatRafebeforedouble.l. 38. D] shaer.p.224, l. 6. A-C] stroke.p.225, l. 8. A] not you should.l. 21. A-C] double your files.l. 26. D] Shop.l. 33. C and D] is more.p.226, l. 10. A and B] has.l. 16. B-D] boys?l. 28. B-D] full long I.p.227, l. 12. D]Mist. Mer.p.228, l. 1. C and D] him talk.p.229, l. 1. A and B] forgive ham.l. 2. A] be sadl. 10. D] rest—l. 15. A] care of that.l. 37. B-D] means.l. 38. B-D] The Lord of May.p.230, l. 1. D] Afrer.l. 12. C and D] Death came [B, come] and caught.l. 17. B-D] in Moor-fields.l. 33. A] not depart.p.231, l. 15. A] I might see.l. 17. C and D] you like.
A=First Folio.B=Second Folio.
p.232, l. 1. B] Pilgramage.ll. 2-39.Not inA.l. 21. B] Borcellona.p.233, l. 14. A] or an onyon.l. 20. Bomits] pray,p.234, l. 13. B] ought.l. 27. B] Florentine.p.235, l. 24. B] sweat.p.237, l. 19. A] those do.l. 20. A] that it is.p.238, l. 24. A] eat.p.244, l. 1. B] Ine.l. 25. B] too.p.245, ll. 24, 25. B] manger. Butl. 31. B] stirrop. andp.246, l. 7.Omitted inB.l. 24. B] Theodosio.p.247, l. 1. B] folly,l. 5. B] Sir.l. 12. B] Oh,l. 28. B] Had I.p.251, l. 23. B] Sir I.p.252, l. 4. B] havihg.p.254, ll. 3, 4. A]Enter two Servants, 1Rowl: 2Ashton. Come in Sir.l. 27. B]omits words in brackets.l. 31. A]omitsye.p.255, l. 32. B] crimes,p.256, ll. 34, 35. A] language sirrah Signiour.Alph. Give....p.257, l. 16. B] sitter.p.258, l. 19. A] adventures.l. 20. B] Will.p.259, l. 2. A]Diego Host, Philippo.l. 38. A] satisfie ye.p.260, l. 8. A] They are.l. 35. B] he.p.263, l. 23. B] our. A] swing.p.264, l. 12. B] Franciscc.l. 20. B] childrne.l. 24. Aomits] hisl. 25. B] uever.p.265, l. 7. B] know no.l. 29. Aadds stage direction] within.l. 34 B] Bareelona.l. 35. Areads stage direction] within.p.266, l. 1. B] Mar—l. 4. A] pleasures children.p.267, l. 17. B] Mare.p.268, l. 15. B] lenghth.l. 16. B] as as.l. 22. A] appears.l. 33. A] if ye.p.269, l. 23. B] nam'd. discourses,p.270, l. 2. A]Enter Philippo, and second Host.ll. 7 ff. B]Host.l. 16. A] the half Falconers dog.l. 33. Bomits] Serv.p.272, l. 20. B] three.p.273, l. 5. A] dams.p.275, l. 39. Bomits the second] man.p.276, l. 9. B] Leo.p.277, l. 1. B] What, a.l. 32. B] wrandring.l. 40. A] ye shal.p.278, l. 33. B] stop.p.279, l. 7. B] shaddows;l. 9. A] dame that, that.l. 21. A] spoke.p.282, l. 30. A] Would thou appear upon us?p.283, l. 9. B] too. few.l. 24. B] him;p.284, l. 28. B] Lec.l. 36. B] call?p.285, l. 31. B] fame?l. 32. B] Sir,p.286, l. 2. B] Saneh.l. 9. B] Tuin.l. 18. B] I shall.l. 39. B]Sanch.Lin'd. A]S.Lin'd.p.287, l. 6. B] foundrerd.l. 14. B] Saneh.p.288, l. 14. A] especiall.p.289, l. 2. A] seditions.l. 14. A] is it not?l. 29. A] and he do's.l. 33. B] Eneer.l. 35. B] valid.p.290, l. 6. Aadds stage direction] Job. Bacon 'ready to shoot off a Pistol.l. 28. A]Rod.She is ... fame,above.p.291, ll. 21, 23. B] Lord. Not.ll. 28, 30. B] to. Ourll. 34, 35. B] yet. See Aadds stage direction] fight.p.292, l. 7. A] Governor make.l. 15. Aadds stage direction] Exit.l. 19. A] see 'em.p.294, l. 15. A] conduct, when I.l. 19. A] that scale religion.l. 20. A] woman.l. 40. A] a dotes.p.295, ll. 8, 9. A] think. Nayp.296, l. 5. B] Cov.l. 6. A] can quiet.l. 34. B] attendane.l. 37. A] shall he be.l. 38. A]Servant, Rowl: Ashton.p.297, l. 3. Aomits stage direction.p.298, l. 6. A] there a man.l. 27. B] Mare.ll. 27, 28. B] poor. Inp.301, l. 8. B] dissimulation.l. 30. B] repent I.p.302, l. 19. A] How do you?l. 39. A] one told twenty.p.303. l. 3. B] to little too.l. 15. B] Lee.l. 18. B] me it.p.304, l. 29. A] almost-killing sorrows.p.305, l. 27. A] good god.l. 29. B] see.p.306, l. 1. A] give.l. 9. A] find him.l. 25.Exeunt.l. 36. B] enter'd.p.307, l. 1. A]Enter Incubo [here instead of below].l. 25. A] wounds.p.309. l. 13. A] disguised.l. 19. B] must.l. 23. B] you a health.l. 31. B] Mark-antonio,p.310, l. 1. B] which.l. 3. B] l.l. 22. B] could not make.p.311, l. 5. B] to to.l. 6. B] open Love.ll. 15, 16. B] Mark-antonie. Wouldll. 16, 17. B] off. Andl. 25. B] viruue.l. 28. B] add.p.314, l. 23. A] Curanza.l. 34. B] worthily my.p.315, ll. 3, 4. B] death. Without.p.316, l. 23. A] Sir, I.p.317, l. 3. A] Curanza.l. 18. B] l.l. 28. A] truth, and hand.l. 38. A] Curanza.l. 39. B] too.p.319, l. 24. A] Curanza.