1917
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ouerthtow.
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1924
|
slrange (read strange)
|
1990
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wartes:
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1993
|
Dambac
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2000
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slaine. (sl not quite certain, possibly broken ss)
|
2002
|
but
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2007
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Doro,
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2019
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effate: (ff broken, read estate:)
|
2024
|
but on the (perhaps buton th e)
|
2037
|
Nana,
|
2060
|
fontre
|
2092
|
purschase
|
2101
|
place (read plow)
|
2113
|
Lyon, (king
|
2114
|
slaine? (sl not certain, perhaps broken ss)
|
2142
|
Exeunt, (original Exeunt, or Fxeunt, apparently the latter, but the letter may be a broken E)
|
2144
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state, (so the Dyce copy, the B.M. copy apparently has a full point, but this is probably a broken comma)
|
2162
|
sect,
|
2166
|
countriees (first e not quite certain, possibly c)
|
2169
|
toexcept:
|
2182
|
greatmens
|
2189
|
guise, (perhaps gu ise,)
|
2204
|
warre?
|
2215
|
summonies
|
2241
|
ofcontention:
|
2254
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true, .Exeun.. (what appears like a full point after the n may be the remains of a very broken t)
|
2260
|
sarre Twearde.
|
2283
|
mistresse:
|
2294–5
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he … she
|
2300
|
Alhough
|
2310
|
Qeene,
|
2331
|
change,
|
2355
|
these (perhaps th ese)
|
2370
|
wasmisled, (sl not quite certain, possibly broken ss)
|
2383
|
K. of S. (apparently S: in the B.M. copy, but the upper dot is accidental)
|
2424
|
(indentation doubtful)
|
2426
|
for (perhaps fo r)
|
2438
|
ttumpets
|
2443
|
Cutber tohis
|
2463
|
Scortish
|
2509
|
missed: (ss broken, read misled:)
|
2522
|
Thou (original Thou)
|
2540
|
our (perhaps ou r)
|
2545
|
ffaies, (ff broken, read staies,)
|
2547
|
reeoncile
|
2562
|
Auteukin,
|
2579
|
when,
|
In ll. 1062, 1090 the speaker’s name is given as ‘8. Atten.’ Whatever this may be meant for it is clear that the speeches belong to the Bishop of St. Andrews. In ll. 2015–6 a complicated error has occurred, the ‘e’ of ‘her’ in the lower line having worked its way up into an accidental space after the ‘d’ of ‘and’ in the upper.
List of Characters
Table of Contents
in order of appearance.
In the Induction and Chorus:
Oberon, king of fairies.
Bohan, a Scot.
Slipper } his sons.
Nano }
an antic (dance), fairies, a dancer ‘boy or wench’.
In the Dumb Shows:
Semiramis, queen of Assiria.
Stabrobates, king of India.
Cyrus, king of Persia.
Olive Pat, (?).
Alexander, king of Macedon.
Sesostris, king of Egypt.
In the Play:
The King of Scots.
The King of England.
Dorothea, his daughter, wife of the King of Scots.
The Countess of Arran.
Ida, her daughter.
Ateukin (or Gnato).
Andrew Snoord, a servingman.
Slipper, a clown.
Nano, a dwarf.
Sir Bartram, a Scottish gentleman.
Sir Eustace (Dick), an English gentleman.
(A Servant of Sir Bartram.)
The Bishop of Saint Andrews.
Earl Douglas.
Lord Morton.
a Purveyor.
Jaques, a Frenchman.
Lord Ross.
a Huntsman.