The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare Page B

his death, of all he dies possessed of.
    LORENZO    Fair ladies, you drop manna 311 in the way
     Of starvèd people.
    PORTIA    It is almost morning,
     And yet I am sure you are not satisfied
     Of these events at full 314 . Let us go in,
     And charge us there upon inter’gatories 316 ,
     And we will answer all things faithfully.
    GRATIANO    Let it be so. The first inter’gatory 318
     That my Nerissa shall be sworn on 319 is,
     Whether till the next night she had rather stay 320 ,
     Or go to bed now, being two hours to day.
     But were the day come, I should wish it dark,
     Till I were couching 323 with the doctor’s clerk.
     Well, while I live I’ll fear no other thing
     So sore 325 as keeping safe Nerissa’s ring.
    Exeunt

TEXTUAL NOTES
    Q = First Quarto text of 1600
    Q2 = Second Quarto text of 1619
    F = First Folio text of 1623
    F2 = a correction introduced in the Second Folio text of 1632
    Ed = a correction introduced by a later editor
    SD = stage direction
    SH = speech heading (i.e. speaker’s name)
    List of parts = Ed
    1.1.0 SD
Salerio and Solanio = Ed. F =
Salarino, and Salanio
8 SH SALERIO = Ed. F =
Sal.
Q =
Salarino. SHs for first three speeches of Antonio’s friends reversed in
F,
due to confusing SHs in
Q
: Salarino, Salanio, Salar.
15 SH SOLANIO = Q
(Salanio)
. F =
Salar
. 28 docked = Ed. F = docks 62 SH SALERIO = Ed. F =
Sala.
(his next two speeches: Sal.)
70 SD
Salerio = Ed. F =
Salarino
116 Is = Ed. F = It is 118 are two = F. Q = are as two 158 do me now = Q. F = doe
    1.2.6 small = F. Q = meane 15 be one = F. Q = to be one 19 reason is not in = F. Q = reasoning is not in the 22 Is it = Q. F = It is 39 Palatine = Q2. F = Palentine 44 rather to be = F. Q = rather be 47 Bon = Ed. F =
Boune
52 throstle = Ed. F = Trassell 55 should = F. Q = shall 67 other = F. Q = Scottish.
Altered in
F
so as not to offend Scottish King James
96 wish = F. Q = pray God grant 105 seek you = F. Q = seeke for you
    1.3.33 Rialto = Ed. F = Ryalta 45 well-won = Q. F = well-worne 61 ye = Q. F = he 82 peeled
spelled
pil’d
in
F 111 spit
spelled
spet
in
F 121 should = F. Q = can 124 spat
spelled
spet
in
F 132 of barren = F. Q = for barren 135 penalties = F. Q = penaltie 151 it pleaseth = F. Q = pleaseth 180 terms = Q. F = teames
    2.1.0 SD
Morocco
spelled Morochus in
F 32 thee, lady = Q. F = the Ladie 36 page = Ed. F = rage
    2.2.1 SH LANCELET = Ed. F =
Clo
. 3 Gobbo = Q2. F =
Iobbe (throughout scene)
22 a kind = F. Q = but a kinde 48 Lancelet = F. Q = Lancelet sir 87 last = Q2. F = lost 156 SD
Exit
placed two lines earlier in
F 167 where they = F. Q = where thou
    2.3.9 talk = F. Q = in talk 11 did = Ed. F = doe 13 somewhat = F. Q = something
    2.4.0 SD
Salerio = Ed. F =
Slarino
(Sal. for his SHs throughout this scene)
11 shall it = F. Q = it shall 14 Is = Q. F = I
    2.5.1 SH SHYLOCK = Q2. F =
Iew
28 there = Q. F = their 43 Jewès = Ed. F = Iewes 47 but = F. Q = and
    2.6.0 SD
Salerio = Ed. F =
Salino
2 a stand = F. Q = stand 7 seal = Q. F = steale 18 a prodigal = F. Q = the prodigal 46 you are = F. Q = are you 60 gentlemen = F. Q = gentleman
    2.7.5 many men = Q. F = men
Line accidentally printed twice in
F 70 tombs = Ed. F =
timber
    2.8.0 SD
Salerio = Ed. F =
Salarino
6 comes = F. Q = came 8 gondola
spelled
Gondilo
in
F 34 You = Q. F = Yo
    2.9.7 thou = F. Q = you 45 peasantry = Q. F = pleasantry 102 Bassanio, Lord Love , = Ed. F =
Bassanio
Lord, loue
    3.1.0 SD
Salerio = Ed. F =
Salarino
6 gossip’s = F. Q = gossip 33 blood = F. Q = my blood 50 what’s the = F. Q = what’s his 64 SH SERVANT = Ed.
Not in
F 71 of her = Q. F = of ster 80 how much = F. Q = whats 94 heard = Ed. F = here 105 turquoise = Ed. F = Turkies
    3.2.0 SD
trains = Q. F =
traine
17 if = Q. F = of 34 do = Q. F = doth 44 aloof = Q. F = aloose 63 much, much = Q. F = much 69 eyes = F. Q = eye 83 vice = Ed. F = voice 152 me = Q. F = my 161 nothing = F. Q = something