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Were he our brother, nay, our kingdom's heir As he is but our father's brother's etc.
The other Quartos have my for our in all three cases, the Folios only in the first and third. Theobald follows here the Q5, but deserts it where in the same speech, 1 121, it has our upright soul for the my of the other editions. But neither in this speech nor elsewhere in the play is there any uniform use of the plural or singular in the kings' speeches. In V. 111. 24, where the other editions have, what means our cousin, etc. Q5 has my. In 11. I. 294, where Northam berland speaks of our sceptre's gilt Q5 has file, a preferable reading, in my Opinion.
Theobald also adopts the Q5 in III. Iv. 94 And am I last that know it? The other editions have knows.
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- Publication date2020
- ISBN 10 0243545029
- ISBN 13 9780243545025
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- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages92
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