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Punctuation

Here F dependence on Q2 or Q3 may be sufficiently illustrated by the following significant examples:-

  • 1. Q How now sir Iohn, quoth I? II.iii.17 F How now Sir Iohn (quoth I?) what man?

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The retention of the Q question-mark within the F brackets, if not impossible in Elizabethan punctuation, is at least unusual enough to be taken as a clue.

  • 2. Q,F great grandfather I.ii.146 (Camb. great-grandfather)
  • 3. Q1,3,F Doll Tear-sheete, she by name, and her espowse II.i.75 (Camb. omits first comma.)
  • 4. Q3 Now Lords to France: The enterprise whereof II.ii.182 F Now Lords for France: the enterprise whereof
  • 5. Q3 And I: if F and I: If III.ii.13-14 (Camb. And I:/ If)