Edition: SelimusSelimus: Collation

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[Q1]:
The first part of the tragicall raigne of Selimus, sometime Emperour of the Turkes, and grandfather to him that now raigneth. London: Thomas Creede, 1594. STC 12310a. ESTC S124196. DEEP 203.
[Allott]:
Allott, Robert. Englands Parnassus: or the choysest flowers of our moderne poets. London: Nicholas Ling, Cuthbert Burby, and Thomas Hayes, 1600. STC 379. ESTC S1431.
[Grosart]:
Grosart, A.B., ed., The First Part of the Tragical Reign of Selimus. The Life and Complete Works in Prose and Verse of Robert Greene. Vol. 14. New York: Russell & Russell, 1881–1886. 189–291.
[Grosart 1898]:
Grosart, A.B., ed., The Tragical Reign of Selimus. London: J.M. Dent, 1898.
[Bang]:
Bang, Willy, ed. The Tragical Reign of Selimus. Malone Society Reprints, 1908.
[Hopkinson]:
Hopkinson, A.F., ed. The Tragical Reign of Selimus Sometime Emperor of the Turks. London: M.E. Sims & Co., 1916.
[Jacquot]:
Jacquot, Jean. Ralegh’s Hellish Verses and the Tragicall Raigne of Selimus. Modern Language Review 48:1 (1953): 1–9.
[Riad]:
Riad, Nadia Mohamed. A Critical Old-Spelling Edition of The Tragicall Raigne of Selimus. Queen’s University. PhD dissertation, 1994.
[Vitkus]:
Vitkus, Daniel J., ed. Three Turk Plays from Early Modern England. Columbia University Press, 2000.
[Ed]: This edition, edited by Kirk Melnikoff
Adopted reading (Ed):
implacable
Q1:
unplacable
Vitkus:
unplacable
Hopkinson:
unplacable
Grosart 1898:
unplacable
Grosart:
unplacable
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Adopted reading (Vitkus):
—would I had ne’re begun—
Q1:
, would I had nere begunne
Hopkinson:
—would I had ne’re begun!
Grosart 1898:
—would I had ne’re begun!
Grosart:
—would I had nere begunne—
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Adopted reading (Ed):
spirit
Q1:
spright
Hopkinson:
spright
Vitkus:
spright
Grosart 1898:
spright
Grosart:
spright
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Adopted reading (Ed):
Did take
Q1:
Tooke
Vitkus:
Take
Hopkinson:
Took
Grosart 1898:
Took
Grosart:
Tooke
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Adopted reading (Ed):
In losing Alemshae poor, I
Q1:
In leesing Alemshae poore, I
Vitkus:
In leesing Alemshae, poor I
Hopkinson:
In losing Alemshae, poor I
Grosart 1898:
In losing Alemshae, poor I
Grosart:
In leesing Alemshae, poore
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Adopted reading (Grosart):
Selim
Q1:
Selmi
Vitkus:
Selim
Hopkinson:
Selim
Grosart 1898:
Selim
Grosart:
Selim
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Adopted reading (Ed):
hearts
Q1:
hart
Vitkus:
heart
Hopkinson:
heart
Grosart 1898:
heart
Grosart:
hart
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Adopted reading (Ed):
Enter again [Mustaffa, Cherseoli, and the Janissaries].
Q1:
Enters againe.
Vitkus:
[Mustaffa, Cherseoli, and the Janissaries] enter again.
Hopkinson:
Re-enter Mustapha, Cherseoli, and the Janissaries
Grosart 1898:
Enters again.
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Adopted reading (Q1):
past
Vitkus:
passed
Hopkinson:
passed
Adopted reading (Q1):
guide
Vitkus:
guide
Hopkinson:
gird
Adopted reading (Grosart 1898):
rebel
Q1:
rebell
Vitkus:
rebellious
Hopkinson:
rebel
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Adopted reading (Q1):
Sound within.
Vitkus:
Sound [a trumpet] within.
Hopkinson:
Sound within.
Grosart 1898:
Sound within.
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Adopted reading (Ed):
To which
Q1:
Into which
Vitkus:
Into which
Hopkinson:
Into which
Grosart 1898:
Into
Grosart:
Into which
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Adopted reading (Ed):
Selim’s
Q1:
Selimus
Vitkus:
Selimus’
Hopkinson:
Selimus’
Grosart 1898:
Selimus’
Grosart:
Selimus
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Adopted reading (Q1):
when
Vitkus:
when
Hopkinson:
where
Grosart 1898:
where
Grosart:
where
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Adopted reading (Grosart 1898):
Perhaps, my Lord, Selimus
Q1:
Perhaps my Lord Selimus
Vitkus:
Perhaps my Lord Selimus
Hopkinson:
Perhaps, my lord Selimus
Grosart:
Perhaps my Lord Selimus
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Adopted reading (Q1):
Sound within.
Vitkus:
Sound [trumpets] within.
Hopkinson:
Sound within.
Grosart 1898:
Sound within.
Grosart:
Sound within.
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Adopted reading (Q1):
him
Vitkus:
it
Riad:
him
Hopkinson:
it
Grosart:
it
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Adopted reading (Grosart 1898):
Occasion
Q1:
occasion
Vitkus:
Occasion
Hopkinson:
Occasion
Grosart:
occasion
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Adopted reading (Ed):
I, like a lion, look not worth a leek,
Q1:
I like a Lions looke not worth a leeke,
Vitkus:
Aye, like a lion’s look—not worth a leek—
Hopkinson:
I like a lion’s look—not worth a leek—
Grosart 1898:
I like a lion’s look—not worth a leek,
Grosart:
I like a Lions looke not worth a leeke,
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Adopted reading (Grosart 1898):
guard
Q1:
gard
Vitkus:
guard
Hopkinson:
guard
Grosart:
gard
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Adopted reading (Q1):
Then euery man of his owne dition was,
Jacquot:
Then every one his owne director was,
Hopkinson:
Then every man of his own dition was,
Grosart 1898:
Then every man of his own dition was,
Grosart:
Then euery man of his own dition was,
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Adopted reading (Q1):
share
Jacquot:
shore
Vitkus:
share
Hopkinson:
share
Grosart 1898:
share
Grosart:
share
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Adopted reading (Q1):
entred
Jacquot:
dared
Vitkus:
entered
Hopkinson:
entered
Grosart 1898:
entered
Grosart:
entred
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Adopted reading (Q1):
There needed them no iudge nor yet no law / Nor any King of whom to stand in awe.
Jacquot:
they neided then nothing of whom to stand in awe
Vitkus:
There needed them no judge, nor yet no law, / Nor any king of whom to stand in awe.
Hopkinson:
There needed then no judge, nor yet no law, / Nor any king of whom to stand in awe:
Grosart 1898:
There needed then no judge, nor yet no law, / Nor any King of whom to stand in awe:
Grosart:
There needed them no judge, nor yet no law, / Nor any king of whom to stand in awe.
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Adopted reading (Q1):
vnknowne
Jacquot:
uncouthe
Vitkus:
unknown
Hopkinson:
unknown
Grosart 1898:
unknown
Grosart:
vnknowne
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Adopted reading (Q1):
warray
Jacquot:
array
Vitkus:
worry
Hopkinson:
warray
Grosart 1898:
array
Grosart:
array
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Adopted reading (Q1):
Did then to set possessours first obey
Jacquot:
did yeld themselves and likewise did obey
Vitkus:
Did then to set possessors first obey.
Hopkinson:
Did then to set possessors first obey.
Grosart 1898:
Did then to set possessors first obey.
Grosart:
Did then to set possessours first obey,
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Adopted reading (Q1):
Then they estblisht lawes and holy rites, / To maintaine peace, and gouerne bloodie fights.
Jacquot:
did yeld themselves and likewise did obey / and with a common muttering discontent / gave that to tyme which tyme cannot prevent.
Vitkus:
Then they established laws and holy rites / To maintain peace and govern bloody fights.
Hopkinson:
Then they established laws and holy rites, / To maintain peace, and govern bloody fights.
Grosart 1898:
Then they established laws and holy rites, / To maintain peace, and govern bloody fights.
Grosart:
Then they establisht lawes and holy rites, / To maintaine peace, and gouerne bloodie fights.
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Adopted reading (Q1):
And gan of paines, and faind rewards to tell,
Jacquot:
and gaine of paines and fair rewardes to tell
Vitkus:
And ’gan of pains and feigned rewards to tell:
Hopkinson:
And ’gan of pains, and feigned rewards to tell:
Grosart 1898:
And ’gan of pains, and feign’d rewards, to tell:
Grosart:
And gan of paines, and faind rewards, to tell.
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Adopted reading (Ed):
were just mere
Q1:
were meere
Jacquot:
were mere
Vitkus:
were mere
Hopkinson:
were mere
Grosart 1898:
were mere
Grosart:
were meere
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Adopted reading (Grosart):
religious
Q1:
religions
Jacquot:
religious
Vitkus:
religious
Riad:
religious
Hopkinson:
religious
Grosart 1898:
religious
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Adopted reading (Grosart 1898):
bauble
Q1:
bable
Jacquot:
fable
Vitkus:
fable
Hopkinson:
bauble
Grosart:
bable
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Adopted reading (Jacquot):
lyke
Q1:
loue
Vitkus:
love
Riad:
loue
Bang:
like
Hopkinson:
love
Grosart 1898:
love
Grosart:
loue
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Adopted reading (Q1):
heauenly
Jacquot:
noble
Vitkus:
heavenly
Hopkinson:
heavenly
Grosart 1898:
heavenly
Grosart:
heauenly
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Adopted reading (Q1):
glorious
Jacquot:
ritch
Vitkus:
glorious
Hopkinson:
glorious
Grosart 1898:
glorious
Grosart:
glorious
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Adopted reading (Q1):
That hath no bounds
Jacquot:
which is not knowne
Vitkus:
That hath no bounds
Hopkinson:
That hath no bounds
Grosart 1898:
That hath no bounds
Grosart:
That hath no bounds
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Adopted reading (Q1):
Of actions tearmed by vs good or ill:
Jacquot:
as affections termeth us be it good or ill
Vitkus:
Of actions, termed by us good or ill:
Hopkinson:
Of actions, termed by us good or ill:
Grosart 1898:
Of actions, term’d by us good or ill:
Grosart:
Of actions, tearmd by vs good or ill:
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Adopted reading (Grosart 1898):
others
Q1:
other
Vitkus:
other
Hopkinson:
others
Grosart:
other
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Adopted reading (Q1):
Parricides
Jacquot:
paradice
Vitkus:
parricides
Hopkinson:
parricides
Grosart 1898:
parricides
Grosart:
Parricides
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Adopted reading (Hopkinson):
as [have] the best
Q1:
as the rest
Jacquot:
even as the best
Vitkus:
as have the best
Grosart 1898:
as [have] the best
Grosart:
as [haue] the best
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Adopted reading (Grosart 1898):
Death’s … Night
Q1:
deaths … night
Jacquot:
deathes … night
Vitkus:
Death’s … Night
Hopkinson:
Death’s … Night
Grosart:
deaths … night
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Adopted reading (Q1):
man
Jacquot:
soule
Vitkus:
man
Hopkinson:
man
Grosart:
man
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Adopted reading (Q1):
snatch
Jacquot:
fetch
Vitkus:
snatch
Hopkinson:
snatch
Grosart 1898:
snatch
Grosart:
snatch
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Adopted reading (Q1):
vnmanured
Vitkus:
unmaturèd
Hopkinson:
unmanured
Grosart 1898:
unmanurèd
Grosart:
vnmatured
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Adopted reading (Grosart):
No no
Q1:
Now
Vitkus:
No, no!
Riad:
No
Hopkinson:
No, no!
Grosart 1898:
No no
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Adopted reading (Grosart):
leaue
Q1:
leane on
Vitkus:
leave
Riad:
lean on
Hopkinson:
leave
Bang:
leaue
Grosart 1898:
leave
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Adopted reading (Grosart):
but [the] nettes
Q1:
but nettes
Vitkus:
but the nets
Hopkinson:
but [as] nets
Grosart 1898:
but [the] nets
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Adopted reading (Ed):
[Aside]
Q1:
Adopted reading (Ed):
spirit
Q1:
spright
Hopkinson:
sprite
Vitkus:
spright
Grosart 1898:
spright
Grosart:
spright
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Adopted reading (Hopkinson):
steeped
Q1:
sleept
Vitkus:
steeped
Grosart 1898:
steep’d
Grosart:
steept
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Adopted reading (Q1):
him
Allott:
them
Vitkus:
him
Hopkinson:
him
Adopted reading (Grosart):
runnag[at]es
Q1:
runnages
Vitkus:
runagates
Hopkinson:
runnagates
Grosart 1898:
runnagates
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Adopted reading (Grosart):
Cherseo[li], go
Q1:
Cherseo. Go
Vitkus:
Cherseoli, go
Riad:
Cherseoli, go
Hopkinson:
Cherseoli, go
Bang:
Cherseoli, go
Grosart 1898:
Cherseoli, go
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Adopted reading (Ed):
fetched
Q1:
fet
Vitkus:
fet
Hopkinson:
fet
Grosart:
fet
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Adopted reading (Ed):
Acomat and Corcut
Q1:
Corcut and Acomat
Vitkus:
Corcut and Acomat
Hopkinson:
Corcut, and Acomat
Grosart 1898:
Corcut, and Acomat
Grosart:
Corcut and Acomat
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Adopted reading (Q1):
light steeds
Vitkus:
steeds
Hopkinson:
light steeds
Grosart 1898:
light steeds
Grosart:
light steeds
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Adopted reading (Q1):
to reaue
Vitkus:
to rive
Hopkinson:
to reave
Grosart 1898:
to reave
Grosart:
to reaue
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Adopted reading (Q1):
thy
Vitkus:
the
Hopkinson:
the
Grosart:
the
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Adopted reading (Ed):
West
Q1:
East
Vitkus:
East
Hopkinson:
east
Grosart 1898:
East
Grosart:
East
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Adopted reading (Q1):
while
Vitkus:
whilst
Hopkinson:
whilst
Grosart 1898:
whilst
Grosart:
whilst
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Adopted reading (Grosart):
sword [and shield]
Q1:
sword
Vitkus:
sword and shield
Hopkinson:
sword and shield
Grosart 1898:
sword (and shield)
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Adopted reading (Grosart):
sonne
Q1:
sonnes
Vitkus:
son
Riad:
sonne
Hopkinson:
son
Bang:
sonne
Adopted reading (Ed):
auctor
Q1:
author
Vitkus:
author
Hopkinson:
author
Grosart 1898:
author
Grosart:
author
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Adopted reading (Ed):
Alarum. [Enter Mustaffa and Selimus at diverse doors.] Mustaffa beat[s] Selimus in, then Ottrante and Cherseoli enter at diverse doors.
Q1:
Alarum, Mustaffa beate Selimus in, then Ottrante and Cherseoli enter at diuerse doores
Vitkus:
Alarum. Mustaffa beats Selimus in, then Ottrante and Cherseoli enter at diverse doors.
Hopkinson:
Alarums. Mustapha beats Selimus in. Ottrante and Cherseoli enter at divers doors.
Grosart 1898:
Alarum. Mustaffa beats Selimus in, Ottrante and Cherseoli enter at divers doors.
Grosart:
Alarum. Mustaffa beats Selimus in, then Ottrante and Cherseolienter at diuerse doores.
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Adopted reading (Ed):
This sword, ne’er drunk
Q1:
This swoord nere drunke
Vitkus:
This sword here, drunk
Riad:
this swoord here, drunke
Hopkinson:
This sword here, drunk
Bang:
This swoord here drunke
Grosart 1898:
This sword here, drunk
Grosart:
This sword here, drunke
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Adopted reading (Grosart 1898):
tower
Q1:
Tour
Vitkus:
tour
Hopkinson:
tower
Grosart:
Tour
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Adopted reading (Q1):
dulcet
Vitkus:
dullest
Hopkinson:
dulcet
Grosart 1898:
dulcet
Grosart:
dulcet
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Adopted reading (Grosart):
now
Q1:
low
Vitkus:
now
Riad:
now
Hopkinson:
now
Bang:
now
Adopted reading (Ed):
for long enough
Q1:
long inough
Vitkus:
long enough
Hopkinson:
long enough
Grosart 1898:
long enough
Grosart:
long inough
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Adopted reading (Hopkinson):
What lets me from this vain slumber rising
Q1:
What lets me then from this vaine slumber rise
Vitkus:
What lets me, then? From this vain slumber rising
Grosart 1898:
What let me then from this vain slumber rising
Grosart:
What lets me then from this vaine slumber rise
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Adopted reading (Q1):
arts
Vitkus:
arts
Riad:
arts
Hopkinson:
parts
Grosart 1898:
arts
Grosart:
arts
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Adopted reading (Q1):
obedience
Vitkus:
disobedience
Riad:
disobedience
Hopkinson:
disobedience
Grosart 1898:
[dis]obedience
Grosart:
[dis]obedience
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Adopted reading (Grosart):
But
Q1:
By
Vitkus:
But
Riad:
But
Hopkinson:
But
Bang:
But
Adopted reading (Q1):
But in the green and unripe blade is pent
Hopkinson:
But in the green and unripe blade is pent;
Grosart 1898:
But in the green and unripe blade is pent;
Grosart:
But in the greene and vnripe blade is pent;
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Adopted reading (Ed):
[Aside] Advise thee, Acomat
Q1:
Aduise thee Acomat
Vitkus:
Advise thee, Acomat
Hopkinson:
Advise thee, Acomat
Grosart 1898:
Advise thee, Acomat
Grosart:
Aduise thee Acomat
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Adopted reading (Q1):
will
Vitkus:
wile
Hopkinson:
wile
Bang:
wile
Grosart 1898:
wile
Grosart:
[wile]
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Adopted reading (Ed):
a timely
Q1:
timely
Vitkus:
timely
Hopkinson:
timely
Grosart 1898:
timely
Grosart:
timely
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Adopted reading (Q1):
premunition
Vitkus:
premonition
Hopkinson:
premunition
Grosart 1898:
premunition
Grosart:
premunition
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Adopted reading (Ed):
he will think
Q1:
he thinke
Vitkus:
he’ll think
Riad:
he thinke
Hopkinson:
he’ll think
Bang:
he’ll
Grosart 1898:
he’[ll] think
Grosart:
He’[ll] thinke
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Adopted reading (Ed):
insolence
Q1:
insolentnesse
Vitkus:
Insolentness
Hopkinson:
insolentness
Grosart 1898:
insolentness
Grosart:
insolentnesse
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Adopted reading (Q1):
assay
Vitkus:
essay
Hopkinson:
assay
Grosart 1898:
assay
Grosart:
assay
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Adopted reading (Grosart):
f[e]are
Q1:
fare
Vitkus:
fear
Riad:
feare
Hopkinson:
fear
Bang:
fear
Adopted reading (Ed):
so many
Q1:
many
Vitkus:
many
Hopkinson:
many
Grosart 1898:
many
Grosart:
many
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Adopted reading (Grosart 1898):
lest
Q1:
least
Vitkus:
lest
Hopkinson:
lest
Grosart:
least
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Q1:
that
Allott:
that
Vitkus:
that
Hopkinson:
the
Grosart 1898:
that
Grosart:
that
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Adopted reading (Ed):
did suck
Q1:
sucked
Vitkus:
sucked
Hopkinson:
sucked
Grosart 1898:
suckèd
Grosart:
sucked
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Adopted reading (Ed):
vilely
Q1:
vildly
Vitkus:
vildly
Hopkinson:
vildly
Grosart 1898:
vildly
Grosart:
vildly
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Adopted reading (Riad):
unreasonable
Q1:
unreasonables
Vitkus:
unreasonablest
Hopkinson:
unreasonablest
Grosart 1898:
unreasonablest
Grosart:
vnreasonablest
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Adopted reading (Grosart):
[a]gainst
Q1:
gainst
Vitkus:
against
Hopkinson:
against
Grosart 1898:
against
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Adopted reading (Ed):
Selim’s
Q1:
Selimus
Vitkus:
Selimus’
Hopkinson:
Selimus’
Grosart 1898:
Selimus’
Grosart:
Selimus
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Adopted reading (Ed):
Selim
Q1:
Selimus
Vitkus:
Selimus
Hopkinson:
Selimus
Grosart 1898:
Selimus
Grosart:
Selimus
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Adopted reading (Q1):
Empire
Vitkus:
empery
Hopkinson:
empery
Grosart 1898:
empery
Grosart:
Empir[i]e
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Adopted reading (Q1):
Empire
Vitkus:
empery
Hopkinson:
empery
Grosart 1898:
empery
Grosart:
Empir[i]e
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Adopted reading (Grosart):
peere[s]
Q1:
peere
Vitkus:
peers
Riad:
peeres
Hopkinson:
peers
Bang:
peeres
Grosart 1898:
peers
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Adopted reading (Q1):
and speakes the rest to himselfe.
Vitkus:
and speaks to himself [while Mustaffa reads].
Hopkinson:
and speaks aside.
Grosart 1898:
and speaks the rest to himself.
Grosart:
and speakes the rest to himselfe
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Adopted reading (Ed):
Sound. [Enter] a messenger from Corcut.
Q1:
Sound. A Messenger from Corcut.
Vitkus:
Sound [trumpets]. A Messenger from Corcut [arrives].
Hopkinson:
Sound within. Enter a Messenger from Corcut.
Grosart 1898:
Sound. A messenger from Corcut.
Grosart:
Sound. A Messenger from Corcut
Go to this point in the text
Adopted reading (Ed):
But Corcut, mind free
Q1:
But Corcuts mind free
Vitkus:
But Corcut’s mind, free
Hopkinson:
But Corcut’s mind free
Grosart 1898:
But Corcut’s mind, free
Grosart:
But Corcuts mind
Go to this point in the text
Adopted reading (Ed):
Aside
Q1:
Adopted reading (Ed):
sailing without the stars
Q1:
Sayling without starres
Vitkus:
sailing without stars’ sight
Hopkinson:
sailing without stars’ [light]
Grosart 1898:
sailing without stars’ [sight]
Grosart:
sayling without starres [sight]
Go to this point in the text
Adopted reading (Q1):
betwixt
Vitkus:
between
Hopkinson:
between
Grosart 1898:
between
Grosart:
between
Go to this point in the text
Adopted reading (Grosart):
realme
Q1:
raigne
Vitkus:
realm
Hopkinson:
realm
Grosart 1898:
realm
Go to this point in the text
Adopted reading (Ed):
great puissance
Q1:
puissance
Vitkus:
puissance
Hopkinson:
puissance
Grosart 1898:
puissance
Grosart:
puissance
Go to this point in the text
Adopted reading (Grosart 1898):
Ay, and perchance
Q1:
I and perchance
Vitkus:
Ay, and perchance
Hopkinson:
Ay, and perchance
Grosart:
I, and perchance
Go to this point in the text
Adopted reading (Grosart 1898):
lords
Q1:
Lord
Vitkus:
lords
Riad:
Lords
Hopkinson:
lords
Bang:
Lords
Grosart:
Lords
Go to this point in the text
Adopted reading (Ed):
and then rent[s it.]
Q1:
and then renting it say:
Vitkus:
and then [tears it up].
Hopkinson:
and then rending it, say;
Grosart 1898:
and then rending it say:
Grosart:
and then renting it say:
Go to this point in the text
Adopted reading (Hopkinson):
crown?
Q1:
crown,
Vitkus:
crown?
Grosart 1898:
crown;
Grosart:
crowne;
Go to this point in the text
Adopted reading (Q1):
henceforth be
Vitkus:
be henceforth
Hopkinson:
be henceforth
Grosart 1898:
be henceforth
Grosart:
be henceforth
Go to this point in the text
Adopted reading (Grosart):
subiect [vn]to
Q1:
subiect to
Vitkus:
subject onto
Hopkinson:
subject[ed] to
Bang:
subject unto
Grosart 1898:
subject [un]to
Go to this point in the text
Adopted reading (Hopkinson):
Soldiers
Q1:
the souldiers
Vitkus:
the Soldiers
Grosart 1898:
the soldiers
Grosart:
the souldiers
Go to this point in the text
Adopted reading (Ed):
[Enter] all [to] a parley, Mahomet, Beylerbey, and soldiers on the walls.
Q1:
All. A parley Mahomet, Belierbey, and souldiers on the walles.
Vitkus:
[They] all [hold] a parley. Mahomet, Beylerbey, and Soldiers [appear above] on the walls [of the city.
Hopkinson:
A Parley. Mahomet, Belierbey, and Soldiers [appear] on the walls.
Grosart 1898:
All. A parley. Mahomet, Belierbey, and soldiers on the walls.
Grosart:
All. A parley. Mahomet, Belierbey, and souldiers on the walles.
Go to this point in the text
Adopted reading (Ed):
e’en
Q1:
euen
Vitkus:
even
Hopkinson:
even
Grosart 1898:
even
Grosart:
euen
Go to this point in the text
Adopted reading (Ed):
kin
Q1:
kinsman
Vitkus:
kinsman
Hopkinson:
kinsman
Grosart 1898:
kinsman
Grosart:
kinsman
Go to this point in the text
Adopted reading (Ed):
Why, I am thy nephew; doest thou frown?
Q1:
Why for I am thy nephew doest thou frowne?
Vitkus:
Why, for I am thy nephew dost thou frown?
Hopkinson:
Why, for I am thy nephew, dost thou frown?
Grosart 1898:
Why, for I am thy nephew, dost thou frown?
Grosart:
Why, for I am thy nephew doest thou frowne?
Go to this point in the text
Adopted reading (Grosart):
his
Q1:
thy
Vitkus:
his
Riad:
his
Hopkinson:
his
Bang:
his
Adopted reading (Grosart):
Acomat
Q1:
Mahomet
Vitkus:
Acomat
Riad:
Acomat
Hopkinson:
Acomat
Bang:
Acomat
Grosart 1898:
Acomat
Go to this point in the text
Adopted reading (Ed):
[They] scale the walls. [Exit all above. Re]enter
Q1:
Scale the walles. Enter
Vitkus:
[They] scale the walls. Enter
Hopkinson:
They scale the walls, and exeunt
Grosart 1898:
Scale the walls. Enter
Grosart:
Scale the walles. Enter
Go to this point in the text
Adopted reading (Q1):
captaine
Vitkus:
captive
Hopkinson:
captain
Grosart 1898:
captain
Grosart:
captiue
Go to this point in the text
Adopted reading (Ed):
kin
Q1:
a kin
Vitkus:
a kin
Hopkinson:
akin
Grosart 1898:
akin
Grosart:
a kin
Go to this point in the text
Adopted reading (Ed):
Mustaffa, [Aga,] and the Janissaries.
Q1:
Mustaffa, and the Ianissaries.
Vitkus:
Mustaffa, and the janissaries.
Hopkinson:
Mustapha, and the Janissaries.
Grosart 1898:
Mustaffa, and Janissaries.
Grosart:
Mustaffa, and the Ianissaries
Go to this point in the text
Adopted reading (Q1):
Natolia?
Vitkus:
Natolia!
Hopkinson:
Natolia;
Grosart 1898:
Natolia,
Grosart:
Natolia
Go to this point in the text
Adopted reading (Q1):
ayrie
Vitkus:
airy
Hopkinson:
airy
Grosart 1898:
airy
Grosart:
ayrie
Go to this point in the text
Adopted reading (Grosart):
Zonara, [lucklesse maid]
Q1:
Zonara,
Vitkus:
Zonara, luckless maid
Hopkinson:
Zonara,
Grosart 1898:
Zonara [luckless maid]
Go to this point in the text
Adopted reading (Grosart 1898):
swoon
Q1:
sownd
Vitkus:
swound
Hopkinson:
swoon
Grosart:
sownd
Go to this point in the text
Adopted reading (Ed):
and [then] recovers.
Q1:
and being recouered say:
Vitkus:
[He recovers and then speaks.]
Grosart 1898:
and being recovered say.
Grosart:
and being recouered say.
Go to this point in the text
Adopted reading (Ed):
prevented
Q1:
preuentedst
Vitkus:
preventedst
Hopkinson:
preventedst
Grosart 1898:
preventedst
Grosart:
preuentedst
Go to this point in the text
Adopted reading (Grosart 1898):
nephews’
Q1:
nephews
Vitkus:
nephew’s
Hopkinson:
nephews’
Grosart:
nephews
Go to this point in the text
Adopted reading (Ed):
doth stand before, ready to strike.
Q1:
stands before readie to strike.
Vitkus:
stands before, ready to strike.
Hopkinson:
stands before [me] ready to strike.
Grosart 1898:
stands before ready for to strike
Grosart:
stands before readie for to strike.
Go to this point in the text
Adopted reading (Q1):
Taenarus
Vitkus:
Tartarus
Hopkinson:
Taenarus
Grosart 1898:
Taenarus
Grosart:
Taenarus
Go to this point in the text
Adopted reading (Ed):
induce
Q1:
endue
Vitkus:
endure
Hopkinson:
endure
Bang:
endure
Grosart 1898:
endure
Grosart:
endu[r]e
Go to this point in the text
Adopted reading (Grosart):
his
Q1:
thy
Vitkus:
his
Riad:
thy
Hopkinson:
his
Bang:
his
Adopted reading (Ed):
perceant
Q1:
piersant
Vitkus:
piercant
Hopkinson:
piersant
Grosart 1898:
piersant
Grosart:
piersant
Go to this point in the text
Adopted reading (Grosart 1898):
murdring
Q1:
murthring
Vitkus:
murth’ring
Hopkinson:
murd’ring
Grosart:
murthring
Go to this point in the text
Adopted reading (Ed):
Just sent
Q1:
Sent
Vitkus:
Sent
Hopkinson:
Sent
Grosart 1898:
Sent
Grosart:
Sent
Go to this point in the text
Adopted reading (Ed):
Wonders why your Grace, whom he loved so much
Q1:
Wonders your grace whom he did loue so much
Vitkus:
Wonders your grace whom he did love so much
Hopkinson:
Wonders your grace, whom he did love so much,
Grosart 1898:
Wonders your Grace whom he did love so much
Grosart:
Wonders your grace whom he did loue so much,
Go to this point in the text
Adopted reading (Ed):
Honor’s
Q1:
honours
Vitkus:
honor’s
Riad:
owners
Hopkinson:
earer’s
Bang:
earers
Grosart 1898:
earers’
Grosart:
earers
Go to this point in the text
Adopted reading (Ed):
with his teeth
Q1:
with my teeth
Vitkus:
with my teeth
Hopkinson:
with my teeth
Grosart 1898:
with my teeth
Grosart:
with my teeth
Go to this point in the text
Adopted reading (Ed):
color his strong hands
Q1:
colour my strong hands
Vitkus:
color my strong hands
Hopkinson:
colour my strong hands
Grosart 1898:
colour my strong hands
Grosart:
colour my strong hands
Go to this point in the text
Adopted reading (Ed):
did hear
Q1:
heard
Vitkus:
heard
Hopkinson:
heard
Grosart 1898:
heard
Grosart:
heard
Go to this point in the text
Adopted reading (Vitkus):
[Acomat] pulls out his eyes.
Q1:
Puls out his eyes.
Hopkinson:
Pulls out his eyes.
Grosart 1898:
Pulls out his eyes.
Grosart:
Puls out his eyes.
Go to this point in the text
Adopted reading (Vitkus):
[Acomat] opens [Aga’s] bosom
Q1:
Opens his bosome
Hopkinson:
Opens his bosom
Grosart 1898:
Opens his bosom
Grosart:
Opens his bosome
Go to this point in the text
Adopted reading (Bang):
raine
Q1:
ruine
Vitkus:
rain
Riad:
runne
Hopkinson:
run
Grosart:
runne
Go to this point in the text
Adopted reading (Grosart):
Pull
Q1:
Puld
Vitkus:
Pulled
Hopkinson:
Pull
Adopted reading (Q1):
Those sends he to the
Vitkus:
Those sends he to thee,
Hopkinson:
These sends he to the
Grosart 1898:
Those sends he to the
Grosart:
These sends he to the
Go to this point in the text
Adopted reading (Grosart):
so [to] cut
Q1:
so cut
Vitkus:
so to cut
Hopkinson:
so [to] cut
Bang:
so to cut
Grosart 1898:
so [to] cut
Go to this point in the text
Adopted reading (Grosart):
[Tis] that
Q1:
That
Vitkus:
’Tis that
Hopkinson:
[And] that
Grosart 1898:
[’Tis] that
Go to this point in the text
Adopted reading (Q1):
the thing that I
Vitkus:
the thing I
Hopkinson:
the thing that I
Grosart 1898:
the thing that I
Grosart:
the thing that I
Go to this point in the text
Adopted reading (Ed):
Aside
Vitkus:
aside
Hopkinson:
[Aside
Grosart 1898:
[Aside
Grosart:
[Aside]
Go to this point in the text
Adopted reading (Ed):
Exit
Q1:
Exeunt
Vitkus:
Exeunt both
Hopkinson:
[Exeunt
Grosart 1898:
[Exeunt both
Grosart:
Exeunt both
Go to this point in the text
Adopted reading (Ed):
Offer to me
Q1:
Offer me
Vitkus:
Offers me
Hopkinson:
Offers me
Grosart 1898:
Offers me
Grosart:
Offers me
Go to this point in the text
Adopted reading (Bang):
When
Q1:
Then
Vitkus:
When
Riad:
When
Hopkinson:
Then
Grosart 1898:
Then
Grosart:
Then
Go to this point in the text
Adopted reading (Q1):
that
Vitkus:
that
Hopkinson:
that
Bang:
the
Grosart 1898:
that
Grosart:
that
Go to this point in the text
Adopted reading (Ed):
he’s
Q1:
he is
Vitkus:
he is
Hopkinson:
he is
Grosart 1898:
he is
Grosart:
he is
Go to this point in the text
Adopted reading (Grosart):
fetch [here]
Q1:
fetch
Vitkus:
fetch here
Hopkinson:
fetch
Grosart 1898:
fetch [here]
Go to this point in the text
Adopted reading (Ed):
necromancy
Q1:
Negromancie
Vitkus:
negromancy
Hopkinson:
negromancy
Grosart 1898:
Negromancy
Grosart:
Negromancie
Go to this point in the text
Adopted reading (Ed):
And hearest thou, Hali? Do strangle him.
Q1:
And hear’st thou, Hali? strangle him.
Vitkus:
And hear’st thou, Hali? Strangle him.
Hopkinson:
And, hearest thou, Hali?—strangle him.
Grosart 1898:
And hear’st thou, Hali? strangle him.
Grosart:
And hear’st thou Hali? Strangle him.
Go to this point in the text
Adopted reading (Hopkinson):
As to your
Q1:
As your
Vitkus:
As your
Grosart 1898:
As your
Grosart:
As your
Go to this point in the text
Adopted reading (Hopkinson):
they’re
Q1:
th’are
Vitkus:
Th’are
Grosart 1898:
th’are
Grosart:
th’are
Go to this point in the text
Adopted reading (Ed):
I’ll make
Q1:
I take
Vitkus:
I take
Hopkinson:
I take
Grosart 1898:
I take
Grosart:
I take
Go to this point in the text
Adopted reading (Grosart):
in a cage
Q1:
in cage
Vitkus:
in a cage
Hopkinson:
in a cage
Grosart 1898:
in a cage
Grosart:
in a cage
Go to this point in the text
Adopted reading (Ed):
than I am now.
Q1:
then I am
Vitkus:
then I am now
Hopkinson:
than I am
Bang:
then I am now
Grosart 1898:
than I am
Grosart:
then I am
Go to this point in the text
Adopted reading (Ed):
great scourge
Q1:
scourge
Vitkus:
scourge
Hopkinson:
scourge
Grosart 1898:
scourge
Grosart:
scourge
Go to this point in the text
Adopted reading (Ed):
And cruel wrath; within me rage is rife.
Q1:
And cruell wrath within me rages rife.
Vitkus:
And cruel wrath within me raging rise
Riad:
And cruell wrath within me rages rife
Hopkinson:
And cruel wrath within me raging rife.
Bang:
And cruell wrath within me raging rife.
Grosart 1898:
And cruel wrath within me raging rife.
Grosart:
And cruell wrath within me raging rife.
Go to this point in the text
Adopted reading (Ed):
It shall soon be wracked on sandy shallows.
Q1:
Shall soone be wrackt vpon the sandie shallowes.
Vitkus:
Shall soon be wracked upon the sandy shallows.
Hopkinson:
Shall soon be wrecked upon the sandy shallows.
Grosart 1898:
Shall soon be wrecked upon the sandy shallows.
Grosart:
Shall soone be wrackt vpon the sandie shallowes.
Go to this point in the text
Adopted reading (Ed):
lead … stirreth
Q1:
leaud … stirreth
Vitkus:
lewd … steereth
Hopkinson:
lewd … stirreth
Bang:
lewd … steereth
Grosart 1898:
lewd … stirreth
Grosart:
[lewd] … stirreth
Go to this point in the text
Adopted reading (Ed):
vails the sea
Q1:
vales the sea
Vitkus:
vails the seas
Riad:
vales the seas
Hopkinson:
rules the seas
Bang:
rules the sea
Grosart 1898:
rules the seas
Grosart:
rules the seas
Go to this point in the text
Adopted reading (Grosart):
thrillant
Q1:
chrillant
Vitkus:
thrillant
Riad:
thrillant
Hopkinson:
thrillant
Bang:
thrillant
Grosart 1898:
thrillant
Go to this point in the text
Adopted reading (Grosart):
steepe
Q1:
sleepe
Vitkus:
steep
Riad:
steepe
Hopkinson:
steep
Bang:
steepe
Grosart 1898:
steep
Go to this point in the text
Adopted reading (Q1):
For who art thou
Vitkus:
And who art thou
Riad:
For who art thou
Hopkinson:
And who art thou
Grosart 1898:
And who art thou
Grosart:
And who art thou
Go to this point in the text
Adopted reading (Hopkinson):
[Aside.
Vitkus:
[aside]
Hopkinson:
[Aside.
Adopted reading (Q1):
?
Vitkus:
!
Adopted reading (Q1):
must
Vitkus:
may
Hopkinson:
must
Grosart 1898:
must
Grosart:
must
Go to this point in the text
Adopted reading (Ed):
did it behold
Q1:
did behold
Vitkus:
did behold
Hopkinson:
did behold
Grosart 1898:
did behold
Grosart:
did behold
Go to this point in the text
Adopted reading (Ed):
an
Q1:
and
Vitkus:
and
Hopkinson:
and
Grosart:
and
Go to this point in the text
Adopted reading (Q1):
fro
Vitkus:
from
Hopkinson:
from
Grosart 1898:
from
Grosart:
fro
Go to this point in the text
Adopted reading (Q1):
our
Vitkus:
out,
Hopkinson:
our
Grosart:
our
Go to this point in the text
Adopted reading (Ed):
cammock
Q1:
cramuk
Vitkus:
crammock
Hopkinson:
cramuk
Grosart 1898:
cramuk
Grosart:
cramuk
Go to this point in the text
Adopted reading (Ed):
Who gape
Q1:
And gape
Vitkus:
To gape
Hopkinson:
And gape
Bang:
To gape
Grosart 1898:
And gape
Grosart:
And gape
Go to this point in the text
Adopted reading (Grosart):
companie[s]
Q1:
companie
Vitkus:
company
Hopkinson:
companies
Grosart 1898:
companies
Go to this point in the text
Adopted reading (Ed):
should have befell me
Q1:
should haue befell to me
Vitkus:
should have befell to me
Hopkinson:
should have befel to me
Grosart 1898:
should have befel to me
Grosart:
should haue befell to me
Go to this point in the text
Adopted reading (Q1):
Selims
Vitkus:
Selimus’
Hopkinson:
Selim’s
Grosart 1898:
Selim’s
Grosart:
Selims
Go to this point in the text
Adopted reading (Grosart 1898):
than
Q1:
then
Vitkus:
then
Hopkinson:
than
Grosart:
then
Go to this point in the text
Adopted reading (Grosart 1898):
’tence
Q1:
tence
Vitkus:
tense
Hopkinson:
’tence
Grosart:
tence
Go to this point in the text
Adopted reading (Vitkus):
[aside]
Q1:
Adopted reading (Ed):
famines
Q1:
samines
Vitkus:
’samines
Hopkinson:
zamines
Grosart 1898:
’samines
Grosart:
samines
Go to this point in the text
Adopted reading (Ed):
an it please you
Q1:
and it please you
Vitkus:
and it please you
Hopkinson:
and it please you
Grosart 1898:
and it please you
Grosart:
and it please you
Go to this point in the text
Adopted reading (Grosart):
Baiazet
Q1:
Mustaffa
Vitkus:
Bajazet
Riad:
Bajazet
Hopkinson:
Bajazet
Bang:
Baiazet
Grosart 1898:
Bajazet
Go to this point in the text
Adopted reading (Vitkus):
aside
Q1:
Adopted reading (Vitkus):
[Aside] Why thus
Q1:
Why thus
Hopkinson:
Why, thus
Grosart 1898:
Why, thus
Grosart:
Why, thus
Go to this point in the text
Adopted reading (Ed):
I made of him away
Q1:
I made him away
Vitkus:
that I made him away
Hopkinson:
I made him away
Grosart 1898:
I made him away
Grosart:
I made him away
Go to this point in the text
Adopted reading (Hopkinson):
mortuary.
Q1:
mortarie. (To himselfe
Vitkus:
mortuary
Grosart 1898:
mortuary. [To himself
Grosart:
mort[u]arie. / To himselfe.
Go to this point in the text
Adopted reading (Vitkus):
indeed. [Selimus speaks] to the corses.
Q1:
indeed. To the courses.
Hopkinson:
in deed. [Aside. [To the corses.
Grosart 1898:
indeed. [To the corses.
Grosart:
indeed. To the courses.
Go to this point in the text
Adopted reading (Ed):
[Bajazeth placed in]
Q1:
Suppose
Vitkus:
Suppose
Grosart 1898:
[Suppose]
Grosart:
Suppose
Go to this point in the text
Adopted reading (Ed):
And didst thou die
Q1:
And diedst
Vitkus:
And diedst
Hopkinson:
And diedst
Grosart 1898:
And diedst
Grosart:
And diedst
Go to this point in the text
Adopted reading (Ed):
Mounteth highest heaven
Q1:
Mounteth to highest heauen
Vitkus:
Mounteth to highest heaven
Hopkinson:
Mounteth to highest heaven
Grosart 1898:
Mounteth to highest heaven
Grosart:
Mounteth to highest heauen
Go to this point in the text
Adopted reading (Q1):
due to so
Vitkus:
to so
Hopkinson:
due to so
Grosart 1898:
due to so
Grosart:
due to so
Go to this point in the text
Adopted reading (Hopkinson):
sorrow’st
Q1:
sorrowest
Vitkus:
sorrowest
Grosart 1898:
sorrowest
Grosart:
sorrowest
Go to this point in the text
Adopted reading (Grosart):
since it must be so
Q1:
since it is must be so
Vitkus:
since it must be so
Hopkinson:
since it must be so
Grosart 1898:
since it must be so
Grosart:
since it must be so
Go to this point in the text
Adopted reading (Bang):
from
Q1:
to
Vitkus:
to
Hopkinson:
to
Grosart:
to
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Adopted reading (Grosart):
Tiburne
Q1:
Tiburne
Vitkus:
tribune
Hopkinson:
Tyburn
Grosart 1898:
Tyburn
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Adopted reading (Vitkus):
can. Hereafter, I’ll
Q1:
can hereafter, Ile
Riad:
can, hereafter, Ile
Hopkinson:
can; hereafter I’ll
Grosart 1898:
can hereafter, I’ll
Grosart:
can hereafter, Ile
Go to this point in the text
Adopted reading (Q1):
Sound within.
Vitkus:
Sound [trumpet] within.
Hopkinson:
Sound within.
Grosart 1898:
Sound within.
Grosart:
Sound within.
Go to this point in the text
Adopted reading (Q1):
flocke
Vitkus:
stock
Hopkinson:
flock
Grosart 1898:
flock
Grosart:
flocke
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Adopted reading (Q1):
slandring
Vitkus:
slandering
Hopkinson:
slandering
Grosart 1898:
slandering
Grosart:
slandring
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Adopted reading (Ed):
Ay,
Q1:
Nay
Vitkus:
Nay,
Hopkinson:
Nay,
Grosart 1898:
Nay,
Grosart:
Nay
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Adopted reading (Q1):
please
Vitkus:
’pease
Riad:
please
Hopkinson:
appease
Bang:
pease
Grosart 1898:
please
Grosart:
please
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Adopted reading (Vitkus):
seems
Q1:
seeme
Hopkinson:
seem
Grosart 1898:
seem
Grosart:
seeme
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Adopted reading (Ed):
But it is
Q1:
But is
Vitkus:
It is but
Riad:
But is
Hopkinson:
’Tis
Grosart 1898:
It is
Grosart:
It is
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Adopted reading (Ed):
[Selimus] strangles him.
Q1:
(Strangles him.
Vitkus:
[They] strangle him.
Hopkinson:
They strangle him.
Grosart 1898:
Strangles him.
Grosart:
Strangles him.
Go to this point in the text
Adopted reading (Grosart 1898):
souls
Q1:
soul
Vitkus:
souls
Hopkinson:
souls
Grosart:
soule
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Adopted reading (Ed):
all save [Mustaffa and a Janissary].
Q1:
saue one.
Vitkus:
save one.
Hopkinson:
except one.
Grosart 1898:
all save one.
Grosart:
all saue one.
Go to this point in the text
Adopted reading (Ed):
at a rest
Q1:
at rest
Vitkus:
at rest
Hopkinson:
at rest
Grosart 1898:
at rest
Grosart:
at rest
Go to this point in the text
Adopted reading (Ed):
do put them
Q1:
put them
Vitkus:
put them
Grosart 1898:
put them
Grosart:
put them
Go to this point in the text
Adopted reading (Q1):
Exitone to
Vitkus:
Exit one [janissary, going] to
Hopkinson:
Exit one to
Grosart 1898:
Exit one to
Grosart:
Exit one to
Go to this point in the text
Adopted reading (Ed):
[and a] messenger.
Q1:
the messenger.
Vitkus:
Messenger
Hopkinson:
and the Messenger.
Grosart 1898:
the messenger.
Grosart:
the messenger.
Go to this point in the text
Adopted reading (Ed):
did move them
Q1:
moued them
Vitkus:
moved them
Hopkinson:
moved them
Grosart 1898:
movèd them
Grosart:
moued them
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Adopted reading (Hopkinson):
him
Q1:
them
Vitkus:
him
Riad:
him
Bang:
him
Grosart 1898:
them
Grosart:
them
Go to this point in the text
Adopted reading (Ed):
abye
Q1:
abie
Vitkus:
abuy
Hopkinson:
aby
Grosart:
abie
Go to this point in the text
Adopted reading (Grosart 1898):
lessen
Q1:
lesson
Vitkus:
lessen
Hopkinson:
lessen
Grosart:
lesson
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Adopted reading (Ed):
Janissars do mourn
Q1:
Ianizars mourne
Vitkus:
janissaries mourn
Hopkinson:
Janissaries mourn
Grosart 1898:
janissaries mourn
Grosart:
Ianizar[ie]s mourne
Go to this point in the text
Adopted reading (Q1):
after liue
Vitkus:
after-live
Hopkinson:
live after
Grosart 1898:
live after
Grosart:
liue after
Go to this point in the text
Adopted reading (Hopkinson):
her! [Sinam strangles her.]
Q1:
her.
Vitkus:
her.
Grosart 1898:
her:
Grosart:
her.
Go to this point in the text
Adopted reading (Q1):
into
Vitkus:
in
Hopkinson:
into
Grosart 1898:
into
Grosart:
into
Go to this point in the text
Adopted reading (Q1):
the
Vitkus:
thee
Hopkinson:
thee
Grosart 1898:
thee
Grosart:
the[e]
Go to this point in the text
Adopted reading (Ed):
A parley: [the Q]ueen of Amasya and her soldiers on the walls.
Q1:
A parley: Queene of Amasia, and her souldiers on the walles.
Vitkus:
[Selimus’ men sound] a parley. The queen of Amasia and her Soldiers [appear] on the walls.
Hopkinson:
A parley. The Queen of Amasia and Soldiers appear on the walls.
Grosart 1898:
A parley: Queen of Amasia and soldiers on the walls.
Grosart:
A parley: Queene of Amasia, and her souldiers on the walles.
Go to this point in the text
Adopted reading (Ed):
your robberies
Q1:
robberies
Vitkus:
robberies
Hopkinson:
robberies
Grosart 1898:
robberies
Grosart:
robberies
Go to this point in the text
Adopted reading (Ed):
of all thy dearest friends,
Q1:
of thy dearest friends:
Vitkus:
of thy dearest friend!
Hopkinson:
of thy dearest friend;
Grosart 1898:
of all thy dearest friend;
Grosart:
of thy dearest friend:
Go to this point in the text
Adopted reading (Ed):
Alarum[. Selimus] beats them off the walls. Alarum. [Exeunt].
Q1:
Allarum, beats them off the walles. Allarum.
Vitkus:
Alarum. [Selimus] beats them off the walls. [Exeunt.] Alarum.
Hopkinson:
[Alarum. Beats them off the walls. Exeunt.
Grosart 1898:
[Alarum, beats them off the walls. Alarum.
Grosart:
Allarum, beats them off the walles. Allarum.
Go to this point in the text
Adopted reading (Grosart):
though [you] brau’d vs
Q1:
though brau’d vs
Vitkus:
though you braved us
Hopkinson:
though [you] braved us
Bang:
though you brav’d vs
Grosart 1898:
though [you] brav’d us
Go to this point in the text
Adopted reading (Bang):
steer
Q1:
stir
Vitkus:
steer
Hopkinson:
stir
Grosart 1898:
stir
Grosart:
stir
Go to this point in the text
Adopted reading (Hopkinson):
more.[Hali strangles her.
Q1:
more.
Vitkus:
more.
Grosart 1898:
more.
Grosart:
more
Go to this point in the text
Adopted reading (Ed):
since
Q1:
sith
Vitkus:
sith
Hopkinson:
sith
Grosart 1898:
sith
Grosart:
sith
Go to this point in the text
Adopted reading (Q1):
sought
Vitkus:
fought
Hopkinson:
sought
Grosart 1898:
sought
Grosart:
sought
Go to this point in the text
Adopted reading (Hopkinson):
that resolv’st
Ed:
resolvest
Q1:
that resoluest
Vitkus:
that resolvest
Grosart 1898:
that resolvest
Grosart:
that resoluest
Go to this point in the text
Adopted reading (Ed):
Alarum. Tonombey beats Hali [Bassa] and Cali [Bassa] in. Selimus beats Tonombey in. Alarum. [Reenter] Tonombey. [Exeunt all but Tonombey.]
Q1:
Allarum, Tonombey beates Haliand Cali in. Selimbeats Tonombeyin. Allarum, Exit Tonombey.
Vitkus:
Alarum. They fight. Tonombey beats Hali Bassa and Cali Bassa in. Selimus beats Tonombey in. Alarum. [Enter] Tonombey.
Hopkinson:
[Alarum. Tonombey beats Hali and Cali in. Selimus beats Tonombey in. Re-enter Tonombey
Bang:
Allarum. Tonombey beates Hali and Cali in. Selim beats Tonombey in. Allarum, Enter Tonombey.
Grosart 1898:
Alarum. Tonombey beats Hali and Cali in. Selim beats Tonombey in. Alarum. Enter Tonombey.
Grosart:
Allarum. Tonombey beates Hali and Cali in. Selim beates Tonombey in. Allarum. Enter Tonombey.
Go to this point in the text
Adopted reading (Q1):
their swords
Vitkus:
their swords
Riad:
their swords
Hopkinson:
his sword
Grosart 1898:
their swords
Grosart:
their swords
Go to this point in the text
Adopted reading (Q1):
occision
Vitkus:
occasion
Hopkinson:
occasion
Grosart 1898:
occasion
Grosart:
occision
Go to this point in the text
Adopted reading (Q1):
raving
Vitkus:
raving
Riad:
ravning
Hopkinson:
ravening
Grosart 1898:
rav’ning
Grosart:
rau[n]ing
Go to this point in the text
Adopted reading (Ed):
rev’rence
Q1:
reuerence
Vitkus:
reverence
Hopkinson:
reverence
Grosart 1898:
reverence
Grosart:
reuerence
Go to this point in the text
Adopted reading (Ed):
him. [Sinam Bassa strangles Acomat.]
Q1:
him.
Vitkus:
him:
Hopkinson:
him. [Strangles him.
Grosart 1898:
him:
Grosart:
him:
Go to this point in the text
Adopted reading (Q1):
monster-garden
Vitkus:
monster-guarded
Riad:
monster-garded
Hopkinson:
monster-guarded
Bang:
monster-guarded, possibly monster-guarden
Grosart 1898:
monster-guarded
Grosart:
monster-[garded]
Go to this point in the text
Adopted reading (Ed):
sweltring
Q1:
soultring
Vitkus:
soultring
Hopkinson:
soultering
Grosart 1898:
soultring
Grosart:
soultring
Go to this point in the text
Adopted reading (Ed):
lifted ungracious hands
Q1:
lifted his vngratious hands
Vitkus:
lifted his ungracious hands
Hopkinson:
lifted his ungracious hands
Grosart 1898:
lifted his ungracious hands
Grosart:
lifted his vngracious hands
Go to this point in the text
Adopted reading (Q1):
greatly
Vitkus:
gently
Riad:
greatly
Hopkinson:
gently
Bang:
gently
Grosart 1898:
gently
Grosart:
gently
Go to this point in the text
Adopted reading (Grosart 1898):
his
Q1:
their
Vitkus:
his
Riad:
his
Hopkinson:
his
Bang:
his
Grosart:
his
Go to this point in the text
Adopted reading (Ed):
Giving
Q1:
And give
Vitkus:
And give
Hopkinson:
And give
Grosart 1898:
And give
Grosart:
And giue
Go to this point in the text

Prosopography

Andrew Griffin

Andrew Griffin is an associate professor in the department of English and an affiliate professor in the department of Theater and Dance at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He is general editor (text) of Queen’s Men Editions. He studies early modern drama and early modern historiography while serving as the lead editor at the EMC Imprint. He has co-edited with Helen Ostovich and Holger Schott Syme Locating the Queen’s Men (2009) and has co-edited The Making of a Broadside Ballad (2016) with Patricia Fumerton and Carl Stahmer. His monograph, Untimely Deaths in Renaissance Drama: Biography, History, Catastrophe, was published with the University of Toronto Press in 2019. He is editor of the anonymous The Chronicle History of King Leir (Queen’s Men Editions, 2011). He can be contacted at griffin@english.ucsb.edu.

Helen Ostovich

Helen Ostovich, professor emerita of English at McMaster University, is the founder and general editor of Queen’s Men Editions. She is a general editor of The Revels Plays (Manchester University Press); Series Editor of Studies in Performance and Early Modern Drama (Ashgate, now Routledge), and series co-editor of Late Tudor and Stuart Drama (MIP); play-editor of several works by Ben Jonson, in Four Comedies: Ben Jonson (1997); Every Man Out of his Humour (Revels 2001); and The Magnetic Lady (Cambridge 2012). She has also edited the Norton Shakespeare 3 The Merry Wives of Windsor Q1602 and F1623 (2015); The Late Lancashire Witches and A Jovial Crew for Richard Brome Online, revised for a 4-volume set from OUP 2021; The Ball, for the Oxford Complete Works of James Shirley (2021); The Merry Wives of Windsor for Internet Shakespeare Editions, and The Dutch Courtesan (with Erin Julian) for the Complete Works of John Marston, OUP 2022. She has published many articles and book chapters on Jonson, Shakespeare, and others, and several book collections, most recently Magical Transformations of the Early Modern English Stage with Lisa Hopkins (2014), and the equivalent to book website, Performance as Research in Early English Theatre Studies: The Three Ladies of London in Context containing scripts, glossary, almost fifty conference papers edited and updated to essays; video; link to Queen’s Mens Ediitons and YouTube: http://threeladiesoflondon.mcmaster.ca/contexts/index.htm, 2015. Recently, she was guest editor of Strangers and Aliens in London ca 1605, Special Issue on Marston, Early Theatre 23.1 (June 2020). She can be contacted at ostovich@mcmaster.ca.

Janelle Jenstad

Janelle Jenstad is a Professor of English at the University of Victoria, Director of The Map of Early Modern London, and Director of Linked Early Modern Drama Online. With Jennifer Roberts-Smith and Mark Beatrice Kaethler, she co-edited Shakespeare’s Language in Digital Media: Old Words, New Tools (Routledge). She has edited John Stow’s A Survey of London (1598 text) for MoEML and is currently editing The Merchant of Venice (with Stephen Wittek) and Heywood’s 2 If You Know Not Me You Know Nobody for DRE. Her articles have appeared in Digital Humanities Quarterly, Elizabethan Theatre, Early Modern Literary Studies, Shakespeare Bulletin, Renaissance and Reformation, and The Journal of Medieval and Early Modern Studies. She contributed chapters to Approaches to Teaching Othello (MLA); Teaching Early Modern Literature from the Archives (MLA); Institutional Culture in Early Modern England (Brill); Shakespeare, Language, and the Stage (Arden); Performing Maternity in Early Modern England (Ashgate); New Directions in the Geohumanities (Routledge); Early Modern Studies and the Digital Turn (Iter); Placing Names: Enriching and Integrating Gazetteers (Indiana); Making Things and Drawing Boundaries (Minnesota); Rethinking Shakespeare Source Study: Audiences, Authors, and Digital Technologies (Routledge); and Civic Performance: Pageantry and Entertainments in Early Modern London (Routledge). For more details, see janellejenstad.com.

Kirk Melnikoff

Kirk Melnikoff is Professor of English at UNC Charlotte and a past president of the Marlowe Society of America. His research interests range from sixteenth-century British Literature and Culture, to Shakespeare in Performance, to Book History. His essays have appeared in a number of journals and books, and he is the author of Elizabethan Book Trade Publishing and the Makings of Literary Culture (U Toronto P, 2018). He has also edited four essay collections, most recently Christopher Marlowe, Theatrical Commerce, and the Book Trade (Cambridge UP, 2018), and published an edition of Robert Greene’s James IV in 2020. He is currently co-editing a collection of early modern book-trade wills which will be published by Manchester UP, editing Marlowe’s Edward II for the Oxford Marlowe: Collected Works project, and working on a monograph on bookselling in early modern England.

Mahayla Galliford

Project Manager, 2025-present; Assistant Project Manager, 2024-2025; Research Assistant, 2021-present. Mahayla Galliford (she/her) graduated from the University of Victoria with a BA (honours with distinction) in 2024, and an MA English in 2026. Mahayla’s undergraduate research explored early modern stage directions and civic water pageantry. Her SSHRC-funded MA thesis project focuses on transcribing, editing, and encoding early modern girls’ manuscripts, specifically Lady Rachel Fane’s May Masque in collaboration with LEMDO.

Martin Holmes

Martin Holmes has worked as a developer in the UVic’s Humanities Computing and Media Centre for over two decades, and has been involved with dozens of Digital Humanities projects. He has served on the TEI Technical Council and as Managing Editor of the Journal of the TEI. He took over from Joey Takeda as lead developer on LEMDO in 2020. He is a collaborator on the SSHRC Partnership Grant led by Janelle Jenstad.

Navarra Houldin

Training and Documentation Lead 2025–present. LEMDO project manager 2022–2025. Textual remediator 2021–present. Navarra Houldin (they/them) completed their BA with a major in history and minor in Spanish at the University of Victoria in 2022. Their primary research was on gender and sexuality in early modern Europe and Latin America. They are continuing their education through an MA program in Gender and Social Justice Studies at the University of Alberta where they will specialize in Digital Humanities.

Peter Cockett

Peter Cockett is an associate professor in the iArts (Integrated Arts) program at McMaster University. He is the co-editor, with Melinda Gough, of Engendering the Stage in the Age of Shakespeare and Beyond (University of Toronto Press, 2025) which publishes the findings of their 2018 Performance as Research (PaR) workshop at the Stratford Festival Lab. He is the general editor (performance), and technical co-ordinating editor of Queen’s Men Editions. His PaR directing credits include King Leir, The Famous Victories of Henry V, and Friar Bacon and Friar Bungay (2006), Clyomon and Clamydes (2010), and Three Ladies of London (2015) for the Shakespeare and the Queen’s Men project (SQM). The process behind the 2006 productions is documented in depth on the project website Performing the Queen’s Men. For the PLS, the University of Toronto’s Medieval and Renaissance Players, he has directed the Digby Mary Magdalene (2003) and the double bill of George Peele’s The Old Wives Tale and the Chester Antichrist (2004). He also directed An Experiment in Elizabethan Comedy (2005) for the SQM project and Inside Out: The Persistence of Allegory (2008) in collaboration with Alan Dessen. Peter is a professional actor and director with numerous stage and screen credits. He can be contacted at cockett@mcmaster.ca.

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Witnesses

Allott, Robert. Englands Parnassus: or the choysest flowers of our moderne poets. London: Nicholas Ling, Cuthbert Burby, and Thomas Hayes, 1600. STC 379. ESTC S1431.
Bang, Willy, ed. The Tragical Reign of Selimus. Malone Society Reprints, 1908.
Grosart, A.B., ed., The First Part of the Tragical Reign of Selimus. The Life and Complete Works in Prose and Verse of Robert Greene. Vol. 14. New York: Russell & Russell, 1881–1886. 189–291.
Grosart, A.B., ed., The Tragical Reign of Selimus. London: J.M. Dent, 1898.
Hopkinson, A.F., ed. The Tragical Reign of Selimus Sometime Emperor of the Turks. London: M.E. Sims & Co., 1916.
Jacquot, Jean. Ralegh’s Hellish Verses and the Tragicall Raigne of Selimus. Modern Language Review 48:1 (1953): 1–9.
Riad, Nadia Mohamed. A Critical Old-Spelling Edition of The Tragicall Raigne of Selimus. Queen’s University. PhD dissertation, 1994.
The first part of the tragicall raigne of Selimus, sometime Emperour of the Turkes, and grandfather to him that now raigneth. London: Thomas Creede, 1594. STC 12310a. ESTC S124196. DEEP 203.
This edition, edited by Kirk Melnikoff
Vitkus, Daniel J., ed. Three Turk Plays from Early Modern England. Columbia University Press, 2000.

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