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 Folger Shakespeare Library copy, shelfmark STC 21009. Harry Ransom Center copy, Call Number PFORZ 901 PFZ. The Huntington Library copy, call number 69129 . This edition, edited by Toby Malone.

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 Published file. Finalized the metadata. Removed _conj and _conj. from wit values on rdg. Began inputting editor corrections. Resolved comments; added pointers Removed short title and tidied comments. Updated metadata Removed two readings from a witness that is no longer available. Started remediating the file. Added document xml:id to the ids throughout the file using XSLT. Removed supplied elements that do not have attributes, using XSLT. Added status IML-TEI. Added anchors and modified using XSLT. Generated file. Peer review arranged by QME Editorial Board Prologue Enter Enters holding … shield Cresce cruor! … Cresce Cresse cruor Sanguinis, Satietur Sanguine cresse Cresce cruor sanguis, satietur sanguine cresce (conjectured) Cresce, cruor: sanguis satietur sanguine: cresce Quod spero … vendicta! Quod spero scitio. O scitio, scitio, vendicta. Quod spero citò. O citò, citò, vendictam. (conjectured) Quod spero citò. O citò, citò, vendicta. Ghost … shield and attainted (conjectured) attected Cresce cruor! … vendicta! Cresse cruor Sanguinis, Satietur Sanguine cresse, Quod spero scitio. O scitio, scitio, vendicta. Cresce cruor: Sanguis satietur sanguine: cresce, Quod spero citô. O cit citô, citô, vendicta! He turns … audience Gentles Gentiles To Poetry Scene 1 Edward IV Edward the Fourth sick … With him comforting her father From another … comes duke of … events Dorset Marcus Q1 has Marcus, modernized Marquess. All subsequent speech-headings for this character are adjusted to Dorset. Edward IV King marquess Marcus Repeated at , , , , , , . than then Corrected regularly throughout the edition. These words were often interchangeable. an’t like and like is contented is contentented sovereign suffereigne suffereinge He offers … Dorset He takes … hand have (conjectured) a Exeunt omnes Scene 2 Enter Enters Ay I Enter Enters minoritie innormitie innormitie innormitie innormitie innormitie Shore’s … distance Enter Enters Shore’s … Lodowick Citizen Morton Shore’s … Morton Scene 3 Richard’s his and Page … remains. Catesby Casbie Plantagenet’s Plantagines bearing a letter Page Perc. Page Per. Percival … letter To the Page Aside He accepts … reads Aside To Percival hundred hundredth hundredth hundreth Ay I Richard … coin Enter Richard’s Enters To the audience marquess Marcus earls earl napping (conjectured) nipping Scene 4 King … letter Prince Earl Rivers, his brother Richard Duke of York, Earl Rivers, While Richard, Duke of York is included in the original stage direction, it of course makes little sense for the younger prince to be present at Ludlow, given that he is with his mother, Elizabeth, and will feature in her flight to sanctuary. This dilemma was noted by Jenny Parr, who confronted this logistical issue in the staging of the play. Richard Edward V Kng. Corrected to Edward V for all subsequent speech headings. Rivers Haute Rivers Originally spoken by Rivers, this exit line has been reassigned to Haute because Rivers has already exited the stage. This reassignment was suggested by Jenny Parr, who confronted this logistical issue in the staging of the play, and gave this line to Haute in performance. Exeunt Exit Scene 5 Enter Enters host oste Ay I an & guests guesse guests … guests guesse guesse Aside an And To the Page Aside host Oste Exit Page To the audience Ah A Scene 6 Enter Enters Exeunt Scene 7 host Oste penned pend Rivers … off-stage Calling Good morrow … good morrow God morrow god morrow Enter Here enters Ah A To Rivers Upbraid A brayd A brayd A brayd Abrayd unscarred vnscard now not now (conjectured) not now climbed (conjectured) clind Aside to Richard To Rivers Officers … Rivers them thẽ Rivers, … officers Exeunt Exit Scene 8 Edward V Prince Haute Hapc juice ioyce Haute Hapc Hapc Hapc Hape To officers … train Before … Grey jostle iustle an and Haute Hapce attached atacht To the officers The officers … Vaughan Exeunt Grey, … remain Exit London Lon. coronation cronatiõ an’t and Aside Sound trumpet. Exeunt. Scene 9 Princess coronation crownation Ah A Ah A presseth preaseth Ah A Aside Ah A an and archbishop … letters Cardinall To messenger Offers reward She takes … it To archbishop To York She takes … it coronation cronation ambushed ambusht Enter Catesby … armed bankrupts bankerouts To York Weeping Exeunt … Elizabeth Exit To Catesby Archbishop Car. Scene 10 watchmen followed by watchmen. Enter To the audience instead in steed clapped (conjectured) chopt To the Page Exeunt … Catesby Exit To the audience Stanley Standley Catesby, … officers Catesby, and others To Hastings To his followers Exeunt … officers Exit To the Page Tyrrell Terrell Exeunt Scene 11 Aie Ay Ah A content concent Enter Enters Aside Aside Aside Lodowick Thames (conjectured) tems He opens purse He closes purse an and Citizens Lincoln Linclone Brecknock Breaknock Aside Morton Seru. Repeated at , , . Enter Richard’s Enters Aside … Wife Morton An And Page Shore’s Wife Scene 12 Master James Tyrrell Maister Terrell with … keys Brakenbury … Tyrrell Calling off Enter Myles Forrest Slaughter Sluter Calling offstage Enter … Denton Slaughter Will All speech headings for Slaughter are used this way for the remainder of the scene. Denton Dout Denton Douton it it it Forrest, … aside Forrest steps forward Slaughter Slawter Repeated at . Aside … Denton asleep a sleep ne’er ta’en nere tane Forrest re-enters Moving … boys Slaughter … downstage One … out Calling from upstage Slaughter … forward Exeunt … bodies Enter Tyrrell … Forrest Exeunt Exeunt omnes Scene 13 Ralph … master Ay I Banastre Banister Buckingham … Banastre with his men bloodsucker blood succour armed Brittany Brittaine Corrected to Brittany throughout this edition. thus is this, Is Falling … knees Aside ne’er nere To Banastre ne’er nere Ixion Exeon Rising, … supporters my my my To Buckingham’s followers Scene 14 crowned To himself passed past Stygian (conjectured) studient If’t … i’this If it in this Nay! Nay, what E’en Even To the audience Thy My To himself pace … valance place balance To Catesby Catesby approaches called cald To himself To Catesby overcomed overcom’d overcomed overcom’d overcomed overcom’d Outlive … strange. Out-liue you, Lord that’s strange Henry IV Henry the Fourth sorceress sorreresse bewitch bewith Landais Landoyse Corrected to Landais throughout this edition. Stanley Standley Repeated at and continuing throughout the remainder of the play. were’t wert To Stanley An’t And An’t And Aside To Stanley Aside accept except To Richard An’t And Richard … approach Aside To Richard To George George … blesses him Stanley … Exit Stanley To an attendant Exeunt … Stanley Enter Enters willed wild heard hard Enter Enters Exeunt … Catesby Blount Blunt This edition corrects all subsequent spellings of Blount’s name in this way. complex Conflex arm me (conjectured) Army Exeunt Scene 15 Pierre Landais P. Landoys Blount Blunt passed past daunted danted arms Aarms Blount Blunt Pierre Landais Peeter Landoys this tis sheltered shultred daunt dant Someone knocks Blount Blunt Blount … returns Blount Blunt Enter Enters with letters Talbot Talbut Shrewsbury’s Shreuesbury Shrewsbury Pembroke’s Pembrookes Rhys ap Prise vp ap vp Arnold Arnoll Richmond … purse Exit Messenger Shall have Shall hall have Blount Blunt by bide Blount Blunt bravado prauado Atherstone Aderstoe Exeunt. Exit. Scene 16 Richard’s center sentire Enter Enters traveling 1 Man Men 2 Man Men Exeunt Men Exit Ah A Exit Scene 17 Exit Oxford Stanley Standley Corrected to Stanley for the remainder of the play. a captain … army Exit Captain Stanley Standley Stanley’s Standlyes gristle grissell Enter Enters Exeunt … Messenger Quisquam … bonum. (conjectured) Quisquam regno gaudet, ô fallax bonum. Quisquam regna gaudit, ô fallex bonum. Exit Scene 18 Enter King Richard Enters the king shrieking skreeking damnèd death damned wretch should’ve should a Lovell Richard To himself To himself To himself To Lovell Enter Enters with the Page, a messenger and attendant lords. haunt hant verdicts vardits vardit past wast To the Page The Page … move Lovell … Catesby Catesby … move To Catesby … Lovell To Catesby … Lovell Catesby … himself To … lords Richard, … lords Scene 19 Ah A To the skies roll rowle daunted danted Enter Enters Exeunt … body. Scene 20 Norfolk Northfolke lieutenant Lieftenant spurred spurd ne’er nere Exit … remains Scene 21 They pray To Lord Stanley Tully Yulley distressed distrest enforced inforst Stanley … head ’turn in safe turn in safe return in safety Ah, no A no Enter Enters Lord … embrace center sentire George … emotion Lord … more. Epilogue The Mother … stage. Blackheath black health blacke heath Thérouanne and Tournai Turwin and Turney Morlaix Morle and Morles Boulogne Bullen e’er ere All exeunt