ll only say in _English_ what the famous
_Virgil_ does in Latin: _I make Verses and others have the Fame_._

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NOTES: The Rover, Part I

[Transcriber's Note:

The Notes in the printed text give only page and line numbers.
Act-and-scene designations shown between +marks+ have been added by
the transcriber. Labels such as "Scene IIa" refer to points where the
scene description changes without a new scene number.]

NOTES ON THE TEXT.

+Dramatis Personae+

p. 9 _Diego, Page to Don Antonio._ Neither 4tos nor 1724 give the
page's name, but it is furnished by the stage direction Act
ii. I, p. 32. I have added Hellena's page, Belvile's page, and
Blunt's man to the list as it appears in 4tos and 1724.

p. 9 _Angelica._ 4tos give 'Angellica' throughout. I have retained
1724 'Angelica' as more correct.

+Act I: Scene i+

p. 12, l. 5 _my things._ 1724 misprints 'methinks'.

+Act I: Scene ii+

p. 17, l. 14 _as those which ..._ 4to 1677 prints this as a separate
line of blank verse. 4to 1709 italicizes it.

p. 23, l. 12 _She often passes ..._ 4to 1709 puts this stage
direction before Blunt's speech.

p. 24, l. 18 _Ex. all the Women._ I have added 'except Lucetta' as
she is individually directed to make her exit with Blunt later and
not at this point.

+Act II: Scene i+

p. 32, l. 23 _Pedro. Ha!_ 1724 omits.

p. 32, l. 28 _aside._ 1724 omits.

p. 35, l. 33 _his shirt bloody._ 1724 gives 'their shirts' but 4tos,
more correctly, 'his shirt'. It is only Willmore who has been
wounded.

+Act II: Scene ii+

p. 38, l. 6 _high i' th' Mouth._ 1724, 1735 misprint 'Month'.

p. 39, l. 8 _This last reserve._ 1724 omits 'reserve'.

p. 39, l. 10 _by me._ 1724 omits the repetition of 'by me'.

p. 39, l. 14 _cure._ 1724 misprints 'curse'.

p. 40, l. 9 _Thou art a brave Fellow._ 1724 prints this speech as
prose but the 4tos, which I have followed, divide metrically.

+Act III: Scene i+

p. 44, l. 1 _Thou wou't._ 4to 1677. 1724 wrongly reads 'won't'. 1735
'Thou'lt'.

p. 45, l. 8 _ago._ 4to 1677. 1724 misprints 'go'.

p. 47, l. 26 _starts._ 4tos read 'stares' but I retain 1724 'starts'
as more appropriate.

p. 47, l. 31 _Expect!_ 1724 gives this speech as prose. I follow
metrical division of 4tos.

p. 49, l. 16 _rally._ 1724 misprints 'railly'.

p. 52, l. 5