Music Reference ID Work Character RSC Line Number RSC Text Norton Oxford Line Number Norton Oxford Text F1 Character F1 Text First Edition Character First Edition Text Third Edition Text Through Line Number Q1 Q2 Q3 Arden Line Number Arden Text Oxford Line Number Oxford Text Cambridge Line Number Cambridge Text Comments
1521 The Winter's Tale Perdita 4.4.209 Forewarn him that he use no scurrilous words in’s | ^tunes^. Perd. Forewarne him, that he vse no scurrilous words | in's tunes. 2038 4.4.215 4.4.214 4.4.209
1522 The Winter's Tale SD 4.4.213 Enter Autolycus [wearing a false beard, carrying his pack, and] ^singing^ SD Enter Autolicus singing. 2043 4.4.219 Enter Autolycus, singing 4.4.218 4.4.212.2
1523 The Winter's Tale Autolycus 4.4.214 ‘Lawn as white as driven snow’ Aut. Lawne as white as driuen Snow, 2044 4.4.220 4.4.219 4.4.213
1524 The Winter's Tale Clown 4.4.250 What hast here? ^Ballads^? Clo. What hast heere? Ballads? 2081 4.4.260 4.4.257 4.4.247
1525 The Winter's Tale Mopsa 4.4.251 Pray now, buy some. I love a ^ballad^ in print, alife, for | then we are sure they are true. Mop. Pray now buy some: I loue a ballet in print, a | life, for then we are sure they are true. 2082 4.4.261 4.4.258 4.4.249
1526 The Winter's Tale Autolycus 4.4.253 Here’s one to a very ^doleful tune^, how a usurer’s | wife has brought to bed of twenty money-bags at a ^burden^ Aut. Here's one, to a very dolefull tune, how a | Vsurers wife was brought to bed of twenty money baggs at | a burthen, 2084 4.4.263 4.4.260 4.4.251
1527 The Winter's Tale Autolycus 4.4.259 Here’s the midwife’s name to’t, one ^Mistress Tail-Porter^, | and five or six honest wives that were present. Aut. Here's the Midwiues name to't: one Mist. | Tale-Porter, and fiue or six honest Wiues, that were present. 2091 4.4.270 ...Tale-Porter… 4.4.267 4.4.256 ...Tale-Porter…
1528 The Winter's Tale Clown 4.4.263 Come on, lay it by, and let’s first see more ^ballads^. We’ll | buy the other things anon. Clo. Come-on, lay it by: and let's first see moe | Ballads: Wee'l buy the other things anon. 2095 4.4.274 4.4.271 4.4.261
1529 The Winter's Tale Autolycus 4.4.265 Here’s another ^ballad^, of a fish that appeared upon | the coast on Wednesday the fourscore of April, forty thousand | fathom above water, and ^sung this ballad^ against the hard | hearts of maids . . . The ^ballad^ is very pitiful, and as true. Aut. Here's another ballad of a Fish, that appeared | vpon the coast, on wensday the fourescore of April, fortie | thousand fadom aboue water, & sung this ballad against | the hard hearts of maids: it was thought she was a | Woman, and was turn'd into a cold fish, for she wold not | exchange flesh with one that lou'd her: The Ballad is very | pittifull, and as true. 2097 4.4.276 4.4.273 4.4.263
1530 The Winter's Tale Autolycus 4.4.275 This is a ^merry ballad^, but a very pretty one. Aut. This is a merry ballad, but a very pretty one. 2108 4.4.286 4.4.284 4.4.273