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introduced in the Third Folio text of 1663–64
    F4 = a correction introduced in the Fourth Folio text of 1685
    Ed = a correction introduced by a later editor
    SD = stage direction
    SH = speech heading (i.e. speaker’s name)
    List of parts = Ed
    1.1.1 SH COUNTESS = Ed. F =
Mother
3 SH BERTRAM = Ed. F =
Ros
. 122 got = F2. F = goe 148 wear = Ed. F = were 159 traitress = F2. F = Traitoresse
    1.2.4 SH FIRST LORD = Ed. F =
1.Lo.G
. 19 SH SECOND LORD = Ed. F =
2.Lo.E
23 Rossillion = F2. F =
Rosignoll
    1.3.2 SH REYNALDO = Ed. F =
Ste
. 11 SH LAVATCH = Ed. F =
Clo
. 16 I = F2. F = w 22 bairns
spelled
barnes
in
F 67 F
omits this line, but prints ‘bis’
(
Latin for ‘twice’
)
at the end of the preceding line
78 ere = Ed. F = ore 100 Dian no queen = Ed. F = Queene 114 rightly = Ed. F = righlie 164 t’one = F2. F = ’ton tooth 193 intenible = F2. F = intemible 228 Haply
spelled
Happily
in
F 241 and = F2. F = an
    2.1.6 SH FIRST LORD = Ed. F =
Lord. G
. 19 SH SECOND LORD = Ed. F =
L.G
. 28 SH SECOND LORD = Ed. F =
2.Lo.E
. 45 with his cicatrice = Ed. F = his sicatrice, with 65 fee = Ed. F = see 100 SD Enter Helen = Ed.
One line later in
F 165 impostor = F3. F = Impostrue 185 nay = Ed. F = ne 205 heaven = Ed. F = helpe
    2.2.1 SH COUNTESS = Ed. F =
Lady
. (
F also uses Count., Lad., Old La. and La
.) 54 An = Ed. F = And 59 legs = F2. F = legegs
    2.3.1 SH LAFEW = Ed. F =
Ol. Laf
. 96 her = F2. F = heere 133 it is = F2. F = is is 211 thou’rt = F3. F = th’ourt 263 SD Enter Count Rossillion = Ed.
One line earlier in
F 288 detested = Ed. F = detected
    2.5.17 Ay, ‘sir’, he ‘Sir’ ’s = Ed. F = I sir, hee sirs 26 End = Ed. F = And 28 one = Ed. F = on 30 heard = F2. F = hard
    3.1.11 SH SECOND LORD = Ed. F =
French E
. 20 SH FIRST LORD = Ed. F =
Fren. G
. 27 th’field = F2. F = th the field
    3.2.8 sold = F3. F = hold 18 E’en = Ed. F = In
    3.4.1 SH COUNTESS = Ed.
Not in
F 4 SH REYNALDO = Ed.
Not in
F 7 have = F2. F =
hane
18 SH COUNTESS = Ed.
Not in
F 23 SH REYNALDO = Ed. F = Ste.
    3.5.0 SD Diana = Ed. F =
Violenta
30 are you = F2. F = are 31 le = Ed. F = la
    3.6.1 SH SECOND LORD = Ed. F =
Cap. E
. 3 SH FIRST LORD = Ed. F =
Cap. G
. 30 his = Ed. F = this 31 ore = Ed. F = ours
    3.7.22 Resolves = F2. F = Resolve 38 After = F. F2 = After this 46 steads = F4. F = steeds
    4.1.1 SH FIRST LORD = F (
1 Lord E
.). Lo.E
for remainder of scene, perhaps because Shakespeare has forgotten that elsewhere first lord is
G
and second is
E 6 captain = F3. F = Captaiue 86 art = F3. F = are
    4.2.45 scar
spelled
scarre in F
    4.3.128 All’s … him
assigned to Parolles in
F 219 the = F2. F = your 254 cardecue = F2. F = Cardceue
    4.4.18 you = F4. F = your
    5.2.1 Monsieur = Ed. F = M r 29 under her = F2. F = vnder
    5.3.67 count
spelled
compt
in
F 117 Plutus = Ed. F =
Platus
139 tax = F2. F = taze 158 SH KING = Ed.
Not in
F 173 sith = Ed. F = sir 176 SD Diana = Ed. F =
Diana, and Parolles
241 cunning = Ed. F = comming 345 are = Ed. F = is 369 strife = F2. F =
strift

SCENE-BY-SCENE ANALYSIS
ACT 1 SCENE 1
    Lines 1–74: The widowed Countess of Rossillion is saying goodbye to her son, Bertram, who has been summoned by the King of France, his legal guardian. Lafew reports that the virtuous King is very ill and has given up his doctors’ attempts to cure him of a painful fistula. The Countess laments that Helen’s father, the renowned physician, Gerard de Narbon, is dead, believing that his skill would have cured the King. She is full of praise for Helen, who was entrusted to the Countess’ care after her father’s death. Helen is weeping. The Countess offers her son advice on how to behave at court, wishes him well and leaves. Bertram asks Helen to comfort and look after his mother and then departs with Lafew.
    Lines 75–215: Now alone, Helen confides that her tears are not for her father but for the departure of Bertram whom she loves. She says she cannot live