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I. i. 166-179. These lines are the first of a series
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of passages omitted in the Quarto texts of the play
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and added by the Folio. The other important Folio additions are the following: I. i. 189-200; I. iii. 21- 24; I. iii. 36-55; I. iii. 85-108; II. iii. 23-45; IV. i. 65-79; Epilogue 37, 38 (and so kneel . . . queen) Furthermore, the whole of III. i., containing the King’s famous soliloquy on sleep, is omitted in cer¬ tain Quarto copies, though added in others. On the other hand, certain passages, usually shorter and belonging to the prose scenes, are omitted in the Folio version; viz., I. ii. 244-251 (But it was . . . motion) ; II. ii. 26-31 (and God . , . strengthened) ;
