reading A
"Alas, O frailtie is the cause, not wee,
For such as we are made, if such we bee:"
First Folio
and
Shakespearean Originals
reading B
"Alas, our frailtie is the cause, not wee,
For such as we are made, if such we bee:"
Second Folio
reading C
"Alas, O, frailty is the cause, not we,
For such as we are made, if such we be."
Yale
reading D
"Alas, our frailty is the cause, not we,
For such as we are made of, such we be."
Pelican
and
Arden
reading E
"Alas, our frailtie is the cause, not wee,
For such as we are made of, such we bee:"
Fountainwell