# Love's Labour's Lost (1925) Yale/Appendix D

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APPENDIX D
The Text of the Present Edition
The text of the present volume is based, by permission of the Oxford University Press, upon that of the Oxford Shakespeare, edited by the late W. J. Craig, and the line-numbering of that edition, employed in Onions' Shakespeare Glossary and other works of reference, has been retained. Craig's text has been carefully collated with the two primary authorities, the 1598 Quarto and the text of Love's Labour's Lost in the Folio of 1623, and the following changes have been made:
1. The stage directions of the two original editions have been restored. They vary only in a few unimportant details. Necessary words and directions, omitted by both Quarto and Folio, are supplied within square brackets.
2. Punctuation and spelling have been normalized to accord with modern English practice; e.g. Anthony, godlike, malcontents, nickname, villainy (instead of Antony, god-like, malecontents, nick-name, villany). Legitimate Shakespearean words have been retained; e.g. ballet, murtherer, strooken, vizard (instead of ballad, murderer, strucken, visor).
3. The following changes of text have been introduced, nearly always in conformity with Quarto and Folio authority (indicated by Q and F respectively). Where the two differ, the Quarto has usually been preferred. Changes of punctuation are noted only when they materially affect the sense. The readings of the present edition precede the colon, while Craig's readings follow it:
I. i. 104 any QF: an
106 shows QF: mirth
114 what I have sworn QF: to what I swore
165 who QF: whom
192 low QF: long (misprint?)
260 with—but: with but
270 an't shall QF: an 't
288, 289, 290 damsel Q: damosel F
ii. 55 here is Q: here's F
ye'll Q: you'll F
135 suffer him to Q: let him F
187 cause QF: clause (misprint?)
II. i. 25 to's seemeth QF: to us seem'th
39 Longaville QF: Lord Longaville
42 Falconbridge solemnized, QF: Falconbridge, solemnized
88 unpeopled F: unpeeled Q
127 will I QF: I will (misprint?)
217, 219, 220, 222 { Kath. Q: Mar. F (See note)
226 lies,: lies,—
227 eyes,—: eyes,
254 Kath.: Ros.
255 Ros.: Mar.
III. i. 27 note? men: note me (note men QF)
61 The Q: Thy F
135 on QF: upon (misprint?)
154 ribbon QF: riband
199 What QF: What I
214 groan QF: and groan
IV. i. 74 Who QF: Whom
103 Thou fellow QF: Thou, fellow
125 I may QF: may I
147 fit. QF: fit,
ii. 4 the Q: a F
25 in QF: of (misprint?)
35 tell me Q: tell F
85 pers-on? And QF: pers-on. An
89 Of piercing QF: Piercing
iii. 22 Ay QF: Ah
41 dost thou QF: thou dost
86 not, QF: but
106 can QF: 'gan
146 Faith QF: A faith
176 by . . . to QF: to . . . by
​255 school QF: scowl
345 Make QF: Makes
V. i. 28 ne QF: anne
30 bene QF: bone
31 Bon, bon, fort bon: Bone? bone, for bene (See note)
106 courtesy (QF curtesie): curtsy
131 assistants QF: assistance, at
165 play on QF: play (misprint?)
ii. 11 year Q: years F
43 ho!: how? QF
46 Prin. . . . and I QF: Kath. . . . and
47 But, Katharine QF: Prin. But
139 mockery Q: mocking F
209 requests QF: request'st
210 vouchsafe but F: but vouchsafe (Q do but vouchsafe)
243, 247 vizard QF: visor
272 vizards QF: visors
274 They QF: O! they
310 runs o'er QF: run over
361 pastimes QF: pastime (misprint?)
374 Gentle QF: Fair gentle
386 vizards QF: visors
387, 388, 405 vizard QF: visor
390 were Q: are F
393 sound QF: swound
492 nine?: nine.
506 Pompey QF: Pompion
518 Dies . . . that QF: Die . . . those
527 A' . . . God his Q: He . . . God's F
528 That is Q: That's F
590 canus QF: canis
641 Hector's Q: Hector F
730 mine QF: my
745 humble QF: nimble
746 too Q: so F
748 parts QF: part
771 straying QF: stray
776 misbecom'd QF: misbecome
806 the Q: their F
840 ye QF: you
873 then QF: them
879 an QF: a
893 year Q: years F