Editorial note — NOTE A.
Reading edition
Englishmen, who feel shame and sorrow for the loss of the only perfect first copy of our National Epic, may yet be glad to know it has an honoured place with our worthier kinsfolk across the Atlantic, in the rich library and museum of Mr. and Mrs. Abby Pope:
‘And, so sepulchred, in such pomp doth lie,
That kings, for such a tomb, would wish to die.’