NOTES
Reading edition
These notes are not intended to supply materials for the criticism of the text. So freely, indeed, did Drayton alter his poems for a fresh edition, that the ordinary machinery of an apparatus criticus would be overtasked if the attempt were made. All that has been undertaken here is to provide the requisite information in places where the text followed seemed open to suspicion.
It may be added that the punctuation of the originals has in general been preserved; in a few flagrant instances, where the text as it stood was misleading, it has been modified. Such changes are not noted here.
2, 1, l. 14 vertues] vertuous 1619
3, 3, l. 1 Ioue] loue 1599, 1602, 1605
l. 3 them forth,] them, forth 1599. But the 1619 version supports the reading in the text.
5, 8, l. 8 men] ones 1599: women 1619
l. 9 to 1599, 1619: of 1594
6, 9, l. 11 in] on 1602
10, l. 12 her] his 1602: their 1619
8, 14, l. 14 anatomize 1599. But there is ground for believing that anotamize represents a current pronunciation.
9, 15, l. 10 She'st] ? She'll
10, 17, l. 9 Were] Where 1594
18, l. 5 Elizia] Elizium 1599
11, 20, l. 10 whir-poole] whirl-poole 1602
l. 12 Helycon] Helicon 1602
14, 26, l. 5 Thy 1599 etc.: The 1594
15, 27, l. 4 Thus] This 1594
l. 12 depriued] ? depraued
18, 33, l. 3 Wishing] Wisheth 1599
19, 36, l. 13 And others] And eithers 1599
20, 37, l. 4 euer-certaine] neuer-certaine 1602
28, 1, l. 4 song] sung 1613
31, 10, l. 2 bids] bad 1619
l. 12 my ... his] his ... my 1619
37, 30, l. 14 hollowed] halowed 1605: hallow'd 1619. But cf. 94, l. 18.
38, 43, l. 3 Wherein 1602, 1605: Where, in 1619: Wherein 1599
39, 44, l. 4 Paynting] Panting 1608
l. 8 Wherein 1602, 1605, 1619: Where in 1599
40, 55, l. 7 forces heere,] forces, here 1619
56, heading A Consonet] A Cansonet 1602
41, 57, l. 13 yet] then 1595
42, 17, ll. 4, 13 Promethius] Prometheus 1605
43, 27, l. 2 Who can he loue? 1608: Who? can he loue: 1619
l. 12 They resolute,] They resolute? 1608, 1619
44, 31, l. 4 appose] oppose 1608, 1619
l. 9 They 1619: The 1602, 1605, 1608
48, 47, l. 8 a 1619: and 1605, 1608
49, 51, l. 1 to 1608: omitted in 1605
53, 21, l. 11 soe] ? loe
l. 13 Troth] Froth 1619
71, l. 16 scowles] scoulds 1606
l. 37 whome 1606: whose 1619
l. 41 rage 1606: age 1619
74, l. 25 he 1619: shee 1606
77, l. 34 some few 1606: some, few 1619
79, l. 10 their] ? there.
83, l. 72 Stuck] The emendation Struck is tempting (the form is somewhat uncommon but not unparalleled); especially in view of l. 80.
94, l. 18 hollow'd] cf. 37, 30, l. 14
96, l. 120 the] no doubt a printer's error for they
97, l. 125 be lowe] belowe 1627
97, l. 126 whether] whethet 1627
98, l. 37 it] omitted in 1627
101, l. 62 be] ? been
104, l. 88 him] ? them
l. 94 ceaze 1620: lease 1627
106, l. 37 his] omitted in 1631
l. 56 warnd] warne 1627
110, l. 105 Neat] Next conj. Beeching
118, heading Chaplaine] Chapliane 1627
120, l. 81 extirpe 1631: extipe 1627
146, l. 90 fett] sett and frett have been conjectured.
153, l. 92 debate] delate 1627
154, l. 115 claue] ? cleaue
156, l. 220 euery] euer 1627
174, l. 225 wither] whither 1630
177, l. 343 rawe] taw 1748
192, l. 18 there] they 1630
232, l. 12 vnto] vp to 1619
233, l. 53 fame] faire 1606
234, l. 66 moue] mock 1606
238, l. 25 feature] features 1619
240, l. 99 long] loue 1606
242, Ecl. ij, l. 21 moane 1600: moans 1605
243, l. 55 But it if the Male doth want 1619
244, l. 37 along she went 1619: she went along 1606
245, l. 43 lowe] loud 1600, 1619
247, l. 37 glories 1619: glorious 1606
ERRATA
Page 94, l. 5 for of said read said
" 173, l. 170 for you read your