Editorial note — The Palace of Pleasure. (continued 7)
William Painter translation
THE Palace of Pleasure ELIZABETHAN VERSIONS OF ITALIAN AND FRENCH NOVELS FROM BOCCACCIO, BANDELLO, CINTHIO, STRAPAROLA, QUEEN MARGARET OF NAVARRE, AND OTHERS DONE INTO ENGLISH by WILLIAM PAINTER NOW AGAIN EDITED FOR THE FOURTH TIME by JOSEPH JACOBS VOL. II. [Publisher’s Mark: IN NUCE LIBELLUS] LONDON: PUBLISHED BY DAVID NUTT IN THE STRAND MDCCCXC
THE PALACE OF Pleasure Beautified adorned and well furnished vvith pleasaunt Histories and excellent Nouels, selected out of diuers good and commendable Authours By William Painter, Clarke of the Ordinaunce and Armorie ¶ Eftsones perused corrected and augmented 1575 IMPRINTED AT LONDON by Thomas Marshe.
The second Tome of the Palace of Pleasure, conteyning store of goodly Histories, Tragicall matters, and other Mo- rall argument, very re- quisitefor delighte and profit. Chosen and selected out of diuers good and commen- dable Authors: By William Painter, Clerke of the Ordinance and Armarie. ANNO.1567. Imprinted at London, in Pater Noster Rowe, by Henry Bynneman, for Nicholas England.
Fused forms such as “thende” occur side by side with “the ende”. Word-initial “u” and non-initial “v” are in the original.
Specific words:
“renowme” is far more frequent than “renowne” “alablaster” is standard for the period “Cræsus” is used consistently
The printed book did not include an Errata list. It is therefore impossible to tell whether irregularities of spelling, punctuation and typography in the primary text are unique to the Jacobs edition (1890), or whether they were deliberately carried over from Haslewood (1813) and/or Painter (1566 and later).
Errors and anomalies are handled in one of three ways, all using mouse-hover popups:
Clear errors in the text are marked but not changed: guie.
Missing punctuation—generally closing quotation marks—is added in grey with a note: ”
A few unexpected forms were simply noted: usq;.