Editorial note — The Palace of Pleasure. (continued 9)
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. III. [Publisher’s Mark: IN NUCE LIBELLUS] LONDON: PUBLISHED BY DAVID NUTT IN THE STRAND MDCCCXC
The second Tome of the Palace of Pleasure, contayning store of goodlye Histories, Tragical matters, and other Mo- rall argumentes, very re- quisite for delight and profyte. Chosen and selected out of diuers good and commen- dable Authors: and now once agayn corrected and encreased By William Painter, Clerke of the Ordinance and Armarie. Imprinted at London, in Fleat strete, by Thomas Marshe.
Spelling is more consistent in this third volume than in the first two. Word-initial “u” and non-initial “v” are in the original. In Novel 29, the name “Diego” occurs often enough to establish consistency. In three places it is printed “Deigo”; they are not individually marked. The spelling “Ihon” is anomalous but occurs in other texts of similar age.
Specific words:
“the” is often used for “thee” “liuetenaunt” occurs twice, “lieuetenaunt” once
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—or omitted space between some words is added in grey with a note: ”.
A few unexpected forms were simply noted: usq;.