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VERSE
and of
Virgil
/ and
Virgil
1669 printing.
BOOK I
(Argument) This / The
1668, 1669 printings.
(25) Eternal / th’Eternal
1667, corrected by erratum.
(159) aught
MS
/ ought
1667, 1674.
(173) The / This
MS.
(377) thir / the
1667, 1674, MS.
(432) these
MS
/ those
1667, 1674.
(504) th’hospitable dore / hospitable Dores
1667, MS.
(505) Expos’d a Matron to avoid / Yielded thir Matrons to prevent
1667, MS.
(530) fainting / fainted
1667, MS.
(603) courage, / valour,
MS.
(703) founded MS,
1667
/ found out
1674.
(756) Capitol
MS, changed
/ Capital
1667, 1674, MS.
(758) Band and / and Band
1667, reversed by erratum.
BOOK II
(Argument) shall / should
1669 printing.
(282) where,
1667
/ were,
1674.
(483) thir
1667
/ her
1674.
(527) his
1667
/ this
1674.
(881) grate / great
1667, corrected by erratum.
BOOK III
(Argument) his right hand / the right hand
1669 printing;
plac’t here, / plac’t
there,
1669 printing.
(592) Mettal / Medal
1667, 1674.
(594) With / Which
1667.
(741) in / with
1667, State 1, corrected by erratum.
BOOK IV
(Argument) find him / find him out
1668, 1669.
(451) on
1667
/ of
1674.
(627) walk / walks
1667.
(705) shadier
1667
/ shadie
1674.
(928) The 2667 / Thy 1674.
BOOK V
(Argument) appearance / appearing
1669 printing.
(257)
indented
1667, States 1, 2. (361)
indented 1667, 1674.
(616)
not indented
1667, State 1. (627) now /
missing
1667. (636–40)
text revised in 1674.
(636)
missing
1667. (637) in communion / with refection
1667.
(638–39)
missing
1667. (640) Excess, / Are fill’d,
1667.
(659) in /
missing
1667, added by erratum. (830) one / our
1667, State 1.
BOOK VII
(25) dayes, / tongues; 1669
printing.
(126) as / a
1669 printing.
(224) the / his
1669 printing.
(366) her / his
1667.
(451) Soul / Fowle
1667
, Foul
1674.
BOOK VII
Continued as VII.641–1290 in 1667; Argument is the last half of the Argument of VII. (Argument)
Adam
inquires /
Adam
then inquires
1668, 1669;
search / seek
1669 printing.
(1–3)
added
1674. (4) To whom thus
Adam
gratefully repli’d.
1667.
(269) as
1667
/ and
1674.
(398)
not indented
1674.
BOOK IX
This is Book VIII in 1667. (92) sleights / fleights
1667.
(186) Nor / Not
1667.
(213) hear
1667
/ bear
1674.
(347) aught / ought
1667.
(394) Likest
1667
/ Likeliest
1674.
(632) made / make
1667.
(922) hast
1667
/ hath
1674.
(1019) we
1667
/ me
1674.
(1092) for
1667
/ from
1674.
(1093) from
1667
/ for
1674.
(1183) Woman / Women
1667, 1674.
BOOK X
This is Book IX in 1667. (Argument) Son / Angels
1669 printing;
meet / met
1674, State 1;
full assembly
1668, 1669
/ full of assembly
1674;
taste
1668, 1669
/ take
1674.
(58) may
1667
/ might
1674.
(241) Avengers, / Avenger,
1667.
(397) those
1667
/ these
1674.
(408) prevail,
1667
/ prevailes,
1674.
(550) fair
1667
/
omitted
1674. (827) then /
omitted
1667. (989–90) So Death
printed in l. 990 in 1667, 1674.
BOOK XI
First half of Book X (ll. 1–897) and of Argument in 1667, 1668. (Argument) but declares / and declares
1669 printing;
Cherubim / Cherubims
1669 printing.
(380) to amplest
1667
/ to the amplest
1674.
(427) sin derive
1667
/ derive
1674.
(485–87)
added
1674. (551–52) Of rendring up.
Michael
to him repli’d.
1667.
(579) last / lost
1667, corrected by erratum.
(651) tacks
1667
/ makes
1674.
(870) who / that
1667.
BOOK XII
Last half of Book X (ll. 898–1541) and of Argument in 1667, 1668. (Argument) The Angel … Fall; / thence from the Flood relates, and by degrees explains, who that Seed of the Woman shall be;
1668, 1669.
(1–5)
added
1674. (6)
not indented
1667. (191) The / This
1667.
(238) what they besaught / them thir desire,
1667.
(534) Will
1667
/ Well
1674.
PARADISE REGAIN’D
Date:
c. 1646–48 ?; revised or, according to some critics, written after 1665; based on evidence of prosodic development (see Shawcross, “Chronology”).
Text:
1671*.
All variants are from 1671.
BOOK I
(226) subdue. / destroy.
erratum replaces.
(333) aught / ought (400) Nearer / Never
erratum corrects.
(417) Imparts / Imports
erratum corrects.
(470) wrested / rested
BOOK II
(128) threat’ns then our / threat’ns our
erratum adds.
(341) pil’d, / pill’d,
erratum corrects. BOOK III
(238) insight / in sight (324) showers / shower
erratum corrects. BOOK IV
(124) compliments / complements (217) wast / was (288) ought / aught
SAMSON AGONISTES
Date:
1646–48 ?; revised, 1653 or later?; based on prosodic development (see Shawcross, “Chronology”); dates are those conjectured by Parker.
Text:
1671*.
All variants are from 1671.
Verse: paragraphed at “It suffices …” with no sentence break after “fift Act”. Drama:
(157) complain) / complain’d)
changed by erratum.
(222) motion’d / mention’d
changed by erratum.
(306)
indented
State 1. (354) And such / Such
first word added by erratum.
(390) scent / sent (496) But I
misplaced on l. 497.
(660) with / to
changed by erratum.
(720) scent / sent (1248) divulge / divulg’d
changed by erratum.
(1313) rate, / race,
changed by erratum.
(1527–35, 1537)
added as
Omissa. (1552) here / heard
changed by erratum.
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Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press, 1968.
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