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646 CRITICAL APPENDIX
In 1 saw] heard 1590 3 reliu'd]
relieu'd 1609
lin feeblej seely 1596 silly 1609,
Comparison with VII vi 5, xi 8 of this Book,
X vn 8 simple true Cf note on 1 IX 6
above
xv 4 well] for 1590 gan] can 1609
See note on v xvn 5 above
xvi 8 be] her 1590, &c corr F E
xx 5 om 1590,1596 add 1609 This
' drownded' in the quarto of Colin Clout
762 The true reading may be ' yelped'
xxxix 4, 7 sting and string transposed in
1596,1609
where ' feeble' and ' fraile' occur together xn xh 4 Nor 1609 For 1590, 1596
lines which this was meant to recall, make it Spenser may have written' For' Negatives are
certain that ' seely ' (=feehe) is a misprint for similarly confused in Bk V, vi xxvi 5 and 6
' feeble'
li li 7,8 The early editions have a semi colon
at ' spred' and a comma at ' darke', making
\l 8 rejer to the lark
XII 111 5 fond] found 1596,1609
vn 3 sung] song 1590—an eye rhyme but
ambiguous
xi 5 talants] talents 1590, &c corr F E
is one of the places which lead us to assign some xvi 1 pleasure] pleasures 1596,1609
independent authortty to 1609
xvn 1 that] the 1596,1609 4 note]
xxvii 6 His bodie in salt water smarting no'te 1609,1611
sore] His blamefull body in salt water sore xxi 7 To tell that dawning day is drawing
1590 Another clear case of author's correc neare] To tell the dawning day is dawning
tton, designed to remove ambiguity neare 1596,1609
xxxiv 8 worldes] worlds 1609 See on xxvn 7 of] and 1596,1609
v xxin 8 and xlv 4 above
xxvin 7 her] his 1596, 1609 Cf xl 9
xxxvi 6 Their 1609 There 1590,1596 below
9 call in commers by] call in commers by xxxvm 3 frankencense 1596, 1609--­
I590 1596
xxxix 4 clothes] clothez 1609
v xlv 4 above
In 6 Brings] Bring 1590,1596
possibly a deliberate achaism 1590 has
See on frankincense Cf note on Bk II, vn IV 8
xl 9 His] Her 1596,1609
lvn 5 pretious] piteous 1590, &c corr
FE
hx 2 frame] fame 1590, &c corr F E
lxn 4 (Quoth he) as wretched, and liu'd in
BOOK II
Proem v 4 else] elles 1590
beamez 1609
beames]
like pame] As wretched men, and hued in like
paine 1590 8 and battailes none are to I 1 7 caytiues hands] caytiue hands
be fought] and bitter battailes all are fought 1609 ' caytiue bands' has been conjectured
1590 9 As for loose Ioues are vaine] As II 7 natiue] natiues 1596,1609
for loose loues they are vame 1590 But of III 9 be] he 1609
Bk V, in xxn 5 and 6
iv 6, 7 These lines are transposed in 1596,
lxiv 7 doen nominate] doen then nomi 1609
nate 1596
viii 5 with faire] with a faire 7596
lxv 3 place] face 1590
xvi 1 hefe] life 1590
xviii 6 did he] he did 1590
XI 111 This stanza appears Jor the first xxxi 2 handling] handing 1596,
time in 1596
v 1 his] this 1590, &c corr F E
vi 9 scared] feared 1590, &c corr
F E
via 7 vast] vaste 1590 wast 1596
xi 5 as] all 1590, &c corr F E
xxvi 6 swinged] singed 1609 needlessly
ihejorm ' swinge' is still common in dialect
xxxin 8 thnse] these 1590, &c corr
FE
xxxix 4 dolour] labour 1396, 1609
xl 4 gore] gold 1596,1609
xhv 6 reuenging] auenging 1590
xhx 9 Mordant] Mortdant 1590, 1596;
but of Argument
lvm 4 fry] frieze or fnze conj Church
xxvn 2 vaunt] daunt 1596,1609 ' Fnze' ( = freeze) gives the contrast desired
xxx 5 one] it 1590, &c corr F E
xxxvn 2 yelled] yelded 1590,1596 But
the spelling ' fryze' would explain the corruP-
Hon better
elsewhere ' yelled' in F Q Cf, however , lix 1 equall] euill 1596,1609