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652 CRITICAL APPENDIX
IV 1 3 Had need haue] Had neede of
I6(II)-I2-I3
xxii 2 pmnoed] pmnioned I6(II)-I2-I3
xxvi 1 Terptne] Turpine 1596
xxxvi 1 watchmen] watchman 1609
8 their Queene her selfe, halfe like a man]
their Queene her selfe halfe, like a man 1596
their Queene her self, arm'd like a man
l6o9—perhaps rightly
VI IV 7 from] for 1609
v 6,7 For houres but dayes, for weekes,
that passed were,
She told but moneths, to make them seeme
more few 1596,1609
I IX xxvi 4 FONT] FONS 1596,1609.
xhv 1 appose] oppose 1609
X 111 6 Armericke] Americke conj Todd,
very plausibly, otherwise 'Armericke' can only
mean * Armonc'
vi 4. and of her Peares] and her Peares
1609, to avoid the trisyllabic foot
vin 4 Idols] Idol conj Church
xxxvii 1 neare] newe conj Church 3 so xxiv 5 farewell open field] well fare conj
few] to feare conj Collier One or other cor \edd needlessly 'farewell' here-welcome
rection seems needed for the rhyme Church's ! xxvi 3 so now ruinate] now so ruinate
is the better
conj Church
xxxix 3 doale] doile 1596 diuide] xxxvii 6 hard preased] had preased 1609
dauide 1596 Probably 'a' and V inter
changed For ' doale * = portion see Glossary XI xxiv 7 And Eagles wings] An Eagles
xlvm 3 Clann] Clarinod' 1609 passim wings 1609
yesterday] yeester day 1596, but Spenser xl 6 She death shall by] She death shall
has ' yester elsewhere
sure aby 16(II)-i2-i3f to complete the pentameter
V xx 8 a napron] an apron 1609 xli 6 know] knew 1596, 1609 • corr
xxxviii 8 And, though (vnhke) they Hughes
should for euer last] And, though vnlike, they li 1 this] his 1609
should for euer last 1596 The meaning of hv 9 corruptfull] corrupted 16(u)-12-
1609 is 'Though—which is unlikely—they 13, Moms and Grosart report' corrupted'
should last, &c'
1609; not so our copies
xli 2 he] she 1609
lx 2. had] haue 1609
lxi 7 meed] The rhyme requires ' hyre'
But see on Bk II, 11 vii 7 8 froward]
forward 1596 See Glossary
XII 1 9 enduren] endure 1506
xiv 8 steale] Steele 1609 But see Glo$»
Church would transpose' houres ' and' dayes', sary
' weekes' and ' moneths' Spenser perhaps xvii 5 such] sure 1609
means that she said * three months' for
' twelve weeks ' and then ignored the noun
BOOK VI
xvi 7 That this is things compacte] thing
conj Church
I vin 7 wretched] wicked I6(lI)-I2-I3
xvii 5 Heard] Here 1596
xxvni 6 Ere he] Ere thou 1596
xxiv 1 their] her 1609
xl 9 yearne] earne 1609
xxv 9 Your nights want] your Knight's
want aw; Church
II 111 2 deed and word] act and deed
T
xxvi 5 Ne lessel Sense requires 'Ne 596 3t 4 eyese eares] eares eyes
more', but no authority for this Spenser corr edd , but there is no evidence that the
probably meant at first to turn the sentence error is not Spenser's own
differently
xxxix 2 implements] ornaments 1609—
xxxni 7 auenge] reuenge I6(U)-I2-I3— probably an editorial improvement
Morris and Grosart report ' reuenge' 1609,
not so our copies
III x 2 Would to no bed] Would not to
xxxiv 7 their] that 1609
bed 1609
xxi 8 default] assault conj Collier with
VII vi 9 her wreathed taile] his wreathed much plausibility
taile conj Church—cf stanza xv below xxiii 2 Serena] Crispina 1596 Bodl —
xxxvni 5 bad] sad 1609
corr at press
xxiv 5 in vame om 16(n)-12-13, to
VIII xl 6 knowen] knowne 1596 reduce the line to a pentameter