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654 CRITICAL APPENDIX
THE SHEPHEARDES CALENDER.
Five Quarto editions of the Shep Cal
appeared in the poet's lifetime—m 1579,
1581, 1586, 1591, and 1597 They are
referred to below as Qq 1-5 respectively
An exhaustive collation of these editions
proves conclusively that though some of the
corrections may have been made at Spenser's
instigation, he cannot be regarded as in any
way responsible for the general form of the
text after Q 1 Each Q was printed from its
predecessor, and the first Folio, 1611 (F),
from Q 5 Each edition corrects a few errors,
reproduces many, and initiates others The
present text, therefore, is printed from Q z,
and the following notes record departures
from Q z, adding a few characteristic read
ings from other copies to illustrate their
relation with one another
EPISTLE
p 417, 1 41 oftentimes Qq 2-5 ofen
times Q
p 417, A 56 cleane Qq 3-5, F cleare
Q 1 clean Q 2
p 417, B14 not seene Qq 5-5, F
no seme Qq z, 2
p 417, B38 though it cannot Qq 3-5, F
though cannot Qq z, 2
p 418, A 32 liabilities Qq 3-5, F
liabilities ? Qq z, 2
GENERALL ARGVMENT
p 419, A12 more Shepherds, then Goat
heards Q 5, F most shepheards, and Gote
heards Qq 1-4
p 419, A16 muention Qq 2-5, F inueri
aonQz
p 420, A20 Abib .F Ab\il Qq z-5
p 420, B32 Shepheard Q 2 Sepheard
Q 1 shepheards Qq 3-5, F
JANVARY
49 hower, Qq 2-5, F hower Q z
FEBRVARY
137 Wherefore I rede thee hence to
remove F
142 ouercrawed Qq 3-5, F ouerawed
Qq 1, 2 , overcrawed is the northern form of
overcrowed Cf Hamlet, V 11 368
151 ponder Qq z-3 pond Qq 4, 5, F
This error ofQq 4,5, and F led to the inclusion
of ' pond' m Johnson's Dictionary as a
genuine Spenserian form
176 woundes Qq 2-4 wounds Qq 1, 5, F.
218 earth Qq 1-5 ground F
229-30 late For disconsolate,
Qq 1-3 late Yor (sic) disconsolate,
Q 4 late, Yore disconsolate Q 5, F
MARCH
4 nigheth F nighest Qq 1-5 Morris
suggests ' nighes'
57 greene Qq 3-5, F greene, Qq 1, 2
85 seeing, I Q 5, F seeing I, Qq 1-4
Gloss to 23 by loue sleeping Qq r, 2 by
our sleeping Qq 3, 4 by sleeping Q 5, F
Gloss to 23 pleasures, Q 5, F pleasures
Qq 1-4
Gloss to 79 wandring Qq 1-3 wingdnng
Q 4 winged Q 5, F A good example of the
gradual corruption of the text, and its emenda
Hon by the printer without reference to earlier
Qq
APRILL.
39 Forsake Qq 2-5, F For sake Q z
64 angehck Q 1 angehke Q 2 angellike
Ql 3-5 angel like F
113 not not Qq r, 2
135 finesse, Qq 1-4 finenesse, Q 5, F
Gloss to 50 simplye Qq 1-4 plainly
Q2,F
Gloss to 63 Embellish) beautifye Qq z, 2
Emblemish) beau tifie Q 3 Emblemish)
beautified Q 4 Emblemisht) beautified
Q 5 embelhsht, beautified F
Gloss to 120 Behtght F Bedight Qq 1-5
MAYE
ARG 1 fift Q 5, F firste Qq z-4
7, 8 woods buds Q 5, F Wods . .
Buds Qq z-3 Woods Boods Q 4
8 bloosmmg Qq z-3 blossoming Qq 4, 5,
F
36 swinke ? Q 5,F swinck Qq 1-4
54 great Q 5, F gread Qq 1-4
82 worldly Qq 2-5, F wordly Q 1
113 shepheards Qq 2-5, F shephears
Q1 177 reason, Q 5, F reason Qq 1-4
187 blossomes Qq,F, it is probable, however,
that Spenser wrote 'bloosmes', for