NOTES
These notes are not intended to supply materials for the criticism of the text. So freely, indeed, did Drayton alter his poems for a fresh edition, that the ordinary machinery of an apparatus criticus would be overtasked if the attempt were made. All that has been undertaken here is to provide the requisite information in places where the text followed seemed open to suspicion.
It may be added that the punctuation of the originals has in general been preserved; in a few flagrant instances, where the text as it stood was misleading, it has been modified. Such changes are not noted here.
| [2], | 1, | l. | 14 | vertues] vertuous 1619 |
| [3], | 3, | l. | 1 | Ioue] loue 1599, 1602, 1605 |
| l. | 3 | them forth,] them, forth 1599. But the 1619 version supports the reading in the text. | ||
| [5], | 8, | l. | 8 | men] ones 1599: women 1619 |
| l. | 9 | to 1599, 1619: of 1594 | ||
| [6], | 9, | l. | 11 | in] on 1602 |
| 10, | l. | 12 | her] his 1602: their 1619 | |
| [8], | 14, | l. | 14 | anatomize 1599. But there is ground for believing that anotamize represents a current pronunciation. |
| [9], | 15, | l. | 10 | She'st] ? She'll |
| [10], | 17, | l. | 9 | Were] Where 1594 |
| 18, | l. | 5 | Elizia] Elizium 1599 | |
| [11], | 20, | l. | 10 | whir-poole] whirl-poole 1602 |
| l. | 12 | Helycon] Helicon 1602 | ||
| [14], | 26, | l. | 5 | Thy 1599 etc.: The 1594 |
| [15], | 27, | l. | 4 | Thus] This 1594 |
| l. | 12 | depriued] ? depraued | ||
| [18], | 33, | l. | 3 | Wishing] Wisheth 1599 |
| [19], | 36, | l. | 13 | And others] And eithers 1599 |
| [20], | 37, | l. | 4 | euer-certaine] neuer-certaine 1602 |
| [28], | 1, | l. | 4 | song] sung 1613 |
| [31], | 10, | l. | 2 | bids] bad 1619 |
| l. | 12 | my ... his] his ... my 1619 | ||
| [37], | 30, | l. | 14 | hollowed] halowed 1605: hallow'd 1619. But cf. [94], l. 18. |
| [38], | 43, | l. | 3 | Wherein 1602, 1605: Where, in 1619: Wherein 1599 |
| [39], | 44, | l. | 4 | Paynting] Panting 1608 |
| l. | 8 | Wherein 1602, 1605, 1619: Where in 1599 | ||
| [40], | 55, | l. | 7 | forces heere,] forces, here 1619 |
| 56, | heading | A Consonet] A Cansonet 1602 | ||
| [41], | 57, | l. | 13 | yet] then 1595 |
| [42], | 17, | ll. | 4, 13 | Promethius] Prometheus 1605 |
| [43], | 27, | l. | 2 | Who can he loue? 1608: Who? can he loue: 1619 |
| l. | 12 | They resolute,] They resolute? 1608, 1619 | ||
| [44], | 31, | l. | 4 | appose] oppose 1608, 1619 |
| l. | 9 | They 1619: The 1602, 1605, 1608 | ||
| [48], | 47, | l. | 8 | a 1619: and 1605, 1608 |
| [49], | 51, | l. | 1 | to 1608: omitted in 1605 |
| [53], | 21, | l. | 11 | soe] ? loe |
| l. | 13 | Troth] Froth 1619 | ||
| [71], | l. | 16 | scowles] scoulds 1606 | |
| l. | 37 | whome 1606: whose 1619 | ||
| l. | 41 | rage 1606: age 1619 | ||
| [74], | l. | 25 | he 1619: shee 1606 | |
| [77], | l. | 34 | some few 1606: some, few 1619 | |
| [79], | l. | 10 | their] ? there. | |
| [83], | l. | 72 | Stuck] The emendation Struck is tempting (the form is somewhat uncommon but not unparalleled); especially in view of l. 80. | |
| [94], | l. | 18 | hollow'd] cf. [37], 30, l. 14 | |
| [96], | l. | 120 | the] no doubt a printer's error for they | |
| [97], | l. | 125 | be lowe] belowe 1627 | |
| [97], | l. | 126 | whether] whethet 1627 | |
| [98], | l. | 37 | it] omitted in 1627 | |
| [101], | l. | 62 | be] ? been | |
| [104], | l. | 88 | him] ? them | |
| l. | 94 | ceaze 1620: lease 1627 | ||
| [106], | l. | 37 | his] omitted in 1631 | |
| l. | 56 | warnd] warne 1627 | ||
| [110], | l. | 105 | Neat] Next conj. Beeching | |
| [118], | heading | Chaplaine] Chapliane 1627 | ||
| [120], | l. | 81 | extirpe 1631: extipe 1627 | |
| [146], | l. | 90 | fett] sett and frett have been conjectured. | |
| [153], | l. | 92 | debate] delate 1627 | |
| [154], | l. | 115 | claue] ? cleaue | |
| [156], | l. | 220 | euery] euer 1627 | |
| [174], | l. | 225 | wither] whither 1630 | |
| [177], | l. | 343 | rawe] taw 1748 | |
| [192], | l. | 18 | there] they 1630 | |
| [232], | l. | 12 | vnto] vp to 1619 | |
| [233], | l. | 53 | fame] faire 1606 | |
| [234], | l. | 66 | moue] mock 1606 | |
| [238], | l. | 25 | feature] features 1619 | |
| [240], | l. | 99 | long] loue 1606 | |
| [242], | Ecl. ij, | l. | 21 | moane 1600: moans 1605 |
| [243], | l. | 55 | But it if the Male doth want 1619 | |
| [244], | l. | 37 | along she went 1619: she went along 1606 | |
| [245], | l. | 43 | lowe] loud 1600, 1619 | |
| [247], | l. | 37 | glories 1619: glorious 1606 | |