Our enemies, our confederates and friends

Found it as firm as fate, and seventeen kings

Our feodaries.

II., 2, 52.—MS.:

Our strength at sea superior upon the sea

Exceeding theirs.

“At sea superior” deleted. A clear case of the author's alteration as he went.

II., 2, 56.—C.:

And then for our cavallery, in the champaign

How often have they brake their piles.