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EDITOR’S NOTE
The text here adopted is that of the original edition of 1631. No changes of reading have been made; spelling, punctuation, capitalization, and italics are reproduced. The original pagination is inserted in brackets; the book-holder’s marginal notes are inserted where 1716 and Whalley placed them. In a few instances modern type has been substituted for archaic characters. The spacing of the contracted words has been normalized.
| 1641 = | Pamphlet folio of 1641. |
| 1692 = | The Third Folio, 1692. |
| 1716 = | Edition of 1716 (17). |
| W = | Whalley’s edition, 1756. |
| G = | Gifford’s edition, 1816. |
| SD. = | Stage directions at the beginning of a scene. |
| SN. = | Side note, or book-holder’s note. |
| om. = | omitted. |
| ret. = | retained. |
| f. = | and all later editions. |
| G§ = | a regular change. After a single citation only exceptions are noted. See Introduction, [page xvi]. |
Mere changes of spelling have not been noted in the variants. All changes of form and all suggestive changes of punctuation have been recorded.
THE DIUELL
IS
AN ASSE:
A COMEDIE