VI. Proem 6 l. 9. name] fame edd. See note on V. ii. 46 l. 9.
VI. i. 8 l. 7. wretched] wicked 16(11)-12-13.
VI. i. 37 l. 5. pot-shares] pot-shards 16(11)-12-13.
VI. i. 34 l. 2. For ‘sound’ = swound cf. III. v. Arg.
VI. ii. 3 ll. 3, 4. ‘Eyes’ and ‘eares’ ought of course to have been transposed. But there is no evidence that the error is not Spenser’s. And this must raise a doubt as to whether the printer is responsible for ‘euery act and deed, that he did say’ in l. 2.
VI. ii. 39 l. 2. implements] ornaments 1609. This change looks less like a printer’s error than an editorial improvement.
VI. iii. 12 l. 7. saue] salue 16(11)-12-13.
VI. iii. 21 l. 8. default] assault conj. Collier. See note on V. ii. 46 l. 9. But Collier is very likely right here. The chance of parablepsy, always present in such cases, is here unusually strong with ‘assault’ > < ‘default’.
VI. iii. 23 l. 2. Serena] Cristina 1596 Bodl. All the B. M. copies ‘Serena’. A striking instance of correction made during the printing of the sheets. See Introduction, p. xix.
VI. iii. 24 l. 5. in vaine om. 16(11)-12-13. These words, which make the line a hexameter, are not omitted in any of the genuine 1609 copies examined. See Bibliographical Note.