page 1158: Apud Athenæum.{original has a comma}

Footnote [598:1] (an undramatic superstition ... pleasing associations, as the Sun and Moon) {original has duplicate word Astrology before and after the material in parentheses}

To maintain consistency, initials referring to manuscripts are spaced throughout the text.

When there is more than one poem on a page, the linenotes in the original repeat the title. This title has been removed. When there is more than one scene on a page, the linenotes in the original repeat the scene number. This number has been removed.

In "The Piccolomini," some of the drama is written in prose. The lines are numbered. Where words are hyphenated in the original, the parts have been rejoined and the first part of the word moved down to the beginning of the following line. In the list below, the slash indicates where the hyphen occurs in the original.

Act I, Scene VI:
lines 5-6orders/--no
lines 7-8counter/manded
Act II, Scene VIII:
lines 23-24determina/tion
Act II, Scene XII:
lines 5-6splen/did
lines 15-16Tie/fenbach
lines 31-32tale-/bearers
lines 34-35gold.--/And
lines 58-59Rudolph--/a[moved up]
lines 99-100Fron/tignac!--Snapped
lines 111-112con/fidentially
Act II, Scene XIII:
lines 11-12me--/talk
lines 23-24pre/cedence
lines 25-26permission--/Good
lines 44-45com/plaint
lines 46-47Chaly/beate
lines 59-60Mara/das
lines 65-66com/pliment!--For
lines 66-67re/maining
lines 68-69Lieutenant-/General
Act II, Scene XIV:
lines 22-23brother!--/Hast
lines 72-73over-scrupu/lously
lines 76-77army-/purveyancer

In the Preface to "The Death of Wallenstein," the lines are numbered. Where words are hyphenated in the original, the parts have been rejoined and the first part of the word moved down to the beginning of the following line. In the list below, the slash indicates where the hyphen occurs in the original.

lines 1-2Wallen/stein
lines 10-11trans/lated
lines 12-13com/parative
lines 28-29His/tory
lines 47-48Piccolo/mini[moved up]
lines 61-62Trans/lator
lines 68-69com/pensation

In Act I, Scene I of "The Triumph of Loyalty," the lines are numbered. Where words are hyphenated in the original, the parts have been rejoined and the first part of the word moved down to the beginning of the following line. In the list below, the slash indicates where the hyphen occurs in the original.

lines 5-6Cas/tilian
lines 60-61judge/ment--she