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[Transcriber’s Notes]

  1. Obvious punctuation errors outside of the poems have been fixed without further note, but punctuation within poems remains as printed.
  2. As an aid to the reader this text uses a different style for references to the author’s textual notes than the printed edition used.
  3. References to the notes are marked within the text as [number:number] and within the textual notes section as "number:number." For example, [2:1] represents the first note in the second poem that has notes; [3:2] represents the second note in the third poem that has notes.
  4. Line numbers in the poems are as printed in the original book, even in cases where they may seem inconsistent.
  5. Page 36: The reference to [note 2 (29:2)] in ‘To Celia’ (at line 10) was missing and has been added.
  6. Page 79: In [‘IV. The Combat,’] the line numbering should have probably restarted at 1, rather than continuing from III. The printed numbering has been retained.
  7. Page 81: The reference to [note 2 (66:2)] in ‘V.’ (at line 13) was missing has been added.
  8. Page 100: The reference in [note 66:1] to line 5 of No. IV has been corrected to refer to No. V instead.
  9. Page 100: The note numbers in the [notes for ‘Translations from Anacreon’] were inconsistent with the numbers actually used in the poems, and have been corrected.
    1. church yard, church-yard, and churchyard
    2. Princes-Arms and Princes Armes
    3. St. Pauls and S. Pauls
    4. Fo. and Fo.
    5. re-inspire and reinspire
    6. James Allestrey and James Allestry
  10. The book has a number of inconsistencies in spelling, word usage, or style of citation in the List of Editions, all of which have been retained. Some of them are noted here: