Coriolanus (1924) Yale/Appendix C
APPENDIX C
The Text of the Present Edition
The text of the present volume is based, by permission of the Oxford University Press, upon that of the Oxford Shakespeare, edited by the late W. J. Craig. Craig's text has been carefully collated with the Shakespeare Folio of 1623, and the following deviations have been introduced:
1. The stage directions of the Folio have been restored. Necessary words and directions, omitted by the Folio, are added within square brackets.
2. Punctuation and spelling have been normalized to accord with modern English practice; e.g., anything, everything, warlike, priestlike, hostler, carcasses, scandal'd (instead of any thing, every thing, war-like, priest-like, ostler, carcases, scandall'd). Generally the changes introduced, both in punctuation and in spelling, effect a closer approximation to the Folio form. The form Martius, invariable in the Folio and in North, is restored passim in place of Marcius. The Folio abbreviation 'Y' are' is likewise replaced instead of the varying 'you 're,' 'ye 're,' or 'you are' of modern editions.
3. The frequent elisions, characteristic of the Folio text and often necessary for scansion of the lines, have generally been retained; e.g., th' expulsion, th' accusation, is 't, we'll, o' (for of or on), 's (for is, his, or us), etc.
4. The following changes of text have been introduced, nearly always in accordance with Folio authority. The readings of the present edition precede the colon, while Craig's readings follow it:
I. i. 29 All: First Cit.
59 2. Cit.: First Cit. (So also in lines 67, 83, 98, 111, 120, 127, 129, 133, 148, 153, 162, 172.)
116 taintingly: tauntingly
132 you'st: you'll
ii. 30 prepar'd: prepared
iii. 3 should: would
iv. 42 follows: follow'd
vi. 6 The Roman: Ye Roman
32 burnt: burn'd
ix. 46 an overture: a coverture
II. i. 17 Both: Sic.Bru.
46 Both: Bru.
204 begin: begnaw
212 Virgilia: Valeria
270 their war: the war
ii. 8 hath: have
iii. 44 the: a (misprint?)
108 bountiful: bountifully
117 farther: further
122 wolfish: woolvish
123 does: do
132 moe: more
165 loves: love
171 us'd: used
III. i. 65 meiny (Meynie F): many
72 lack: lack'd
77 their: they
130 bosom multiplied: bisson multitude
319 a' (a F): he
ii. 21 thwartings (things F): thwarting
29 as little: of mettle
113 quir'd: quired
114 an eunuch: a eunuch
iii. 67 fold in: fold-in
97 doth: do
IV. i. 8 home,—being: home, being
27 'em: them
ii. 19 strook: struck (So also in IV. v. 231.)
iii. 9 appeared: approved
iv. 13 seems: seem
v. 114 an hundred: a hundred
201 boiled: broiled
vi. 51 hath: have
59 coming: come
vii. 28 yields: yield
V. ii. 17 verified: glorified
iii. 154 nobleman: noble man
iv. 23 'hum!': hum
v. 100 others: other