Tempest (1918) Yale/Appendix D
APPENDIX D
The Text of the Present Edition
The text of the present volume is, by permission of the Oxford University Press, that of the Oxford Shakespeare, edited by the late W. J. Craig, except for the following deviations:
1. The stage-directions of the first Folio have been restored as far as possible, with necessary modern additions in square brackets.
2. The spelling of a few words is altered, as boatswain for boson; bowsprit for boresprit; burthen for burden; mo for more; o' for of; th' for the; farther for further; villainous for villanous.
3. A number of unnecessary commas have been omitted.
4. The following passages. [Craig's readings are placed after the colon.]
I. ii. 7 creature: creatures
146 butt: boat
173 princess: princes
248 made thee no: made no
285 he, that: he that
327 Shall, for that vast of night that they may work,: Shall forth at vast of night, that they may work
381 Burthen dispersedly: 'Bow, wow': [Burden: Bow, wow, dispersedly. (And so similarly in similar cases.)
485 nor: or
II. i. 99 Gon. Ay: Alon. Ay?
141–142 The fault's your own: the fault's Your own.
170 it: its
175 'Save: Save
251 doubt: doubts
258 She that from whom: she that, from whom?
307 them: thee
II. ii. 62 ha?: Ha!
66 at: at's
163 when's: when his
III. i. 15 busy lest: busiest
53 skilless: skill less
64 you,: you
III. ii. 46 again to the: again the
made to: made
IV. i. 3 third: thrid
4 who: whom
93 Paphos,: Paphos
190 all, all lost: are all lost
V. i. 81 shore: shores
82 lies: lie
216 is: are