The Interlude of Wealth and Health | Page 2

retained, a list of irregularities being added below. It has, however, proved impossible to arrive at any satisfactory method of distinguishing between 'n' and 'u.' In the first hundred lines, which are by no means the worst printed, there are thirty-two cases in which the letter is indistinguishable, eighteen cases of an apparent 'u' which should be 'n,' and seven cases of an apparent 'n' which should be 'u.' When it is further remembered that there are few cases in which it is possible to say for certain that a letter really is what it appears to be, and none in which it may not be turned, some idea of the difficulty in the way of reprinting will be obtained. To have followed the original in this matter would have been to introduce another misprint into at least every fourth line, while even so several hundred cases would have remained which could only have been decided according to the apparent sense of the passage. The only rational course was to treat the letters as indistinguishable throughout, and to print in each instance whichever the sense seemed to require. Again, as the superscript letters 'c,' 'e,' 't,' are seldom distinguishable, the printer has been given the benefit of the doubt. Another difficulty arose in connection with the speakers' names. In the original these have often dropt from their proper places, which can now only be ascertained from the sense and the not very regular indentation. With some hesitation it has been decided to restore them to the positions they should apparently occupy, noting all cases in which they are a line or more out in the original. Lastly it may be remarked that in the speeches which aim at imitating foreign languages the apparent readings of the very indistinct original have been scrupulously reproduced, and no attempt has been made, even in the subjoined list, to suggest any corrections.
In the last sheet some of the pages are cropt at the foot. In most cases nothing more than the catchword has disappeared, and although between lines 768 and 769 something seems to be lost, it is doubtful whether this is due to the cropping, since D1^v has already one line too many.
The original is printed in the ordinary black letter of the period, of the body known as English (20 ll. = 94 mm.).
Irregular and Doubtful Readings.
Tit. att his?5. tcowe?7. fleepe(?)?13. nof?24. Weith?25. Iam?27. ofcomparison?29. so (too?)?38. yeth?41. dyspayre (dysprayse)?50. marualufly?52. iu?54. ts?57. stander ... nowe?58. selte?62. Inlykewise?63. Wh en (?) (no catchword)?66. desyred?70. thouart?74. answerrd?75. wellh?76. thou' fagetyue (or ?tagetyue)?80. Thai?84. benefites?95. welth hatg ... freasure?98. stands (the 's' doubtful)?100. cempetent?105. Ye?107. otherwelth?109. Euerywise?110. dtsposicions?127. saue (the 'e' doubtful)?134. woth?137. stealeth?144. hit?149. a wreke?150. nf?159. (no catchword)?164. nhw indifferenily?165. me?168. Weith?177. tryasure?178. yfthey?191. (no catchword)?195. please youto?197. libert?201. werwhy (me, why?)?207. feloweh?214. shalde?216. crow?224. beholde (be bolde)?234. wyse (the 's' doubtful)
ifye (if he?)?237. yllibert?238. notfore?249. lubstaunce?250. werr?251. whyce?253. lust (lusty)?257. lybertye?258. H elth (?)?267. ran?270. loboure?275. ofliberty ... suter?278. alytle?286. acquanted?289. Dryue (the 'y' doubtful)?290. Wy ll (?) ... C (I)?294. [H]ealth?306. Christ?312. kindes?315. Arquaintance?318. fo?319. lybertyeis?320. lyberfye, wili
bebolde (be bolde)?322. Thyrfore?324. lybrtye?328. ano?337. pas (past)?364. ther?367. let hym (hem)?373. Wytte (Will)?379. felfe?383. caa?386. thought (sought)?391. srhon (?)?397. be gins?398. sleminge?400. slemminges
wilmar (?)?405. icvell?408. lonck?410. ic compte hore?414. Nae?424. ssaunders?425. sleminges?426. theris?433. deuose?440. ftyll (?)?443. shred wet?445. Wyll ... cun?447. thing?450. geeat actortty?452. hach?453. lust (iust) ... indifference?460. shalbe (the 's' doubtful)?470. berter?473. mayay (or ? nayay, reading very doubtful; may say?)?475. Forfoth ... vrother?479. in (the 'n' doubtful)?485. wel ... slye (flyt?)?498. you?501. vegyled?502. councelll?507. Wy ll (?)?508. fhe (?)?509. chat ... alw ay?511. meaneth (the 't' doubtful)?520. [Liberty?]?531. oardon?534. am be(?) ... well?545. Gngland?547. renlmes?548. thy (they)?551. rm?553. apart ... aceoritie?554. R[e]md[i]?558. for (the 'f' doubtful)?561. prefercing (?)?567. ehis?568. percelue?596. b e (?)?600. yoor (?)?601. tohether?605. exchewe ... Ill?607. t[=e]p?609. sach?613. [(]wil?616. apare?618. larye?622. chat?624. afryde?629. Hew?630. p=omise (the '=' doubtful)?631. sstyest (spyest?)?632. lok e?633. crooke (the 'e' doubtful)?636. Wyll. (below l. 637)
tor?653. euey?654. ofhell(?)?662. falfe?666. libertidespise?667. mateer?668. wet, ler ... [Will.]?669. a none?675. thiag?676. Afirr (After)?685. I tis?686. ihe?693. with ... conoenient?695. Wyll. (opposite l. 696)
angey?699. tor?705. he?711. Wytte (opposite l. 712)?716. rhe?719. Wyll. (opposite l. 718)?724. wich?731. welco me
health (opposite l. 730)?734. (no catchword)?735. her (hert ?)?736. v s (?)?740. .abor?742. sha me (?)?753. H ance (?)?755. Hance (the 'e' doubtful)?756. nothin?757. H ance (?)?760. allaunts ... reale?764. selfeloue (?)
descone (?)?766. subtel tiget?768. (catchword cut off?)?769. [Remedy.] (but a whole line probably missing)?772. Ic ... Remdi (the 'i' doubtful)?773. i (I or [=i])?776. fleming (the 'f' doubtful) ... lenger?780. tiberty?782. Health (opposite l. 781)?785. nof (?)?787. affirmity?790. Health (opposite l. 791)?791. maladi (the 'l' doubtful)?796. ye t?798. people (the second 'e' doubtful) ... detelt?799. theroffor (?)?801. A mendes
(catchword cropt)?803. doone (the 'd' doubtful)?804. helfe a mendes?807. neceslitie