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- # The misprints of 1593.
## Overview
This section, titled "The misprints of 1593," analyzes the textual accuracy of the 1593 edition of Shakespeare's *Venus and Adonis*. It specifically focuses on identifying and discussing the misprints present in this early printing.
## Context
This section is part of the larger work, "[Venus and Adonis, Lucrece, Sonnets, and Pericles (Facsimile Editions)](arke:01KG6S3KNZT62WVVW4VT384KPF)", which is itself extracted from the file "[pdf-01KG6Q7Q25RHMFT3SJXPV18VFF.txt](arke:01KG6S2X2EBB305ENM00G16GWA)". The broader collection is "[PDF Workflow Main Test 2026-01-30T00:26:53](arke:01KG6NWQ2H2K4PGG7H4ZHYCZ3Y)". It follows the section "[The parent text.](arke:01KG6S4BKQ45NWWK8839CN3XVK)", which discusses the textual basis of various editions, and precedes the section "[Discrepancies of spelling.](arke:01KG6S4BKWKRQC9DTDDVASW5SJ)", which further details other textual inconsistencies.
## Contents
The section argues that while the 1593 text generally adhered to Shakespeare's manuscript, it contains defects that challenge the theory of Shakespeare correcting the proofs. It states that misprints are few, numbering no more than ten, with only one causing significant perplexity to the reader: "souring" appearing as "so wring" in line 185. Other misprints mentioned include "Witin" for "Within". The author suggests that the praises often given to Field's press-work for the first edition of *Venus and Adonis* require qualification upon thorough examination.
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- The misprints of 1593.
On the whole, Field’s text of 1593 may be held to have adhered to Shakespeare’s manuscript with reasonable closeness, but it presents defects of the sort which confutes the theory that Shakespeare himself corrected the proofs. The praises lavished on Field’s press-work by Shakespearean critics of the first edition of *Venus and Adonis*, seem on a thorough examination to require qualification. Misprints are few; they do not exceed ten in all, and only one of them, slight enough in itself, can cause the reader perplexity. In line 185 the present participle ‘souring’ is disguised under the unintelligible pair of words ‘so wring’. The nine other misprints are ‘Witin’
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