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- # Reading peculiar to two extant copies.
## Overview
This section, titled "Reading peculiar to two extant copies," is a textual analysis focusing on a specific variant reading found in two copies of "Lucrece" held at the Bodleian Library. It details a difference in a line of text, comparing it to other extant impressions and discussing its implications for textual correction. The section spans lines 3674 to 3685 of its source file.
## Context
This section is part of [Chapter III](arke:01KG6S4EM1AKPD5T35XS8GTZ8A) and was extracted from the text file [pdf-01KG6Q7Q25RHMFT3SJXPV18VFF.txt](arke:01KG6S2X2EBB305ENM00G16GWA). It belongs to the larger [PDF Workflow Main Test 2026-01-30T00:26:53 collection](arke:01KG6NWQ2H2K4PGG7H4ZHYCZ3Y). It follows the section titled "[The Bodleian copy, I. Unique readings.](arke:01KG6S5HRFMQXJHXZCE4W05J4T)", which discusses unique readings in a single Bodleian copy, and precedes the section "[Misprints peculiar to three extant copies.](arke:01KG6S5HRN77GEVHR4T7VW563E)".
## Contents
The section highlights a variant reading in line 1350 of "Lucrece": "Euen so *this* pattern of *the* worne out age." This reading is present in two Bodleian Library copies, differing from other extant impressions that read "Euen so *the* patterne of *this* . . . age." The analysis suggests that the latter reading was considered superior by the press corrector, despite the difficulty in definitively determining the "better" reading. The text includes a reference to page 171.
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32
LUCRECE
figures in all extant impressions save in the two in the Bodleian Library, where the line reads—
Euen so *this* pattern of *the* worne out age.
It is difficult to determine which is the better reading, but it is clear that ‘*the* patterne of *this* . . . age’ was deemed the better by the corrector of the press.
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- Reading peculiar to two extant copies.