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- APPENDIX C
THE TEXT OF THE PRESENT EDITION
The text of the present edition is, in the main, by
permission of the Oxford University Press, that of
the Oxford Shakespeare, edited by the late W. J.
Craig. Stage directions, when not bracketed, are
from either the First Quarto or the First Folio or
both; bracketed stage directions are modern. The
title of the play is from the First Quarto. The
Dramatis Personae are as given in the First Folio
under the caption 'The Actors' Names.'
In II. ii. 131-149 the present editor has substituted
the original assignment of speeches, in 11. 131, 135, as
found in both Quarto and Folio, for Craig's assign
ment, as there seems to be no sufficient reason for
emendations. He has also assigned 11. 139-148 to the
Prince. Craig divides as follows:
131-133 Poins. Sir John . . . certificate.
184 Prince. Peace.
135-149 Poins. I wiU . . . eat it.
Many minor departures from the Oxford text have
been made in this edition in an attempt to arrive at a
consistent text. The Oxford editor has in the major
ity of cases followed the readings of the First
Quarto, but in about fifty instances he has adopted
the slightly different expressions used in the more
formal and less colloquial Folio text. For example,
in the scenes of low comedy, he in the Folio is almost
invariably a' in the Quarto; is it is is 't; it is is 'tis;etc. The Oxford editor has used sometimes the
formal, sometimes the informal expression. He
sometimes follows the Folio in correcting the gram
mar and the mispronunciations of Mistress Quickly
and Justice Shallow, and sometimes does not; he
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