124 he retains 'petty' from 1716,
although
he says: 'The edit.
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69 To'a] T'a; 3.
1.
20 In t'one] Int' one;
and changes in wording: e. g. , 1. 1. 24 strengths] strength: 3. 6.
26 Gentleman] Gentlewoman; but it is evident that Whalley considered
the 1716 edition as the correct standard for a critical text, and
made his correction by a process of occasional restoration of the
original reading. Thus in restoring 'Crane', 1. 4. 50, he uses the
expression,--'which is authorized by the folio of 1640. ' Again in 2.
1.
124 he retains 'petty' from 1716, although he says: 'The edit.
of 1640, as I think more justly,--_Some_ pretty _principality_. '
This reverence for the 1716 text is inexplicable. In the matter of
capitalization Whalley forsakes his model, and he makes emendations
of his own with considerable freedom. He still further modernizes the
spelling; he spells out elided words: e. g. , 1. 3. 15 H' has] he has;
makes new elisions: e. g. , 1. 6. 143 Yo' are] You're; 1. 6. 211 I am]
I'm; grammatical changes, sometimes of doubtful correctness: e. g.
and changes in wording: e. g. , 1. 1. 24 strengths] strength: 3. 6.
26 Gentleman] Gentlewoman; but it is evident that Whalley considered
the 1716 edition as the correct standard for a critical text, and
made his correction by a process of occasional restoration of the
original reading. Thus in restoring 'Crane', 1. 4. 50, he uses the
expression,--'which is authorized by the folio of 1640. ' Again in 2.
1.
124 he retains 'petty' from 1716, although he says: 'The edit.
of 1640, as I think more justly,--_Some_ pretty _principality_. '
This reverence for the 1716 text is inexplicable. In the matter of
capitalization Whalley forsakes his model, and he makes emendations
of his own with considerable freedom. He still further modernizes the
spelling; he spells out elided words: e. g. , 1. 3. 15 H' has] he has;
makes new elisions: e. g. , 1. 6. 143 Yo' are] You're; 1. 6. 211 I am]
I'm; grammatical changes, sometimes of doubtful correctness: e. g.
