William Gifford's edition is more
carefully
printed than
that of Whalley, whom he criticizes freely.
Ben Jonson - The Devil's Association
195 sad] said; in the
order of words: e. g., 3. 4. 59 is hee] he is; and in the assignment
of speeches: e. g., 3. 6. 61. Several printer's errors occur: e. g.,
2. 6. 21 and 24.
1816.
William Gifford's edition is more
carefully
printed than
that of Whalley, whom he criticizes freely.
In many indefensible
changes, however, he follows his predecessor, even to the insertion
of words in 1. 1. 48 and 4. 7. 38, 39 (see above). He makes further
morphological changes, even when involving a change of metre: e.g.,
1. 1. 11 Totnam] Tottenham; 1. 4. 88 phantsie] phantasie; makes new
elisions: e. g., 1. 6.
