98, 101; the
spelling
is
modernized: e.
modernized: e.
Ben Jonson - The Devil's Association
For the
wood-cut of that edition, however, is substituted the device of a
swan, with the legend 'God is my helper'. Then follow the words:
'Imprinted at London, 1641. '
Folio by measurement; signatures in fours.
Collation: one leaf, containing the title-page on the recto, verso
blank; second leaf with signature A_2 (? ), containing a device (St.
Francis preaching to the birds [? ]), and the persons of the play on
the recto, and a device (a saint pointing to heaven and hell) and the
prologue on the verso. Then the play proper; B-I in fours; K (one
leaf). The first two leaves are unnumbered; then 1-66 (35 wrongly
numbered 39).
1692. The edition of 1692[8] is a reprint of 1631, but furnishes
evidence of some editing. Most of the nouns are capitalized, and
a change of speaker is indicated by breaking the lines; obvious
misprints are corrected: e. g. , 1. 1.
98, 101; the spelling is
modernized: e. g. , 1. 1. 140 Tiborne] Tyburn; and the punctuation is
improved. Sometimes a word undergoes a considerable morphological
change: e. g. , 1. 1. 67 Belins-gate] Billings-gate; 1. 6. 172, 175
venter] venture. Etymology is sometimes indicated by an apostrophe,
not always correctly: e. g. , 2. 6.
wood-cut of that edition, however, is substituted the device of a
swan, with the legend 'God is my helper'. Then follow the words:
'Imprinted at London, 1641. '
Folio by measurement; signatures in fours.
Collation: one leaf, containing the title-page on the recto, verso
blank; second leaf with signature A_2 (? ), containing a device (St.
Francis preaching to the birds [? ]), and the persons of the play on
the recto, and a device (a saint pointing to heaven and hell) and the
prologue on the verso. Then the play proper; B-I in fours; K (one
leaf). The first two leaves are unnumbered; then 1-66 (35 wrongly
numbered 39).
1692. The edition of 1692[8] is a reprint of 1631, but furnishes
evidence of some editing. Most of the nouns are capitalized, and
a change of speaker is indicated by breaking the lines; obvious
misprints are corrected: e. g. , 1. 1.
98, 101; the spelling is
modernized: e. g. , 1. 1. 140 Tiborne] Tyburn; and the punctuation is
improved. Sometimes a word undergoes a considerable morphological
change: e. g. , 1. 1. 67 Belins-gate] Billings-gate; 1. 6. 172, 175
venter] venture. Etymology is sometimes indicated by an apostrophe,
not always correctly: e. g. , 2. 6.
