When all the three groups unite against the printed text the
case for an
emendation
is a strong one.
John Donne
80.
l. 4. _more than the Church did know_, i.e. the Resurrection. John xx.
9 and 11-18.
PAGE =318=. LA CORONA.
The MSS. of these poems fall into three well-defined groups: (1) That
on which the 1633 text is based is represented by _D_, _H49_; _Lec_
does not contain these poems. (2) A version different in several
details is presented by the group _B_, _S_, _S96_, _W_, of which
_W_ is the most important and correct. _O'F_ has apparently belonged
originally to this group but been corrected from the first. (3) _A18_,
_N_, _TC_ agrees now with one, now with another of the two first
groups.
When all the three groups unite against the printed text the
case for an
emendation
is a strong one.
PAGE =319=. ANNUNCIATION.
l. 10. _who is thy Sonne and Brother._
'Maria ergo faciens voluntatem Dei, corporaliter Christi tantummodo
mater est, spiritualiter autem et soror et mater.' August. _De Sanct.
Virg._ i. 5. Migne 40. 399.
