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There is no known quarto edition of As You Like It. The earliest edition is, therefore, that of the First Folio of 1623.

The text of the present edition is by permission that of Craig's Oxford Shakespeare, published by the Oxford University Press. Deviations from the Oxford text have been made in a few places in which the late Mr. Craig adopted modern emendations. The reading of the First Folio has been followed wherever the sense does not clearly demand an alteration. Minor changes of spelling and punctuation have not been listed.

The stage directions are those of the First Folio, with all supplementary directions enclosed in square brackets.

The list of departures from the Oxford text follows, Craig's readings being those after the colons:

him: he

see: feel

princess calls: princes call

misconsters: misconstrues

taller: smaller

not: but

Adam.: Adam,

The seasons' difference—,: the seasons' difference;

smile and say—: smile and say

Ami. I would not change it: This is assigned by Craig to Duke Senior

bonny: bony

moe: more

chroniclers: coroners

the woman low: but the woman low,

an old oak: an oak

obedience: obeisance

Why do you speak too: Who do you speak to,