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The text of the present volume is, by permission of the Oxford University Press, that of the Oxford Shakespeare, edited by the late W. J. Craig, except for the following deviations:

1. The stage directions of the Folio have been restored as far as possible, with necessary modern additions in square brackets.

2. The punctuation, especially in the use of exclamation points, has been modernized, and the spelling of Calpurnia brought into conformity with current usage.

3. The only significant verbal departures—usually in the direction of a return to the Folio—are listed below, the readings adopted in the present text being placed before the colon while Craig's readings follow it; and Folio authority is given wherever involved:

whether: whe'r (F where)

walks F: walls

these F: those

moe F: more

you are F: are you

or F: of

statue F: statua

Cæs. F: Casca

lethe (F1 Lethee F4 Lethe): leth

stricken F2, 3, 4: strucken (F1 stroken)

Plebeians F: Citizens

statue F: statua

objects, arts F: abject orts

speaks (speakes F): speak

Pluto's F: Plutus'

to night F: to-night

whether: whe'r (F where)

Thasos: Thassos (F Tharsus)

Brutus is ta'en, Brutus is ta'en, my Lord F: Brutus is ta'en, my lord

whether: whe'r (F where)