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126 stage-directions of the First Folio have been preserved so far as possible. Modern additions to these are enclosed in square brackets, and passages of the text found only in the Quarto are similarly marked.

2. A few unimportant changes have been made in punctuation and the spelling of a few words has been normalized, as anything for any thing, Gloucester, Gloucestershire for Gloster, Glostershire, lantern for lanthorn, mussel-shell for muscle-shell, œillades for œilliades, Poins for Pointz, till for 'till, villainy, vil lainous for villany, villanous, warlike for war-like.

3. The following changes in punctuation or word ing have been made, all of them being reversions to the readings of the Folio. The readings of the present edition precede the colon and Craig's follow in each case:

Cain-coloured: cane-coloured

(Folio Caine-colourd)

look where: look, where

Pickt-hatch : Picht-hatch

Cried game;: Cried I aim?

(Folio Cride-game,)

Gaul: Guallia

(Folio Gaule)

in Windsor: of Windsor

sped: how sped

one: me

let: get

Hang-hog: Hang hog

horum;: horum?

of: and

lines: lunes

Mistress Ford; Mistress Ford,: Mistress Ford,

his: her

master: Master

sir: like: Sir Tike;

scene: scare

heart-break: heart break

(Folio hearte-break)

Raise: Rein

as: that