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Life and Death of Richard the Third vious errors of the press in the Folio text have been mentioned in the notes.

The following deviations from Craig's text have been introduced:

1. The stage directions of the Folio have been restored. Necessary words and directions, omitted by the Folio, are added within square brackets.

2. Passages occurring in the Quarto but not in the Folio have been placed within square brackets.

3. Spelling has been normalized to accord with modern English practice: e.g. 'villainy.' The punctuation also has been standardized.

4. A few words such as 'murther,' 'burthen,' 'Britaine,' have been left in their original form.

5. The following changes of text have been introduced, usually in accordance with Folio authority. The readings of the present edition precede the colon, while Craig's readings follow it.

but F: for

tempts him to this harsh extremity F: tempers him to this extremity

was for delivery? F: was to her for his delivery?

and F: an

do beseech F: beseech

play F: prey

John F: Paul

that F: this

Where is he, F: What, is he

wolves, to F: adders

this F: the

stand'st F: stand

crimes F: evils

of F: of a