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10 Sometimes the change could be made very simply. Thus at I, where C reads AB correct the rhyme by reading in the first hemistich; and at I , where C readsA has , and B. At I A reads

The first hemistich has been erased in C, but B corrects the rhyme and reads which I have inadvertently admitted into the text. The original reading is that of A, and there can be little doubt that it was also the reading of C.

In the following examples the alteration has been more extensive.

At I C reads

In order to correct the rhyme AB read in the first hemistich. At I, where C reads AB read in the first hemistich. At I, where C readsAB read in the second hemistich.

Often both the rhyme-words are altered, and the verse is more or less rewritten. At I C hasAB haveAt I  AC have