Errata and Addenda for Muir’s 1970 Double Falshood

December 22, 2001

Muir’s original is of the inferior 1^st state of the 1^st edition, but the following are errors that, as far as I know, arise from either bad inking in Muir’s original copy or faults in the reproductive process.

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Page	Line	For	Read
viii	19	Era	Æra
22	34	I’######Leonora;	I’ll to Leonora;
31	6	Vaſſal	Vaſſal,
34	27	Yeſterdav.	Yeſterday,
38	6	Face.	Face,
38	19	Faith	Faith.
40	16	Stuff	Stuff.
43	1	Nole;	Noſe;
44	32	Sir:	Sir;
45	45	about?	about?—
47	2	Angel.	Angel,
47	13	again	again:
47	16	Pain,	Pain;
54	12	on# Tear	one Tear
54	13	Juſtice	Juſtice.
57	24	my Lord,	my Lord;
58	6	under me.	under me,
58	press figure	(none)	4
59	2	to you.	to you,
59	10	poor	poor.
62	6	Repentance.	Repentance:
62	11	upon’t	upon’t.

Muir shows the missing leaf A1 from a copy of the 2^nd edition in his appendix; for what it’s worth, it is identical to leaf A1 as found in the 1^st.

Changes in the 2^nd state.

Page	Line	For	Read
5	catchword		(The comma is moved into its proper place on the line.)
14	press figure	3	(omitted)
26	30	#He	He
26	31	#May	’May
29	30	fool##h	fooliſh
58	19	Preferment!	Preferment! —
63	catchword	Tho	Tho’

Changes in the 2^nd edition

The 2^nd edition is identical to the 2^nd state of the 1^st, except for the changes in the Preface (which Muir provides in his appendix) and an unexplained change in the press figure on page 58 from 4 to 5.

Changes in the 3^rd edition

The 3^rd edition of 1767 appears to have been set from a prompter’s copy of the 2^nd edition. There are many insignificant changes in spelling and punctuation, which appear to be the work of two or more compositors, rather than editorial. After the front matter, pagination and lineation are almost identical, I believe by intent. The following changes of unknown origin are found:

Page 3, line 1.

Duke. O, do it Roderick; and aſſay to mould him

Duke. I have, upon Henriquez’ ſtrong Requeſt,
Sent for this Julio— Thou aſſay to mould him

Page 12, line 9.

She’s gone:— Who am I, that am thus contemn’d?

She’s gone: —No matter! — I have brib’d her Woman,
and ſoon ſhall gain Admittance. —
Who am I, that am thus contemn’d?

Page 24, line 8.

That I am bold to offer this.

[Throws down a Purſe with Money.

That I am bold to offer this.

Citiz. By no means, Lady– – – – –

[Offers to throw down a Purſe with Money.