Massinger, Philip, 1583-1640 -- Criticism and interpretation
I have compared the Malone quarto in the Bodleian Library and find that
the mistakes are identical. In other words, _The Roman Actor_ was
carelessly printed. Nearly all the corrections made, alike of sense and
punctuation, are improvements. The emendation at IV., 2, 28 reads like one
made by the author. On the other hand, a careful study of IV., 2, 127 will
reveal the fact that the writer’s sense has been mistaken, and the
omission of “grim” in IV., 2, 242 spoils the rhythm. The curious thing is
that the play is full of misprints, which have not been corrected—_e.g._,
III., 2, 143, Anaxerete (and in several other lines); line 154,
“Epethite,” for “epithet”; 258, Heccuba. Take again IV., 2, 181: An e is
inverted and not corrected; 188, “bttchered” stands for “butchered”; and
189, “lacriledge” for “sacrilege.”
_The Renegado_
I., 3, 159: receive least losse “the” inserted after
“least.” It spoils the
metre
II., 5, 46: up to the bre a c breache
" ? added
III., 3, 1: I will ’Twill
" 89: like a neighing gennet to mare to her proud
her stallion stallion
III., 5, 114: well made galley mann’d
IV., 1, 114: witnesse of my change “of” deleted: “good”
inserted after “my”
V., 2, 79: Franci. inserted (=
Francisco)
V., 3, 111: Vitelli inserted
III., 3, 89 reads like an author’s emendation. On the other hand, the
alteration in IV., 1, 114 is not in Massinger’s style.
_The Picture_
Line 37, Poem by T. Jay:
of to heare or
" 38: write neere writ
" 40: admir’d admire
I., 1, 31: satisfie satietie
" 40: ( ) added
" 53: If I am so rich or Sir
" 120: wone him o inserted after “o”
" 154: wracke w deleted
" 190: ere the fight begun s added after “fight”
(=is)
I., 2, 13: bravel ye added
" 71: but deleted and added
again in margin
" 170: examp le added
II., 1, 82: A post. deleted
" 83: “Aside. A Post.”
added in margin
II., 2, 98: “In one here” printed “In one here” deleted
in a separate line after (_vide_ Gifford)
this line
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