The Poems of John Donne, Volume 2 (of 2): Edited from the Old Editions and Numerous ManuscriptsDonne, John
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The Poems of John Donne, Volume 2 (of 2): Edited from the Old Editions and Numerous Manuscripts
Donne, John
English poetry -- Early modern, 1500-1700
Ibid., p. 133, l. 55:
I am not then from Court _1633_
And am I then from Court? _1635-69_, _Chambers_
Satyres, p. 169, ll. 37-41:
The Iron Age _that_ was, when justice was sold, now
Injustice is sold deerer farre; allow
All demands, fees, and duties; gamsters, anon
The mony which you sweat, and sweare for, is gon
Into other hands: _1633_
The iron Age _that_ was, when justice was sold (now
Injustice is sold dearer) did allow
All claim'd fees and duties. Gamesters, anon
The mony which you sweat and swear for is gon
Into other hands. _1635-54_, _Chambers_
(_no italics_; 'that' _a relative pronoun, I take it_)
The Calme, p. 179, l. 30:
our brimstone Bath _1633_
a brimstone bath _1635-69_, _Chambers_
To Sr Henry Wotton, p. 180, l. 17:
dung, and garlike _1633_
dung, or garlike _1635-69_, _Chambers_
Ibid., p. 181, ll. 25, 26:
The Country is a desert, where no good,
Gain'd, as habits, not borne, is understood. _1633_
The Country is a desert, where the good,
Gain'd inhabits not, borne, is not understood.
_1635-54_, _Chambers._
In all these passages, and I could cite others, it seems to
me (I have stated my reasons fully in the notes) that if the
sense of the passage be carefully considered, or Donne's use
of words (e.g. 'mis-devotion'), or the tenor of his thought,
the reading of _1633_ is either clearly correct or has much
to be said for it. Now in all these cases the reading has the
support of all the manuscripts, or of the most and the best.]
[Footnote 43: e.g. 'their nothing' p. 31, l. 53; 'reclaim'd'
p. 56, l. 25; 'sport' p. 56, l. 27.]
[Footnote 44: The _1633_ text of these letters, which is
generally that of _A18_, _N_, _TC_, is better than I was at
one time disposed to think, though there are some indubitable
errors and perhaps some original variants. The crucial reading
is at p. 197, l. 58, where _1633_ and _A18_, _N_, _TC_ read
'not naturally free', while _1635-69_ and _O'F_ read 'borne
naturally free', at first sight an easier and more natural
text, and adopted by both Chambers and Grosart. But
consideration of the passage, and of what Donne says
elsewhere, shows that the _1633_ reading is certainly right.]
[Footnote 45: The _1650_ printer delighted in colons, which he
generally substituted for semicolons indiscriminately.]
CANON.
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