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he Relique, p. 62, l. 13: mis-devotion _1633-54_mass-devotion _1669_, _Chambers_ Elegie II, p. 80, l. 6: is rough _1633_, _1669_is tough _1635-54_, _Chambers_ Elegie VI, p. 88, ll. 24, 26: and then chide _1633_and there chide _1635-69_, _Chambers_ her upmost brow _1633_her utmost brow _1635-69_, _Chambers (an oversight)_. Epithalamions, p. 129, l. 60: store, _1633_starres, _1635-69_, _Chambers_ 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, nowInjustice is sold deerer farre; allowAll demands, fees, and duties; gamsters, anonThe mony which you sweat, and sweare for, is gonInto other hands: _1633_ The iron Age _that_ was, when justice was sold (nowInjustice is sold dearer) did allowAll claim'd fees and duties. Gamesters, anonThe mony which you sweat and swear for is gonInto 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 tome (I have stated my reasons fully in the notes) that if thesense of the passage be carefully considered, or Donne's useof words (e.g. 'mis-devotion'), or the tenor of his thought,the reading of _1633_ is either clearly correct or has muchto be said for it. Now in all these cases the reading has thesupport 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 isgenerally that of _A18_, _N_, _TC_, is better than I was atone time disposed to think, though there are some indubitableerrors and perhaps some original variants. The crucial readingis at p. 197, l. 58, where _1633_ and _A18_, _N_, _TC_ read'not naturally free', while _1635-69_ and _O'F_ read 'bornenaturally free', at first sight an easier and more naturaltext, and adopted by both Chambers and Grosart. Butconsideration of the passage, and of what Donne sayselsewhere, shows that the _1633_ reading is certainly right.] [Footnote 45: The _1650_ printer delighted in colons, which hegenerally substituted for semicolons indiscriminately.]
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