{"id":"01KG8B0SV148342TQAVR67NH6R","cid":"bafkreiacuuzkixc5ldshkgb32yg6qpaznqs76speu64ntnztbvvuve2ajq","type":"file","properties":{"cid":"bafkreichxwbkglrrr3evzqjez3ghs5jnvvdelxrnct5arrciyzxgv2jqhe","content_type":"image/jpeg","filename":"02_venus_and_adonis_1905_facsimile_page_0057.jpg","height":2400,"key":"pdf-page-1769806521481-21crln8wq3f","label":"02_venus_and_adonis_1905_facsimile_page_0057.jpg","page_number":57,"pdf_type":"born_digital","size":604299,"text":"VENUS\nAND\nADONIS\n^j\nwe\nfind\n<\nneigh/'\n(2(^2)\nand\n«\nneighs/'\n(307);\na\nsingle\nline\n(311)\ngives\nus\n'spurns/',\n'\nscorn/',\nand\n<feeW.\nIt\nis\ndifficult\nto\nexplain\nby\nphilological law\nwhy\nthe\ne\nbefore the\nfinal\n/\nis\nomitted\nin\n<\nlocks'\n(228),\n<\nfalls'\n(5-94),\n<\nbreeds'\n(742),\n'lends'\n(790),\n'begins'\n(8\n3f),\nor 'sings'\n(8\n3\n(J),\nand\nis\nyet\ninserted\nin\n'sweares^\n(80),\n'heares'\n(702),\n'leapes' (1025),\n'lookes'\n(1053),\nor\n'bowes'\n(\n1\n1\n7\n1\n).\nA\nlike\nuncertainty\nbroods\nover\nthe\npast\ntense\nof\nverbs.\nThe\ncustomary\n-ed\nis\nrepresented\nby\nas\nmany\nas\nseven\nvarying\nforms,\nW,\n^,\n'^,\nde^\n^de^\n/,\n'^,\nwhich\nare\nemployed\nat\nthe\ncomposi-\ntor's will\nwithout\nlogical\njustification. Such discrepant\nforms\nas\n'\nprison^\n',\n<\nd\nrown^\n',\n'\nca\nW\n',\n'\nray\nI^\n',\n'\nprouok'^\n',\n'\nwreak'/\n',\n'hem'4\",\n'unwitness^^', 'asham'^',\n'smoothr^i^', 'perplex^^',\n'imprison^',\n'\nopen^\", 'trench/', 'dre[n]ch/',\nand\n'stop/',\nare\ntaken\nfrom\na\nsuccession\nof\nfourteen\nstanzas\n(11.\n979-10(^2)\nwhich\nwere\nchosen\nat\nrandom.\nA\nfew\nlines\nbelow\nwe\nfind\nthe\nforms\n'\nliu'^'\n(1080), 'di^^'\n(1080),\n'liuV^'\n(108^),\nand\n'lurk/' (io8d) within\na\nseven-line\nlimit.*\nIt\nis\nincredible that a practised\npenman\nwould\nhave\nsuffered so\nmany\ninconsistencies\nto\nremain\nin the\nproof\nif\nthe\nopportunity\nof\nremoving them\nhad been\ngiven\nhim. On\nthe\nwhole\nit\nseems\nimprobable,\neither\nthat\nShakespeare's\nresponsi-\nbility for\nthe\ntext\nwent\nbeyond\nthe\nmere\nact\nof\nhanding\nhis\nmanuscript\nto Field, or\nthat\nField's\ncorrector\nof\nthe\npress\npossessed average\nefficiency.\nIn Field's\nnew\nedition\nof 1^94\nthe type of\nthat\nof\ni)'93\nThe\ntext\nof\nwas\nreset\nthroughout\nfrom\na\nprinted\ncopy.\nThe\nsignatures are\n^ ^9^-\nrepeated\n(B-G\nin fours\nand Hi) and\nthe\nnumber\nof leaves are\nagain seven-and-twenty. The signature F[i]\nis\nhowever\nomitted.\nThe\ntypographical changes only\naffect\nthe spelling\nof words and\nare\ndue\nto\nthe\ncompositors'\nvagaries.\nNo\nother\n'\nCf. A. Wuerzner, Die Orthographic\nder ersten\nQuarto-Ausgabc\nvon\nShakespeare's Venus and\nAdonts und\nLucrece^\nVienna, 1887, 8vo,G 2","text_extracted_at":"2026-01-30T20:55:21.480Z","text_extracted_by":"pdf-processor","text_has_content":true,"text_source":"born_digital","uploaded":true,"width":1632},"relationships":[{"peer":"01KG89K4X0DM39SSQK43XXG34R","predicate":"derived_from"},{"peer":"01KG89JREDR8WY5QQGYR5FZRDY","peer_type":"collection","predicate":"collection"}],"ver":2,"created_at":"2026-01-30T20:55:22.209Z","ts":"2026-01-30T20:55:24.859Z","edited_by":{"method":"manual","user_id":"01KFFH6ETXGRVD10WPNP3007D6"}}