{"id":"01KG8B0T68TB2E7TEJACQSP03X","cid":"bafkreia3yx7tquvc2izeb2qwvm2yej64etjinj3xgr5tz23w3ddtgzdube","type":"file","properties":{"cid":"bafkreihanqzzi7xav2qu366aic2tgsdipl3by4fznmvl5nnokb2c27tijy","content_type":"image/jpeg","filename":"02_venus_and_adonis_1905_facsimile_page_0055.jpg","height":2400,"key":"pdf-page-1769806521480-csqu6b8ov7p","label":"02_venus_and_adonis_1905_facsimile_page_0055.jpg","page_number":55,"pdf_type":"born_digital","size":617490,"text":"VENUS\nAND\nADONIS\n'\n^^\nfor\n<\nWithin'\n(23\nf);\n<aud'\nfor\n<and'\n(301);\n«\nbnt\n'\nfor\n<but>\n{l9l)'-,\n*Ho'\nfor\n<He'(y45-); <nor'for\n<noc'(<Jiy);\n<\nthe\nth'\nimpartiall\n'\nfor\n«\nth'\nimpartiall\n'\n(748)\n;\n<-\nhad\n'\nfor\n<\nwas\n'\n(i\n0^4)\nj\n'crop's' for\n'crops\n'\n(i\n1\n75\").\nNone\nof these are\nlikely\nto\nmislead.\nBut misprints\nare\nnot\nthe\nmain\ndefects\nof the\nvolume.\nA\nmore\nDiscrepan-\nserious\nflaw\nlies\nin\nthe\ncareless\ndiscrepancies\nwhich\ncharacterize\n\"\"..^^\nthe\nspelling\nof\ncommon\nwords.\nVery\nlittle\ntime\nmust have\nbeen\n'^^\n\"^\nspent on\nthe\nrevision of\nproof-sheets\nof\na\nbook\nin\nwhich some\nof\nthe\ncommonest\nwords\nwere\nspelt\nindifferently two\nor\nthree\nways\nin\ncontiguous stanzas.\nElizabethan\nspelling\nwas\nimpatient\nof\nstrict\nlaw,\nbut\nwell-printed books\nobserved\nwithin\ntheir\nlimits\na\ndefinite\nsystem\nin\nthe\ntreatment\nof\nordinary\nwords.\nIn\nthe\nfirst\nissue\nof\nFenus and\nJdonis chaos\nreigns\nsupreme.\nIn\nthe\nsame\nstanzas\nwe have both\n<kis'\n(207)\nand\n'kisse' (209),\nand\nboth\n'sun'\n(193)\nand 'sunne'\n(198),\nwhile\nelsewhere\n(75-0)\nwe\nmeet with\na\nthird variant\nin\n'\nsonne.'\nSimilar\nirregularities are\n'\nblood\n'\n(fffjand'bloud'\n(1122);\n'bore' (1003)\nand 'boare'\n(1112);\n<\ndesier '(3d)\nand\n'desire\n'\n(747); 'eyes '(120)\nand\n'\neies\n'\n(i\nof o);\n'\nflood\n'(824)\nand\n'\nfloud\n'\n(in\n'\nfloud-gates\n',\nf\n3 )\nj 'flower'\n(8\n)\nand\n'\nfloure\n'\n(i\nOf\nf)5\n'inchaunt'\n(145-)\nand 'inchanting'\n(247)\nj\n'lion\n'\n(1093)\nand\n'\nlyon\n'\n(884);\n' litle\n'(132) and\n'little'\n(i\n1\n7^)'^\n'pray\n'\n(i.e.\n'prey', jS)\nand\n'praie'\n(1097);\n'rain'\n(3(^0)\nand\n'raine'\n(71)^\n'sayes'\n(8fi)\nand\n'saies'\n(1173);\n'skie' (48\nf)\nand 'skye'\n(8\nir);\n'\nspite\n'\n(i73)and\n'spight'\n(i\n1\n3\n3);\n'\nin\nspite\nof\n'\n(i\n73)\nand\n'despight\nof\n(7fi)^\n'spirit' (one syllable, 882)\nand\n'sprite'\n(i8r);\n'sproong'\n(ii(J8)\nand 'sprong'\n(1171).\nThe\noccasional\nuse of contractions and\nof the\nsymbol\nsigns\nof\ncon-\n'&'\nfor. ^\nand\n' is\nprobably\nan\nendeavour\non\na\nclumsy\nprinter's\npart\nto\nprevent\nthe\nover-running\nof\nthe line in\nwhich they\nare\npresent. But\nit is\njust possible that\nthey reproduce\na\ncharac-\nteristic of\nthe author's\nmanuscripts.\nIn\nShakespeare's extant\nsignatures, some\nof the letters are\nrepresented by\nthe\nabbrevia-\ntracrions.","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":"2026-01-30T20:55:22.568Z","ts":"2026-01-30T20:55:24.864Z","edited_by":{"method":"manual","user_id":"01KFFH6ETXGRVD10WPNP3007D6"}}