{"id":"01KG8B566Y3CZ6NXG58G2AM2RA","cid":"bafkreicicfvkid2opk4sn7jfo5ooqz56pvbiwkascygr7d2gdnwx3apy6q","type":"file","properties":{"cid":"bafkreih2o4dnfnxlx2sdtwojpt3cbxq2pwyrhrf26t3fdrh63hmfr556na","content_type":"image/jpeg","filename":"02_venus_and_adonis_1905_facsimile_page_0167.jpg","height":2400,"key":"pdf-page-1769806643975-ugo3s32ilo","label":"02_venus_and_adonis_1905_facsimile_page_0167.jpg","page_number":167,"pdf_type":"born_digital","size":537562,"text":"LUCRECE\n31\nTheir\nsurvival\nin\nonly\none extant copy,\ntheir\nabsence\nfrom\nall\nthe\nothers,\nproves\nthat\nthe\ncopy\nwhich\nretains\nthem\nwas theearliest\nextant\nimpression to\nleave the\nprinting-office.\nThe\nfive\nunique\nreadings in\nthe\nBodleian\ncopy\nI,\nwith\nthe\ncor-\nrections which\nappear\nin\nall\nother impressions of the\nfirst\nedition,\nare\n:—\n<\nmorning'\n(I.\n24)\nfor\n<\nmornings\n'\n[i.e.\nmorning's];\n'\nAppologie'\n(1.\n31)\nfor\n«\napologies';\n<\nColatium\n' (I.\nyo)\nfor\n'\nColatia\n'\n;\n<■\nhimselfe betakes\n'\n(1.\n1\n2\nj) for\n<\nthemselves betake\n'\n;\n<\nwakes\n'\n(1.\n126)\nfor\n<\nwake.'\nOnly\nthe\nfirst\nof\nthese\nreadings\nis\na\nquite\nobvious\nmisprint.\nThe\nsubstitution\nof\n<\napologies\n'\nfor\n<\nAppologie\n'\nimproves\nthe\nspelling,\nbut the verb ^needeth',\nwhich\nthe\nnoun\ngoverns,\nis\nsuffered\nto\nremain\nin the\nsingular\nafter\nits\nsubject\nis\nput\ninto\nthe plural\n—\na\nsyntactical construction\nwhich\nis\ndefensible but\nnot\nusual. The\nalteration\n<\nColatia\n'\nis\nright.\nNo\nsuch\ntown\nas\nColatiaw\nis\nknown,\nbut\nin spite\nof\nits\nremoval from\nline\n^\no,\nthe erroneous\nform\n'\nCohtium\n'\nis\nstill\nsuffered\nto deface\nin\nall\ncopies\nline 4\n—\nthe\nonly\nother place\nwhere\nthe\ntown\nis\nmentioned. The\nchange\nin line\n125-\nseems intended\nto get\nrid\nof the\nawkward\nconstruction of the singular verb\nwith\na\nplural subject in\n<\nwinds\nthat wakej-' in\nthe next\nline,\n126.\nIn\nline i2y the\nfirst\nreading\n«\nAnd\neuerie one\nto\nrest\nhimself\nbetakej-\n' is\ngrammatically\nbetter\nthan\nthe\nsecond,\n<■\nAnd\neuerie\none\nto rest\nthemselues\nbetake\n';\nbut\nin\norder\nto\nrime\n'\nwake\n'\n(of the next\nline) satisfactorily,\nit\nwas\nneedful\nto\nput\nthe verbat\nthe\nend\nof the\npreceding\nline\nin the\nplural and\nto\ngive\nit\na\nplural instead of\na\nsingular\nsubject.\nIn the\nfollowing\ninstance the\nreading\nin the\nBodleian copy\nReading\nwhich\nis\nhere\nreproduced\nappears\nin\nonly one other\ncopy\nin\np^^\"'^^^\n^\"^\n,\nj//-^ii\n^^^°\nextantthe\nsecond (Caldecott) copy m\nthe\nsame\nlibrary.\ncopi\ntwo extantes.\n*Euen\nso the patterne of\nthis\nworne out age'\n(1. 1370.)","text_extracted_at":"2026-01-30T20:57:23.975Z","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":"2026-01-30T20:57:45.950Z","ts":"2026-01-30T20:58:34.853Z","edited_by":{"method":"manual","user_id":"01KFFH6ETXGRVD10WPNP3007D6"}}