cases, act divisions, because these frequently impede
the flow of the action, which in Shakespeare's time
was curiously like that of modern films.

Spelling has been modernized except when the orig-
inal clearly indicates a pronunciation unlike our own,
e.g. desart (desert), divel (devil), banket (banquet),
and often in such Elizabethan syncopations as stolne
(stol'n), and tane (ta'en). In reproducing such
forms we have followed the inconsistent usage of the
original.

We have also preserved the original capitalization
when this is a part of the meaning. In like manner we
have tended to adopt the lineation of the original in
many cases where modern editors print prose as verse
or verse as prose. We have, moreover, followed the
original punctuation wherever it was practicable.
In verse we print a final -ed to indicate its full
syllabic value, otherwise 'd. In prose we have followed
the inconsistencies of the original in this respect.

Our general practice has been to include in foot-
notes all information a reader needs for immediate
understanding of the given page. In somewhat em-
piric fashion we repeat glosses as we think the reader
needs to be reminded of the meaning. Further in-
formation is given in notes (indicated by the letter N
in the footnotes) to be found at the back of each
volume. Appendices deal with the text and sources
of the play.

Square brackets indicate material not found in the
original text. Long emendations or lines taken from
another authoritative text of a play are indicated
in the footnotes for the information of the reader.
We have silently corrected obvious typographical
errors.

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