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 (ban-
quet), and often in such Elizabethan syncopations
as ere (e'er), stolne (stol'n), and tane (ta'en). In
reproducing such forms we have followed the incon-
sistent 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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