Hierarchies Again (2)
Physical markup
<book>
<gathering>
<forme>
<page>
<column>
[<line> ... </line>]*
</column>
</page>
</forme>
</gathering>
</book>
Speech prefixes
<SP norm="First Lord">1. <I>Lord E.</I></SP> He can come no other way but by this hedge
* * * * * * * <SP norm="First Lord"><I>Lor. </I>E.</SP> Art not acquainted with him? knowes he not
* The line entity is problematic in Early Modern texts because of such compositorial elements as hung words, where a conceptual line is broken into two parts; a hung word can also be part of a marginal stage direction. Other kinds of marginalia also call for complicated workarounds. [Back]
