Pandosto: A Note on the Text
By Alan Galey
The base text for this edtion was scanned from Greene, Robert. "Pandosto: the Triumph of Time." Narrative and Dramatic Sources of Shakespeare. Geoffery Bullough, ed. Vol. 8. New York: Columbia University Press, 1975. pp. 156-199. University of Victoria call number PR2952 B8 v.8. Bullough based his edition mainly on the B.M. copy of 1588 and used the Folger 1592 copy where the 1588 is missing Signature B. The splice is indicated in Bullough's footnotes and explained in his introduction (p. 118). The reel numbers for the microfilm versions are 344 (the 1595 edition) and 546 (the 1588 edition).
The scan from Bullough's 1588-based edition was checked against a photocopy of the 1595 version and corrected to match the 1595. The corrections include the following editorial changes:
- I have modernized capitalization, italics, justification, line breaks, and macron vowels. Abbreviated words, such as articles, "that", and "with" have been normalized; "&" has been changed to "and." In cases of two words running together, such as "thother", an apostrophe has been added to indicate the missing letter (ie. "th'other").
- All other spellings, including errors, have been retained. When the Bullough text and the 1595 facismilie disagree in spelling or extra words, Bullough's text is followed.
- For reference purposes, Bullough's page divisions are retained in square brackets.
- I have also retained Bullough's added letters, such as "to[o] good for all". Anything else appearing in square brackets is mine.
Scanning, proofing, and some annotations from 1595 edition by Alan Galey, University of Victoria, July-August 1997.