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List of print anomalies in the Folio text
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This list was compiled by Catherine Lisak and Associate Textual Editor, Don Bailey. It records anomalies that occurred in setting the type and printing of Richard II in the First Folio (1623). All comparisons were made with the Norton facsimile of the First Folio, edited by Charlton Hinman.
- TLN: 18: Aym'd
- Ambiguity: - the "apostrophe" of "Aym'd" appears to be a turned comma.
- TLN: 39: rhis
- Ambiguity: the "t" of "this" is printed "r". See TLN 39, TLN 600 and TLN 851.
- TLN: 39: Princely
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- TLN: 56: cooI'd
- Ambiguity: the "l" of cool'd is printed "I". See TLN 259, TLN 329, TLN 476, TLN 518, TLN 592, TLN 727, TLN 770 and TLN 1453.
- TLN: 56: this.
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- TLN: 72: this
- Irregularity: the ascender of the "t" in "let" is bent and also seems to have slipped. There are similarities with TLN 2618.
- TLN: 73: hopes
- Irregularity: the ascender of the "h" in "hopes" is broken.
- TLN: 85: n="85>lIe
- Ambiguity: the capital "I" and the small "l" of "Ile" have been printed in reverse order.
- TLN: 89: lay
- Ambiguity: "say" may read "lay".
- TLN: 100: Trea{s}ons
- Irregularity: the "s" of "Trea{s}ons" is partly damaged.
- TLN: 108: blood:
- Irregularity: the mark before the colon is too straight in shape to be a comma: maybe a broken piece of type or possibly a blank space showing.
- TLN: 112: of
- Irregularity: the "f" is only partly printed.
- TLN: 131: n="131>Threc
- Ambiguity: the second "e" of "Three" is a strangely italicized "c". See TLN 233, TLN 776 and TLN 2028.
- TLN: 152: foote,
- Irregularity: the straight line is part of a raised blank type that hold the lines in position. See TLN 154, TLN 287, TLN 315, TLN 382, TLN 557, TLN 742, TLN 895, TLN 927, TLN 1010, TLN 1033, TLN 1059, TLN 1062, TLN 1074.
- TLN: 154: bo{s}ome.
- Irregularity: the straight line is part of a raised blank type that hold the lines in position. See TLN 152.
- TLN: 183: norm="MOWBRAY">Mo,
- Ambiguity: there is a comma in place of a period.
- TLN: 214: Armes,
- Irregularity: a "colon" hovers above the comma.
- TLN: 225: vengeance
- Irregularity: the second "n" of "vengeance" is only partly printed.
- TLN: 228: one)
- Irregularity: the top part of the "closing parenthesis" is damaged.
- TLN: 233: n="233>But
- Irregularity: in the previous word, there is a Greek "_" or possibly an Old-English lettering in place of the "t".
- TLN: 236: crack'd
- Irregularity: in the previous word, the second "c" is strangely italicized. See TLN 131, TLN 776 and TLN 2028.
- TLN: 238: Murders
- Irregularity: the second "r" of "Murders" is only partly printed.
- TLN: 248: n="248>Thou
- Irregularity: the "h" of "Thou" is only partly printed.
- TLN: 259: complaint
- Ambiguity: "complaint" may read "compIaint". See TLN 56.
- TLN: 266: misfortune
- Irregularity: the "s" of "misfortune" looks strangely like a small type number 5. It might possibly be a badly damaged "s". See TLN 858.
- TLN: 275: wotd
- Irregularity: - the "r" of "word" is a small "t". See TLN 544 and See TLN 1223.
- TLN: 287: welcome,
- Irregularity: there is a raised piece of blank type after the comma. See TLN 152.
- TLN: 315: truth,
- Irregularity: a stray mark appears after the comma, most probably a raised piece of "blank type". See TLN 152.
- TLN: 329: Royall
- Irregularity: the previous word may read "Royall" or "RoyaIl". The first "l" looks lie a capital "I". See TLN 56.
- TLN: 340: hardie
- Irregularity: the ascender of the "d" in "hardie" is bent to the right.See TLN 377.
- TLN: 377: doubly
- Irregularity: the ascender of the "d" in "doubly" is bent to the right. See TLN 340.
- TLN: 382: lot,
- Irregularity: a stray mark appears after the comma, most probably a raised piece of "blank type". See TLN 152.
- TLN: 389: Battell
- Irregularity: the "B" of "Battell" is only partly printed.
- TLN: 389: Aduer{s}arie
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- TLN: 451: de{s}erued
- Irregularity: the ascender of the "d" in "de{s}erued" is bent to the left.See TLN 461, TLN 500 and TLN 1901.
- TLN: 459: mouth
- Irregularity: the "h" of "mouth" is only partly printed.
- TLN: 461: dull
- Irregularity: in the previous word, the ascender of the "d" is bent to the left. See TLN 451.
- TLN: 461: vnfeeling
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- TLN: 467: Rich,
- Irregularity: there is a comma in place of a period after the SP "Rich".
- TLN: 476: ueuer
- Irregularity: in the previous word, there is a turned "n" : "neuer" reads "ueuer". See TLN 2535.
- TLN: 476: helpe
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- TLN: 500: worlds
- Irregularity: the ascender of the "d" in "worlds" is slightly bent to the left. See TLN 451.
- TLN: 501: thine
- Irregularity: the "e" in "thine" is only partly printed.
- TLN: 503: n="503>Hath
- Irregularity: the second "h" in "Hath" is only partly printed.
- TLN: 518: Iiue
- Ambiguity: the "l" of "liue" is an "I". See TLN 56.
- TLN: 532: {{s}h}ould
- Irregularity: the "d" in "{{s}h}ould" is partly damaged and oddly shaped.
- TLN: 536: Rich,
- Irregularity: there is a comma in place of a period after the SP "Rich".
- TLN: 540: remaine
- Irregularity: the "a" in "remaine" has slipped downwards.
- TLN: 544: teturn{{s}t}
- Irregularity: the first "r" of "return{{s}t}" is a small "t". See TLN 275 and TLN 1223.
- TLN: 545: Bnll.
- Irregularity: the italicized "u" of "Bull" is turned. See TLN 576.
- TLN: 557: returne.
- Irregularity: a stray mark appears after the period, most probably a raised piece of "blank type". See TLN 152, TLN 154, TLN 287, TLN 315 and TLN 382, TLN 742 and TLN 895.
- TLN: 559: fro{{s}t}ie
- Irregularity: the "i" of "fro{{s}t}ie" is only partly printed.
- TLN: 561: n="561>by
- Irregularity: - the compositor has omitted to capitalize the "b" of "by". See TLN 563; TLN 579 and TLN 593.
- TLN: 563: n="563>by
- Irregularity: the compositor has omitted to capitalize the "b" of "by". See TLN 561, TLN 579 and TLN 593.
- TLN: 576: Anmerle,
- Irregularity: the italicized "u" of "Aumerle is turned. See TLN 545.
- TLN: 579: n="579>but
- Irregularity: - the compositor failed to capitalize the "b" of "but". See TLN 561, TLN 563 and TLN 593.
- TLN: 592: voIume
- Ambiguity: the "l" of "volume" is a capital "I". See TLN 56.
- TLN: 593: but
- Irregularity: the "b" in the previous word is not capitalized. See TLN 561, TLN 563 and TLN 579.
- TLN: 600: familiat
- Ambiguity: the small "r" of "familiar" is a "t". See TLN 39 and TLN 851.
- TLN: 644: {{s}t}riue
- Irregularity: the "{{s}t}" of "{{s}t}riue" is badly damaged.
- TLN: 644: breth
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- TLN: 652: markt
- Irregularity: the "t" of "markt" is broken.
- TLN: 727: pIay
- Ambiguity: the "l" of "play" may be a capital "I". See TLN 56.
- TLN: 729: mec
- Irregularity: the second "e" of "mee" is a "c". See TLN 1240, TLN 1631 and TLN 1634.
- TLN: 741: thy'
- Irregularity: in the previous word, the "apostrophe" may be a substitute for the "e" in "thye".
- TLN: 742: thee.
- Irregularity: a stray mark appears after the period, most probably a raised piece of "blank type". See TLN 152.
- TLN: 762: cha{fi}ng
- Ambiguity: Don Bailey notes that "cha{{s}i}ng" may read "cha{fi}ng" because of the cross of the "f" that connects with the "i".
- TLN: 766: {s}o{#}roundly
- Ambiguity: the words "{s}o" and "roundly" are not clearly spaced. There might be a compositorial confusion with "{s}urroundly".
- TLN: 770: aIready
- Ambiguity: the "l" of "already" is a capital "I". See TLN 56.
- TLN: 771: tapt
- Irregularity: in the previous word the "p" looks like a turned "d" as appears in TLN 340.
- TLN: 771: and
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- TLN: 773: {s}oules)
- Irregularity: the italicized "closing parenthesis" is partly damaged.
- TLN: 776: {{s}i}ckne{{s}{s}}e
- Ambiguity: the "c" of "{{s}i}ckne{{s}{s}}e" is oddly shaped. See TLN 131.
- TLN: 799: death>
- Irregularity: the "d" of "death" is faintly printed.
- TLN: 851: Atrurneyes
- Ambiguity: the second "t" of "Atturneyes" appears to be an "r", suggesting a compositorial error. "Atturneyes" reads "Atrurneyes". See TLN 39 and TLN 600.
- TLN: 858: goods
- Irregularity: the "s" in "goods" is badly damaged and looks strangely like a small type number 5. See TLN 266.
- TLN: 861: cour{s}es
- Irregularity: the "r" of "cour{s}es" is faintly printed.
- TLN: 882: {s}o,
- Irregularity: broken type used to create a made-up piece of punctuation. See TLN 1121 and TLN 1266.
- TLN: 895: heires.
- Irregularity: the stray mark is a raised piece of "blank type" after the period. See TLN 152.
- TLN: 900: not
- Irregularity: a stray mark between "wot" and "not" makes the words "wot" and "not" seem crammed together.
- TLN: 915: {s}alles
- Irregularity: the "i" of "{s}ailes" looks like an "l": either a compositorial misspelling or a damaged "l" chosen because it looked like an "i" when it was cast-off.
- TLN: 927: Blan
- Irregularity: there is a raised piece of "blank type" after the period. See TLN 152.
- TLN: 974: to
- Ambiguity: the "t" of "to" is partly broken.
- TLN: 975: bur
- Ambiguity: the "t" of "but" is an "r", suggesting a compositorial error. See TLN 39, TLN 600 and TLN 851.
- TLN: 987: fore-father
- Irregularity: the "hyphen" of "fore-father" is faint, possibly due to a slightly lowered type and poor inking.
- TLN: 1010: not
- Irregularity: in the previous word, a stray mark, most probably a raised piece of "blank type", appears before the "n". See TLN 152.
- TLN: 1012: whereupon
- Irregularity: the "e" of "whereupon" is faintly printed, possibly due to a slightly lowered type and poor inking.
- TLN: 1026: fal{s}e
- Irregularity: the "s" of fal{s}e is faintly printed.
- TLN: 1033: greefe:
- Irregularity: a stray mark, most probably a raised piece of "blank type", appears after the "colon". TLN 152.
- TLN: 1043: Nobles
- Irregularity: the "s" of "Nobles" is broken, even ressembling the Greek letters "_" ("sigma") or even "_" ("epsilon"), though in either case broken.
- TLN: 1051: is`t
- Irregularity: in the previous word, there is an "accent mark" in place of an "apostrophe".
- TLN: 1059: warres?
- Irregularity: in the previous word, a stray mark, most probably a raised piece of "blank type", appears after the "question mark".
- TLN: 1061: poouide
- Irregularity: - the "r" of "prouide" is an italicized "o".
- TLN: 1062: there.
- Irregularity: a stray mark, most probably a raised piece of "blank type", appears after the period. See TLN 152.
- TLN: 1064: to
- Irregularity: the "t" of "to" is turned. See TLN 1079.
- TLN: 1074: {{s}h}ould
- Irregularity: - there is a stray mark before the previous word, most probably a raised piece of "blank type". See TLN 152.
- TLN: 1075: All
- Irregularity: - there is a stray mark before the previous word, most probably a raised piece of "blank type". See TLN 152.
- TLN: 1079: neerene{{s}{s}}e
- Irregularity: the "r" of "neerene{{s}{s}}e" is turned. See TLN 1064.
- TLN: 1081: Ba
- Irregularity: there is no punctuation after the speech prefix.
- TLN: 1121: this,
- Irregularity: the punctuation is a small, made-up comma. See TLN 882 and TLN 1266.
- TLN: 1139: is
- Irregularity: the "s" of "is" is broken. See TLN 1043.
- TLN: 1184: you
- NOTE: under the previous word, there is a manuscript mark (an "underlining") unique to the page that Hinman chose for Norton.
- TLN: 1204: Bo{s}ome,
- Irregularity: the comma is damaged.
- TLN: 1223: Atmes
- Irregularity: the "r" of "Armes" is a "t". See TLN 275 and TLN 544.
- TLN: 1240: Liucrie
- Irregularity: --the first "e" of "Liuerie" is a "c". See TLN 729.
- TLN: 1263: the{s}e
- Irregularity: the "{s}" of "the{s}e" is very faintly printed.
- TLN: 1266: could,
- Irregularity: the previous punctuation appears to be a broken piece of type used as a comma. See TLN 882 and TLN 1121.
- TLN: 1389: Lord
- Irregularity: -the capital "L" of "Lord" is a bent roman letter.
- TLN: 1412: the
- Irregularity: the marks between "by" and "the" looks like a badly damaged "{{s}t}" with just the remnant of the {s}.
- TLN: 1415: heauenly
- Irregularity: the second "e" of "heauenly" is badly damaged.
- TLN: 1453: lo{{s}t}
- Irregularity: the "l" of "lo{{s}t}" might be a capital "I". The word may read "Io{{s}t}". See TLN 56.
- TLN: 1509: yet
- Irregularity: the "e" of "yet" is badly damaged.
- TLN: 1514: Pa{{s}t}e,
- Irregularity: the comma is broken.
- TLN: 1631: grcene
- Irregularity: the first "e" of "greene" is a "c". See TNL=729.
- TLN: 1634: Plaine
- Irregularity: the "e" of "Plaine" looks possibly like a "c". The word may read "Plainc". See TLN 729.
- TLN: 1639: Elements
- Irregularity: the "s" of "Elements" is damaged.
- TLN: 1737: an
- Irregularity: the "n" of "an" is damaged.
- TLN: 1810: play
- Irregularity: the "a" of "play" is damaged.
- TLN: 1826: bootes
- Irregularity: the "e" of "bootes" is damaged.
- TLN: 1837: one
- Irregularity: the "e" of "one" is damaged.
- TLN: 1842: {s}ome
- Ambiguity: without being italicized, the "{s}" of "{s}ome" is oddly shaped.
- TLN: 1845: Common-wealth:
- Ambiguity: without being italicized, the "colon" at the end of this line is oddly bent.
- TLN: 1854: Flowers
- Ambiguity: the "s" of "Flowers" is partly damaged.
- TLN: 1864: What,
- Ambiguity: the comma at the end of this line is possibly a period. Donald Bailey notes that both the Brandeis F1 and Sutro 2 F1 have a period and suggests that the comma may be a press variant.
- TLN: 1869: n="1869>Aad
- Ambiguity: the "n" of "And" is an "a".
- TLN: 1870: skin
- Irregularity: the "s" of "skin" is only partly printed.
- TLN: 1884: Qu:
- Irregularity: there seems to be a "slipped colon" after the SP.
- TLN: 1901: oddes
- Ambiguity: in the previous word, the ascender to the "d" is bent to the left. See TLN 451.
- TLN: 1943: an{f}wer
- Ambiguity: the "{s}" of "an{s}wer" is shaped like an {f} and the word reads an{f}wer.
- TLN: 1943: man?
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- TLN: 2011: bani{{s}h}'d
- Ambiguity: the "{{s}h}" of "bani{{s}h}'d" is damaged.
- TLN: 2028: plume-pluckt
- Ambiguity: the "c" of "plume-pluckt" is oddly shaped. See TLN 131.
- TLN: 2069: you
- Irregularity: the "u" of "you" has slipped down.
- TLN: 2088: tuture
- Ambiguity: "to tuture" may be a misspelling of "to tutor" or "to torture".
- TLN: 2115: Part
- Irregularity: the "a" of "Part" is only partly printed: an inking problem probably due to this different piece of "a" type that was possibly lower set.
- TLN: 2128: Teares
- Ambiguity: the capital "T" of "Teares" is badly damaged, making it look like the Greek letter "gamma", "_".
- TLN: 2161: Pilate,
- Irregularity: the italic "i" of "Pilate" is mangled.
- TLN: 2280: awak'd
- Irregularity: the first "a" of "awak'd" has slipped down.
- TLN: 2376: his
- Irregularity: "h" of "his" is broken.
- TLN: 2411: Richards
- Irregularity: in the previous word, the ascender to the italic "d" is bent to the left.
- TLN: 2411: Friend
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- TLN: 2412: n="2412>And
- Irregularity: in the previous word, the ascender to the "d" is bent to the left.
- TLN: 2492: fa{{s}t}
- Irregularity: the "{s}" of "fa{{s}t}" is broken.
- TLN: 2535: withiu
- Irregularity: the "n" of "within" is a "u". See TLN 476.
- TLN: 2618: let
- Irregularity: in the previous word, the ascender to the "t" is bent, and ressembles the Greek letter "_". See both TLN 72 and TLN 233.
- TLN: 2623: husband
- Irregularity: the "s" of "husband" is of a smaller type. See TLN 766.
- TLN: 2776: Ri.
- Irregularity: the "i" of "Ri. " is mangled and ressembles an italic "s".