The reading of the present text appears to the left of the square bracket. Unless otherwise noted, the reading to the left of the bracket is from Q, the First Quarto text (upon which this edition is based). Q3 is the Third Quarto of 1595; ~ stands in place of a word already quoted before the square bracket; ^ indicates the omission of a punctuation mark.
Preliminaries 2. aqua.] aqua. | LONDON | Imprinted by Richard Field, and are to be sold at | the signe of the white Greyhound in | Paules Church-yard. | 1593. Q
Poem 26. precedent] Q (president)
57. haste] Q (hast)
83. long] Q (lõg)
84. countless] Q (comptlesse)
137. Then . . . then] Q (Thẽ . . . thẽ)
147. hair] Q (heare)
153. strengthless] strẽgthles
167. from] Q (frõ)
186. face;] ~^ Q
213. Statue] Q (Statüe)
223, 225, 277, 301. Sometimes] Q (Sometime)
259. copse] Q (copp’s)
297. strong] Q (strõg)
304. whe’er] Q (where)
308. mind.] ~, Q
362. jail] Q (gaile)
363. alabaster] Q (allablaster)
393. But] Bnt Q
406. dumb] Q (dũbe)
429. mermaid’s] Q (marmaides)
432. wounding] Q (woũding)
443. from] Q (frõ)
457. marketh.] ~, Q
521. payment] Q (paimẽt)
560. handling] Q (hãdling)
570. then] Q (thẽ); woos] Q (woes); when] Q (whẽ)
583. waste] Q (wast)
607. vain;] ~, Q
638. naught] nanght Q
641. dissemble] Q (dissẽble)
642. and] aud Q
658. sometimes] Q (sometime) twice
666. them] Q (thẽ)
678. hounds] Q (hoũds)
680. overshoot] Q (ouer-shut)
685, 687, 689. Sometimes] Q (Sometime)
689. deer] Q (deare)
740. frenzies] frendzies Q
750. sun] Q (sonne)
754. sons] Q (suns)
789. device] Q (deuise)
870, 909, 1029. haste] Q (hast)
899. them leave] Q (thẽ leaue)
940. random] Q (randon)
966. them] Q (thẽ)
1005. ’Tis] T’is Q
1031. as] Q3; are Q
1048. confound] Q (confoũd)
1050. from] Q (frõ)
1054. drenched] Q (drẽcht)
1077. canst] Q (cãst)
1139. low] Q (lo)
1146. dumb] Q (dũbe)
1170. upon] Q (upõ)
1176. compares] Q (cõpares)