The Tragedie of Cymbeline

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Excerpt from The Tragedie of Cymbeline: Reprinted From the First Folio, 1623, With Collaborations of the Second, Third, and Fourth Folios A few words are necessary to explain the conditions under which I have the honour of presenting this reprint of Cymbeline to the Society. Some years ago I undertook to publish a critical edition of the play, and in consequence I devoted much time and labour to the subject in its several branches, but, when I had brought my work to an advanced stage of preparation, a combination of unfortunate circumstances obliged me to abandon it, at least for some time. The present publication represents that portion of my labour which was spent in the collation of the Folios. This may appear at first sight to have been performed with unnecessary attention to accuracy in the minutest details. But I am of opinion that a mere selection of certain variations could not be entitled to the consideration of scholars. I, therefore, lay before readers every difference, small and great, which is to be found, and leave each student to determine for himself their relative importance. Perfect accuracy is the first requisite in such an undertaking, which indeed can scarcely lay claim to much other literary merit, this has been my endeavour, and with the object of attaining it I have spared no pains. The text is founded on "the Grenville" copy of the first Folio edition of Shakspere's plays, 1623, in which Cymbeline occupies pages 369 - 399 (misprinted 993) inclusive. This copy in every respect corresponds with the two other copies of the same Folio, F1, in the British Museum, but differs in a few particulars from the copy in the Library of Trinity College, Dublin, which I also collated. With these I collated the 2nd Folio 1632, the 3rd Folio 1664, the 4th Folio 1685: all the differences are set forth exactly in this edition. I have been assisted throughout by the counsels of our Director, Mr. F. J. Furnivall, M.A., without whose encouragement I should have scarcely persevered in the task, and it was chiefly in deference to his suggestion that I added a collation of Folios 3 and 4 to my scheme. 2 February, 1883. W. J. Craig. P.S. The Society's edition of Cymbeline will now be that in the Old-Spelling Shakspere, of which the 3 vols. of Comedies are now at press. If Mr. Craig will hereafter put his Introduction and Notes to the Play together for the Society, they will be publisht in a separate volume. - F.J. F About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.