a   wane,

38.5 ply c ply.

42.2 tydes a tydes.

46.1 knight, c knight

51.5 rotten, c rotten,

Canto 2

22.2 Florimell. c Florimelt,

22.4 tell, c tell,

46.9 stout, c stout

50.9 came, c came

53.5 assynd, c assynd,,

Canto 3

4.7 fortune c fortnne

6.3 Priamond c Prirmond

7.4 skill c sill

32.2 in c in

Canto 4

1.4 depends; c depends.

2.4 Blandamour [editorial conjecture] Scudamour bed

8.2 Ferraa c Ferrat

9.5 sight, c sight.

10.5 worse c worst

16.9 [line moved to left]

22.4 affray, c affray.

22.6 Maidenhead, c Maidenhead.

23.5 glode, glode.

24.1 beamlike c brauelike

24.4 guide, e guide.

24.5 side, c side.

27.3 behalue, c behalue.

27.9 fight, c fight

28.1 [line moved to left]

45.2 t’auenge c t’euenge

Canto 5

5.5 Acidatian [editorial conjecture] Aridalian bed

6.1 Cestus [editorial conjecture] Cestas bed

25.5 one c once

31.3 his c her

37.2 Pyracmon c Pynacmon

37.7 hammer c ham mer

Canto 6

23.5 vnlesse c vnlessc

28.6 He c Her

31.5 withstand, c withstand

46.4 mind, c mind.

46.5 whom [editorial conjecture] who be

Canto 7

1.1 darts c dart,

25.1 Which c With

34.1 sad c said

46.9 blist. c blist:

Canto 8

2.9 decay; e decay

30.4 then c them

38.2 flie; c flie

Canto 9

1.8 vertuous c vertues

3.7 trustie c Trustie

9.6 PffiUfio c Pceana

13.2 Pceana e Pceana

17.5 quest [editorial conjecture] guest 6c

18.8 represse, c represse.

26.1 There c Their

30.8 repayed c repayred

35.9 repeat; c repeat.

39.8 wretch, c wretch I

Canto 10

Arg. 1 conquest c conqust

7.8 manner c nanner

7.9 maintaine c maintaine,

19.1 meanest e nearest

23.2 to ghesse [rhyme scheme] to bee be

23.8 to bee [rhyme scheme] to ghesse be

25.1 alleyes c all eyes

36.3 Loue c loue

37.9 May c may

Canto 11

4.5 Grandame c Gramdame

4.6 seuen b [some copies] three be [some copies]

23.7 Ægæan [editorial conjecture] Agxan 6c

24.4 became, c became;

27.9 That c Tha

34.5 Grant [editorial conjecture] Guant be

36.7 and c And

48.8 Eudore [editorial conjecture] Endore be

52.4 vpbinde, c vpbinde.

Canto 12

5.4 none, c none.

5.5 bemone, c bemone,

18.3 seeing, Marinell c seeing Marinell

26.9 seene c seenc

BOOK V

Procttt

1.3 prime, erf prime.

4.7 farre, from d farrefrom, be

Canto 1

24.9 the cd the

30.5 aduenture d adueuture

Canto 2

Arg. 3 Munera [editorial conjecture] Momera bed

4.1 he d she b hee c

7.9 ouersight. cd ouersight

17.5 [line moved to left] Artegatt – Art egall b Arthegall cd

18.9 dight. cd dight

29.6 admire, cd admire.

32.4 earth cd eare

37.6 it’s cd its

50.5 make cd makes

Canto 3

24.2 image – image b Image cd

40.1 [line moved to right]

40.6 we c were b

Canto 4

4.5 fires cd fires

20.3 Bracidas cd Bracidas

33.1 Amazon? (sayd Artegall) [editorial conjecture] Amazon (sayd ArtegallT) b Amazon (sayd Arthegalt)!c Amazon (said Arthegall)’} d

36.8 her selfe, halfe [editorial conjecture] her selfe halfe, b her self(e) arm’d like a man cd

39.3 doale cd doile diuidc cd daude

Canto 5

Arg. 3 her cd her

27.9 abhord. c abhord

Canto 6

9.2 where erf where

17.5 Heard – Here b (corrected by catchword on preceding Page)

20.1 salute cd salute.

21.9 empeach. [editorial conjecture] empeach b impeach, cd

24.4 of her cd ofher

27.2 ofhis cd ofhis

30.5 euer – eucr

Canto 7

3.6 Britomart cd Britomart

6.5 twine of twine

13.1 Her seem’d, as cd Her seem’, das

13.5 red, cd red.

25.9 hold, cd hold

28.8 tie at tie.

Canto 8

8.1 him cd hm

16.1 them cd then

24.2 complained c complained.

40.9 pine moved to left]

45.2 caused cd caused

Canto 9

18.4 hard cd hart

23.9 [line moved to left]

41.5 inspyred) d inspyred.)

44.1 oppose cd appose

45–7Nobilitie cd Nobilitie

45.9 Griefe cd Griefe

Canto 10

1.3 to weeten Merck, [editorial conjecture] to weeten Mercie b to weeten Mercy, cd

6.4 and her cd and ofher

22.7 where cd where

Canto 11

19.3 hie, c hie,

56.9 dissemble cd dissemble

57.9 with all cd withatt

63.9 hold, cd hold;

Canto 12

1.9 enduren cd endure

15.8 gerne cd gcrne 16.6 sight cd fight

40.5 sword, the sword cd sword the sword,

BOOK VI

Proem

1.9 It [manifest error] tl

4.9 eies-eics b eyes cd

Canto 1

10.8 withall; cd withall,

13.9 pay. cd pfiy

23.6 carcasse cd carkarss

24.4 day, cd day.

25.9 requight. cd requight

28.6 Ere he cd Erethou

Canto 2

5.7 Lincolne cd lincolne

30.6 wrong, c wrong

Canto 3

3.6 incline cd incline

12.7 whole cd hole

13.7 rust, cd rust.

28.6 soft footing [editorial conjecture] sorting foot bed

30.9 ride, cd ride

41.7 withall, – with all, b (withall) cd

42.4 approue cd reproue

42.7 reproue cd approue

Canto 4

4.7 strokes cd stroke

5.1 to aduize cd t’aduize

13.4 perswade. cd persuade

20.5 lose cd loose

30.6 ouerthrow – ouerthow b ouer-throwe cd

Canto 5

Arg. 1 Serena [editorial conjecture] Matilda bed

1.2 be wrapt cd bewrapt

5.6 and cd aud

11.7 require cd requre

34.9 neighbourhood cd neighbourhoood

36.4 ofF cd of 36.7 Some cd Soome

41.2 there cd their

Canto 6

7.8 restraine c restaine b restrain, d

16.1 the other cd t’other

17.7 Calepine [editorial conjecture] Calidore bed

25.6 whereof shall cd whereofshall

30.7 ground cd gound

35.6 fight cd right

Canto 7

3.7 armed cd arm’d

Canto 8

11.9 two cd tow

17.6 From cd For

32.4 nought, cd nought.

42.4 sides, d sides be

47.3 toyle cd toyles

Canto 9

6.5 him cd them

7.8 tyde, cd tyde.

21.3 lose cd loose

36.8 Oenone [editorial conjecture] Benone bed

41.6 Clout cd clout

45.5 breeds cd breeds:

46.5 dwell d well be

Canto 10

13.4 fray cd fray.

18.7 wight, cd wight,,

21.4 within cd with in

22.5 Æacidee. [editorial conjecture] Æcidee. b Aecidee, cd

22.6 him selfe cd himfelfe

25.8 countrey c counrtey b country, d

31.5 Which c Whch b Wich d

32.6 impure cd impare

38.1 woo’d cd wood

Canto 11

37.3 themselues cd themseles

Canto 12

13.5 Throughout cd Troughout

18.9 Hue. cd liue

19.9 faine? cd faine.

27.4 cry: cd cry.

41.2 Hope cd H’ope

41.5 tongues cd tongnes

MUTABILITIE CANTOS

Canto 6

29.5 Procrustes [editorial conjecture] Proscustes cd

Canto 7

4.5 euery – cuery c

7.8 they – they c

8.3 as – ar c

12.1 neuer – neucr c

12.5 Peleus [editorial conjecture] Pelene cd

15.8 esteem – esteeeme c

36.7 array; – array, c

40.1 full – full full c

41.7 Idcean [editorial conjecture] laean cd

48.3 disseise – disseife c

49.8 if-If c

NOTES

LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS

Aen. Virgil, Aeneid
AV King James Bible, Authorized Version
Cor. The Epistles to the Corinthians
ELH English Literary History
Gen. Boccaccio, Genealogy of the Gods
GL Tasso, Gerusalemme liberata
Gough Alfred B. Gough, The Faerie Queene, Book V, Oxford, 1918
Hawkins Sherman Hawkins in Nelson, William, ed., Form and Convention in the Poetry of Edmund Spenser, Columbia, 1961
HLQ Huntington Library Quarterly
Il. Homer, Iliad
JEGP Journal of English and Germanic Philology
JWCI Journal of the Warburg and Courtauld Institutes
Kellogg and Steele Robert Kellogg and Oliver Steele, Edmund Spenser, Books I and II of The Faerie Queene…, New York, 1965
Lotspeich Henry G. Lotspeich, Classical Mythology in the Poetry of Edmund Spenser, Princeton, 1932
Maclean Edmund Spenser’s Poetry, ed. Hugh Maclean, New York, 1968
Met. Ovid, Metamorphoses
MLN Modem Language Notes
MLQ Modern Language Quarterly
MLR Modern Language Review
MP Modem Philology
N&Q Notes and Queries
Natalis Comes Natalis Comes, Mythologiae
Od. Homer, Odyssey
OED Oxford English Dictionary
OF Ariosto, Orlando Jurioso
PL Milton, Paradise Lost
PMLA Publications of the Modern Language Association
PQ Philological Quarterly
Rev. Book of Revelation
RN Renaissance News
SP Studies in Philology
Vat. The Works of Edmund Spenser: a Variorum Edition, ed. Edwin Greenlaw, C. G. Osgood, F. M. Fadelford, et al., 11 vols., Baltimore, 1932-57
Zitner The Mutabilitie Cantos, ed. S. P.