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The few corrections which have been taken from that copy, on the principle juſt now mentioned,^[1] have been pompouſly diſplayed;

a lift

1. Such as, in The Tempeſt,

   	"—— ſuch iſlanders;"
   inſtead of the erroneous reading of the authentick copy,—"ſuch iſlands."
   ⁠
   	In The Two Gentlemen of Verona,
   	"—— and I a ſheep."
   for	"—— and I ſheep."
   ⁠
   Ibidem.	"——you have teſtern'd me."
   for	"——you have ceſtern'd me."
   ⁠
   	In Meaſure for Meaſure,
   	"The princely Angelo."
   for	"The prenzie Angelo."
   ⁠
   Ibid.	"—— ache, penury, and impriſonment."
   for	"—— ache, perjury, and impriſonment."
   ⁠
   Ibid.	"—— was affianced to her by oath,
   for	"—— was affianced to her oath.
   ⁠
   	In The Comedy of Errors,
   	"Gave helpful welcome ——."
   for	"Gave healthful welcome ——."
   ⁠
   Ibid.	"And as a bed I'll take thee, and there lie."
   instead of	"And as a bud,. &c."

Ibid.