HISTORIC DATES Death of Richard Coeur-de-lion, April, 1199. John crowned at Westminster, March 27, 1199. John makes truce with Philip, June, 1199. Betrothal of Louis and Blanche, May 23, 1200. John and Isabella crowned at Canterbury, Oct. 8, 1200. Death of Constance, Aug. 31, 1201. John's 3d coronation, March 25, 1201. John's 4th coronation, April 14, 1202. Arthur taken prisoner by John and imprisoned at Falaise, Aug., 1202. Probable murder of Arthur by John at Rouen, April 3, 1203. Philip demands deliverance of Arthur, March, 1204. Death of Elinor, April 1, 1204. John besieges and takes Angiers, Aug., 1206. Truce of two years concluded, Oct., 1206. Stephan Langton elected Archbishop, Dec., 1206. The Interdict, March, 1208. John excommunicated, Dec., 1209. John yields to the Pope, 1213. Magna Charta, June, 1215. Death of John, Oct. 19, 1216. THE END. PLAN OF THE WORK, ETC. In this Edition the attempt is made to give, in the shape of Textual Notes, on the same page with the Text, all the VARIOUS READINGS of King John, from the Second Folio down to the latest critical Edition of the play; then, as CoмMENTARY, follow the Notes which the Editor has thought worthy of insertion, not only for the purpose of elucidating the text, but at times as illustrations of the History of Shakespearian criticism. In the APPENDIX will be found criticisms and discussions which, on the score of length, could not be conveniently included in the Commentary. LIST OF EDITIONS COLLATED IN THE TEXTUAL NOTES WRIGHT).. CAMBRIDGE (First Edition, W. G. CLARK and W. A. J. O. HALLIWELL (Folio Edition). 710 These last eighteen editions I have not collated beyond referring to them in disputed passages, and recording, here and there in the Commentary, the views of their editors. Within the last thirty-five years-indeed, since the appearance, in 1864, of the Globe Edition-the text of Shakespeare is become so settled that to collate word for word the text of editions which have appeared within this term would be a fruitless task. When, however, within recent years an editor revises his text in a second or third edition, the case is different; it then becomes interesting to mark the effect of maturer judgment. The present TEXT is that of the First Folio of 1623. In the TEXTUAL NOTES the symbol Ff indicates the agreement of the Second, Third, and Fourth Folios. I have not called attention to every little misprint in the Folio. The Textual Notes will show, if need be, that they are misprints by the agreement of all the Editors in their corrections. Nor is notice taken of the first editor who adopted the modern spelling, or who substituted commas for parentheses, or changed? to !. The sign indicates the agreement of RowE, POPE, THEOBALD, HANMER, WARBURTON, JOHNSON, and the Variorum of 1773. When in the Textual Notes WARBURTON precedes HANMER, it indicates that HANMER has followed a suggestion of WARBURTON. The words 'Mnemonic Pope, Warb., Han.' in the Textual Notes signify that the passage indicated is marked by those editors as especially worthy of attention or memorising. The words et cet. after any reading indicate that it is the reading of all other editions. The words et seq. indicate the agreement of all subsequent editions. The abbreviation (subs.) indicates that the reading is substantially given, and that immaterial variations in spelling, punctuation, or stage-directions are disregarded. When Varr. precedes Steev. or Mal., it includes the Variorums of 1773, 1778, and 1785; when it follows Steev. or Mal., it includes the Variorums of 1803, 1813, and 1821. An emendation or correction given in the Commentary is not repeated in the Textual Notes unless it has been adopted by an editor in his text; nor is conj. added in the Textual Notes to the name of the proposer of the conjecture unless the conjecture happens to be that of an editor, in which case its omission would lead to the inference that such was the reading of his text. COLL. MS. refers to COLLIER'S copy of the Second Folio, bearing in its margin manuscript annotations. In citing plays or quoting from them, the Acts, Scenes, and Lines of the Globe Edition are followed, unless otherwise noted. Of course, all references to King John refer to the present text. LIST OF BOOKS To economise space in the foregoing pages, as a general rule merely the name of an author has been given, followed, in parentheses, by the number of volume and page. In the following LIST, arranged alphabetically, enough of the full titles is set forth to serve the purposes of either identification or reference. Be it understood that this LIST does not include those books which have been consulted or used in verifying references; were these included, the list would be many times longer. ABBOTT, E. A.: Shakespearian Grammar.. ARROWSMITH, W. R.: Editor of Notes & Queries and Singer BATHURST, C.: Differences of Shakespeare's Versification W. A. Cooper)... BIRCH, W. J.: Inquiry into the Religion and Philosophy of BOADEN, J.: Life of J. P. Kemble.... London, 1870 Berlin, 1904 London, 1858 66 1862 New York, 1907 London, 1660 1857 1906 BOAS, F. S.: Shakespeare and His Predecessors. BOWDEN, H. S.: Religion of Shakespeare.... BRINK, B. TEN: Five Lectures on Shakespeare (translated Shakespeare's Medical Knowledge. 1860 ...Oldenburg & Leipzig, 1903 Boston, 1879 BULLOCH, J.: Studies on the Text of Shakespeare. CAMDEN, W.: Remains Concerning Britain (Library of Old Authors)....... CAMPBELL, JOHN LORD: Shakespeare's Legal Acquirements Life and Writings of Shakespeare.... CANNING, A. S. G.: Thoughts on Historic Plays.. Shakespeare Studied in Eight Plays. CAPELL, E.: Notes, etc.. 66 CARTER, T.: Shakespeare, Puritan and Recusant.. CHALMERS, G.: Supplemental Apology.. CIBBER, C.: Papal Tyranny in the Reign of King John.. CLARKE, C. C.: Shakespeare Characters.. CLARKE, C. and M. COWDEN: Shakespeare Key.. COLERIDGE, S. T.: Notes and Lectures. COLLIER, J. P.: Kynge Johan by John Bale. " Notes & Emendations to the Text of Shake- History of Dramatic Literature (ed. ii.)... COLTON, G. Q.: Shakespeare and the Bible.. of Shakespeare..... CREIZENACH, W.: English Drama in Age of Shakespeare [Geschichte des neuren Dramas] (translated by C. Hugon).. CUNLIFFE, J. W.: Influence of Seneca on Elizabethan Tragedy..... DANIEL, P. A.: Shakespeare Notes. |