Chapter 16

Title PagesVolume II Title PageTHEPalace of PleasureELIZABETHAN VERSIONS OF ITALIAN AND FRENCH NOVELSFROM BOCCACCIO, BANDELLO, CINTHIO, STRAPAROLA,QUEEN MARGARET OF NAVARRE,AND OTHERSDONE INTO ENGLISHby WILLIAM PAINTERNOW AGAIN EDITED FOR THE FOURTH TIMEby JOSEPH JACOBSVOL. II.[Publisher’s Mark: IN NUCE LIBELLUS]LONDON: PUBLISHED BY DAVID NUTT IN THE STRANDMDCCCXCTome I Title PageTHE PALACE OFPleasure Beautifiedadorned and well furnishedvvith pleasaunt Histories andexcellent Nouels, selected outof diuers good and commendable AuthoursBy William Painter, Clarkeof the Ordinaunce and Armorie¶ Eftsones perused correctedand augmented1575IMPRINTED AT LONDONby Thomas Marshe.Tome II Title PageThe second Tomeof the Palace of Pleasure,conteyning store of goodly Histories,Tragicall matters, and other Mo-rall argument, very re-quisitefor delighteand profit.Chosen and selected out ofdiuers good and commen-dable Authors:By William Painter, Clerke of theOrdinance and Armarie.ANNO.1567.Imprinted at London, inPater Noster Rowe, by HenryBynneman, for NicholasEngland.Errors and InconsistenciesSpelling in the NovelsFused forms such as “thende” occur side by side with “the ende”. Word-initial “u” and non-initial “v” are in the original.Specific words:“renowme” is far more frequent than “renowne”“alablaster” is standard for the period“Cræsus” is used consistentlyErrorsThe printed book did not include an Errata list. It is therefore impossible to tell whether irregularities of spelling, punctuation and typography in the primary text are unique to the Jacobs edition (1890), or whether they were deliberately carried over from Haslewood (1813) and/or Painter (1566 and later).Errors and anomalies are handled in one of three ways, all using mouse-hover popups:Clear errors in the text are marked but not changed:guie.Missing punctuation—generally closing quotation marks—is added in grey with a note:”A few unexpected forms were simply noted:usq;.

THEPalace of PleasureELIZABETHAN VERSIONS OF ITALIAN AND FRENCH NOVELSFROM BOCCACCIO, BANDELLO, CINTHIO, STRAPAROLA,QUEEN MARGARET OF NAVARRE,AND OTHERSDONE INTO ENGLISHby WILLIAM PAINTERNOW AGAIN EDITED FOR THE FOURTH TIMEby JOSEPH JACOBSVOL. II.[Publisher’s Mark: IN NUCE LIBELLUS]LONDON: PUBLISHED BY DAVID NUTT IN THE STRANDMDCCCXC

THE PALACE OFPleasure Beautifiedadorned and well furnishedvvith pleasaunt Histories andexcellent Nouels, selected outof diuers good and commendable AuthoursBy William Painter, Clarkeof the Ordinaunce and Armorie¶ Eftsones perused correctedand augmented1575IMPRINTED AT LONDONby Thomas Marshe.

The second Tomeof the Palace of Pleasure,conteyning store of goodly Histories,Tragicall matters, and other Mo-rall argument, very re-quisitefor delighteand profit.Chosen and selected out ofdiuers good and commen-dable Authors:By William Painter, Clerke of theOrdinance and Armarie.ANNO.1567.Imprinted at London, inPater Noster Rowe, by HenryBynneman, for NicholasEngland.

Fused forms such as “thende” occur side by side with “the ende”. Word-initial “u” and non-initial “v” are in the original.

Specific words:

“renowme” is far more frequent than “renowne”“alablaster” is standard for the period“Cræsus” is used consistently

The printed book did not include an Errata list. It is therefore impossible to tell whether irregularities of spelling, punctuation and typography in the primary text are unique to the Jacobs edition (1890), or whether they were deliberately carried over from Haslewood (1813) and/or Painter (1566 and later).

Errors and anomalies are handled in one of three ways, all using mouse-hover popups:

Clear errors in the text are marked but not changed:guie.Missing punctuation—generally closing quotation marks—is added in grey with a note:”A few unexpected forms were simply noted:usq;.

Clear errors in the text are marked but not changed:guie.

Missing punctuation—generally closing quotation marks—is added in grey with a note:”

A few unexpected forms were simply noted:usq;.


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