Editorial Emendations

These notes record all editorial emendations in this text to the first edition of Jean Baptiste. Each entry contains the reading of the present text before the “]” and the reading of the first edition after the “]”. Thus “(‘tho]” indicates that in line fifteen of Canto I an opening parenthesis has been added where there is none in the original.

Canto I

15	(‘tho] ‘tho
60	self-pretension ] self pretension
103n.	Colman ] Coleman
139	rears ] rears,
150	life ] rife,
204	turn’d] tun’d
209	love”— ] love”
220	so!” ] so!
258	can’t ] cant
332	never ] never,
425	scenes” ] scenes,”
452	kind ] kind,
454	blind ] blind,
459	burn’d ] burn’d,
468	stole ] stole;
469	nearly ] nearly,
483	don’t ] dont
505	over ] over,
506	deface ] deface,
532	disbanded ] disbanded”
539	Samson’s ] Sampson’s [Page 63]

Canto II

22	glass ] glass,
46	tell ] tell,
81	Youth’s ] Youths
116	keep ] keep,
143	amoret’s ] amoret’s,
187	lov’d ] lov’d,
191	speak ] speak,
196	seems ] sems
211	(th’other ] th’other
213	it’s ] its
254	borrow ] borrow,
356	saddest ] sadest
361	can’t ] cant
443	warm ] wram
464	don’t ] dont
653	New Year’s ] Newyears
700	can’t ] cant
708	Pegasus ] Pegassus
710	I’d ] Id [Page 64]