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Excerpt from Some Textual Notes on the Tragedie of Cymbeline The Rules referred to in the following Notes are the Rules of Punctuation which will be found in Appendix A, and are practically reprinted from my Notes on "Measure, for Measure" with some slight modification calculated merely to extend their application! A complete annotation of this difficult Play should include much that is not comprised in the present Notes I regret that the sale of the preceding numbers of the series has not justified me in giving a fuller presentation of my views. In addition to Booth's Reprint and the Reduced Facsimile, I have had the advantage of using Craig's Reprint of the First Folio text of this Play, with its admirably minute collation of the later Folios. With that collation before me I cannot avoid the conclusion that the Second Folio text is not the result of any systematic correction by a comparison with the original manuscript. The First Folio, then, remains the supreme authority and I trust that my Notes - how imperfect soever - may contribute towards showing that, notwithstanding the depredations of modern editors, it well deserves our confidence, such misprints as there are being of a comparatively trivial nature. I am again indebted to the 'Oxford Shakespeare' for the line-numbering in my references. And, in conclusion, I would place on record ray acknowledgment of the kindness of those few who through good and ill report have encouraged me to continue my task. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.