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Impression. TABLE 3

                                                           
Sheet. 
p.[i] imprint  Head,  Head, 
Strand.   Strand.   Strand.   Strand.  
p. [v] l. 7  them.   them.   them.   them.  
p. 1 catchword  Ah  Ah,  Ah  Ah, 
p. 2 last line  My bosom  My bosom  My bosom  The bosom 
p. 5 headpiece  fleur-de-lys block  serpentine flowers  serpentine flowers  serpentine flowers 
p. 11 l. 14  Vengeance  vengeance  vengeance  vengeance 
p. 13 flowers  square, with '?'  square, no '?'  square, no '?'  triangular 
press figure  p. 13-7 (intermittent) 
p. 21 l. 12  shhut  shut  shut  shut 
p. 19 headline  H of SOPH . . over  O of SOPH- over  H of SOPH- over  H of SOPH- over 
N of NARVA  N of NARVA  N of NARVA  N of NARVA 
p. 28 headpiece  star block  basket block  basket block  basket block 
p. 32 l. 13  E'er  E'er  E'er  Ere 
press figure  p. 29-1  p. 29-1  p. 29-1  p. 32-7 
p. 38 l. 9  on the ground  on the ground  to the ground  to the ground 
p. 39 l. 7  Praise  praise  praise  praise 
press figure  p. 40-7 
p. 47 l. 15  mustremind  mustremind  must remind  must remind 
p. 50 l. 21  contemtuous  contemptuous  contemptuous  contemptuous 
press figure  p. 56-7 (intermittent)  p. 56-7 (intermittent)  p. 56-5 
p. 57 l. 11  the graces all  the graces all  the graces all  the graces, all 
p. 58 l. 7  MASINSSSA  MASINSSSA  MASINISSA  MASINISSA 
p. 63 l. 5  sweet as  sweet, as  sweet, as  sweet, as 
press figure  p. 64-2 
p. 70 l. 3  Seem not  Seem not  Seems not  Seems not 
press figure  p. 72-7  p. 72-7 
p. [79]  errata  errata  no errata  no errata 
press figure  p. [80]-7 

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This table attempts to show changes in the type between the different impressions of each sheet; I hope it includes no corrections made in the course of printing such as I have noted during the first octavo impression on p. 18. As explained in the text, the solid line between impressions represents considerable movement of the type, while the dotted line covers cases where there are minor but consistent differences although the type probably remained in the formes.
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The line references omit the speech headings from their numeration. I use the expression 'block' to describe a woodcut, qualified by its central feature, as 'star block'; 'flowers' are printers' flowers, which I have tried to distinguish roughly by their basic shape — square, triangular or serpentine.