Contemporary spellings were retained, especially past tense endings on
t rather than ed.
The translation was checked against the 1853 German edition of Tieck's
collected works. The following sentence was missing from the original
translation:
Er war überzeugt, der Jüngling habe ihn und sich selbst mit den
Fieber-Phantasien jener Nacht getäuscht.
It has been added as:
He was convinced the young man had misled him and himself been
deceived by the fevered dreams of that night.
The following sentence is not present in the 1853 German edition and
has been omitted:
(...like two rational beings.) I might have discharged a mother's
duty, and settled her where she should be in no danger of
starving. (Surely some occasion...)
In addition, the following corrections and amendments have been made:
Almost everybody has a mask; and this is mime.
changed to
Almost everybody has a mask; and this is mine.
when you have them at their full size.
changed to
when they are present and pronounced.
they who loved me never would say it lookt.
changed to
they who loved me would say it lookt.
chewing bread and bullock's flesh.
changed to
chewing bread and roast beef.
Antonio had found the outlet;
changed to
Antonio had found the way out;
cried a broad massy figure,
changed to
cried a broad bearded figure,
Antonio preserved it like something holy.
changed to
the adoring Antonio preserved it like something holy.
to strip him of everything like hope.
changed to
to strip him of all optimism.
behind the old chest
changed to
behind the old oak chest
they now revolted from the impostor.
changed to
they now revolted from the phantom.
his youth and his sinlessness will not avail him.
changed to
his virtue and his sinlessness will not avail him.
some fifty miles and upward from the hermitage,
changed to
some twelve miles and upward from the hermitage,
no smokework
changed to
no incense
Welcome to me.
changed to
Be welcome.
Unless that mischievous Beresynth
changed to
Unless that strange creature Beresynth
Iuocoterrestro
changed to
Fuocoterrestro
To see a porpoise, a baboon, or an otter.
changed to
To see a long-tailed monkey, apes or seals.
hunt for every filthy name
changed to
hunt for every expression of loathing
forcing the sun to look on their gross ignorance.
changed to
forcing the sun to display their gross ignorance.
lying in their graves, poor perishable mortals,
changed to
lying in their graves, those worthy men,
This I call economical bodykeeping.
changed to
This I call an economical arrangement.
already on the lock of the door.
changed to
already on the door-knob.
or the Podesta of Padua; for she is his child,
changed to
or the Podesta of Padua, if he still lives; for she is his child,