When italics were used in the original book, the corresponding text
has been surrounded by _underscores_. Superscripted letters have been
preceded by ^, and the letter n with a macron above it has been
represented as [=n].
Some presumed printer's errors have been corrected, including
normalizing punctuation. Unusual spellings and alternate spellings
were preserved as printed, except where noted below. The variable
spelling of proper names is addressed by the editor in the
introduction (here) and in the preamble to the Index and Glossary
(here). Therefore, in the few cases that a correction has been made
to a proper name, the rationale for that correction has been
provided. Corrections are listed below with the printed text (top)
and corrected text (bottom):
love for her whom he does not know to he his sister (p. xi)
love for her whom he does not know to be his sister
mediaeval (p. xiv)
mediæval
Marte phalanges. (p. xxv)
Marte phalanges.’
matters, came into England. (p. 23)
matters, he came into England.
Now turn me unto Sir Launcelot (p. 127)
Now turn we unto Sir Launcelot
said sir Tristram (p. 178)
said Sir Tristram
wheresover (p. 207)
wheresoever
Paymin (p. 280)
Paynim
(based on 10 occurrences of p/Paynim(s) and on the fact that the
alternate spelling would significantly change the pronunciation)
seige (p. 326)
siege
Launclot (p. 364)
Launcelot
(based on 2447 occurrences of Launcelot and only one occurrence of
Launclot)
Pertipole (Index)
Pertilope
Servause le Breuse (Index)
Servause le Bruese
(both of the above alternate spellings occur only in the Index)
Duplicate words were removed in the following sentences (the
duplicated word was always found at the end of one line and at the
beginning of the next line):
p. 316 and gat the the horse
p. 392 for for so is our Lord’s will.
p. 413 Porte, to to take a poisoned apple.
p. 448 Sir Tristram the the noble knight
The last three chapters of Book Four were renumbered to match the
Table of Contents.