A = “The Deeds of Jason,” manuscript (incomplete, only books I-VII extant)
B = 1867 text
B2 = 1871 text
B3 = 1877
C = 1882 text
D = 1895 text
I. Morris sometimes uses an ampersand in the 1895 text; instances of an ampersand in “The Deeds of Jason” are not noted.
II. Due to Morris’ typographical conventions (specifically, his “Troy” type, in which the D text was published), the majuscule ligatures Æ and OE appear as Ae and Oe, respectively, in the Kelmscott edition of 1895, our “D” text. The miniscule ligatures, however, are not thus separated in the D text: (vid. “Actæon” in D.I.190; “Euboean” in D.I.130). Thus all majuscules that appear as majuscule ligatures in texts ABC, (vid. “Æson” in ABC, passim) appear as two separate characters in D, with the first of these characters majuscule, and the second miniscule (vid. “Aeson” in D, passim), and all miniscule ligatures found in ABC are to be found in D without this separation.
III. Often in the A text (that is, the manuscript) no quotation marks mark the introduction and termination of direct discourse. Texts BC follow the normative practice of enclosing direct discourse between quotation marks. In the D text, however, direct discourse is marked at its beginning by a colon followed by a majuscule initial letter, without quotation marks, and at its ending by mere final periodic punctuation, again without quotation marks. Since these variations are consistent within textual editions (except within the unfinished manuscript., the A text), they have not been reproduced here.
IV. After I.14, B2 and B3 are not noted unless they include variora.
V. Only variants are marked. That is, if entries appear only for the A and D texts, B and
C are identical to D.
| A Text | B Text | C Text | D Text |
| Argument: No individual arguments precede each book in text A. |
No individual arguments precede each book in text A. |
The Death of Cyzicus. Phineus freed from the Harpies. | Argument: The Death of Cyzicus. Phineus freed from the Harpies.
|
| V.13 |
being come |
soon being come | soon being come |
| V.25 | an officer | a champion tall | a champion tall |
| V.26 | nigh unto them, asking who they were; | nigh, and bade them name themselves withal; | nigh, and bade them name themselves withal; |
| V.27 | knew | heard | heard |
| V.33 | well builded merchant folk | well-builded merchant-folk | well-builded merchant-folk |
| V.58 | tottering and blind, | tottering, lame, and blind, | tottering, lame, and blind, |
| V.66 | gan | 'gan | 'gan |
| V.70 | well nigh | well-nigh | well-nigh |
| V.91 | The yellow sands fringed like a garment's hem, | Which hedged the yellow sands the sea-flood's hem, | Which hedged the yellow sands the sea-flood's hem, |
| V.118 | neath | 'neath | 'neath |
| V.119 | wild wood | wild-wood | |
| V.136 | No kekel hath ever passed, | Which no keel yet hath passed; although | Which no keel yet hath passed; although |
| V.139 | some | a | |
| V.141 | leave not | leave us not | leave us not |
| V.171 | happiest of all | happiest man of all | happiest man of all |
| V.179 | To thee and thine | Both thee and thine | Both thee and thine |
| V.188 scape | 'scape | 'scape | |
| V.193 | in show | in all show | in all show |
| V.197 | Feast | Eat | Eat |
| V.201 | drank | drink | drank |
| V.203 | their ears the king's | their wondering ears the king's words rang, | |
| V.231 | snatchers | Snatchers | |
| V.254 | that one | that one | which one |
| V.267 | knowest | know'st | |
| V.279 | offspring, since, upon that day, | offspring; fearless they and wise, | |
| V.280 | father wrought within them in such way, | father's children: dight in such-like guise | |
| V.281 | They had no fear: but now, | As well availed them: so, | |
| V.297 | fair dyed | fair-dyed | |
| V.301 | those loathly things did fly | these loathly things did wheel | |
| V.302 | and swords raised high, | and restless steel, | |
| V.315 | hall door | hall-door | |
| V.326 | north-winds | Northwind's | |
| V.344 | to the | towards the | |
| V.355 | white headed | white-headed | |
| V.371 | given me | given to me | |
| V.385 | desire not to die, | wish that they might not die, | |
| V.386 | wish | hope | |
| V.387 | That | Which | |