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.
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| title page A |
B, B2, B3, C all same | THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JASON,
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| title |
B, B2, C: THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JASON. ARGUMENT. |
B3: THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JASON. | |
| Argument A: he would then give up the kingdom to him | B, B2, C: right | B3 lacks the B text argument | rights. |
| A: Colchis | Colchis | ||
| A: Creu[sa] Glauce | B: Glaucé (and in successive instances except where noted) | Glauce | |
| A, B, B2, C: Ægeus | Aegeus | ||
| A, B [missing] | Jason having grown up to manhood in the woods, is warned of what his life shall be. |
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| A, B, B2, B3, C: | caps through I.5 | ||
| [lower case] | THEY | ||
| I.1 sounding | tumbling | ||
| I. 9 Where shaggy bears | B, B2, B3, C | Where bears and wolves | |
| I.13 A, B, B2, B3: that each day | greath of girth, | ||
| I.14A, B, B2, B3: Grew great, until all these were passed away, | that daily waxed, till these had left the earth, | ||
| I.17 A, B, C: Æson [and in succeeding cases except where noted] | Aeson | ||
| I.18A: Who in unhappy days | Whom, in unhappy days | ||
| I.21 A, B: This Pelias, being covetous and strong | This Pelias, being both covetous and strong | ||
| I.29A all this this [sic] a | all this a | ||
| I.30A: And when his state thus fell from good to bad | Of whom he thought when good had fallen to bad; | ||
| I.31A, B: He thought, Though Pelias leave me now alone, | Though Pelias doth to-day my life endure, | ||
| I.32 A, B: Yet he may wish to make quite sure this throne | Yet may he crave to make his kingship sure | ||
| I.33 A, B: By slaying me and mine, some evil day; | Some morrow yet by slaying sire and son: | ||
| I.34 A, B: Therefore the child will I straight send away, | Threfore will I send forth the little one, | ||
| I.47 A,B: Cheiron | B3:Chiron | Chiron | |
| I.63 A, B: Then leave the child with him, and come to me, | Then leave the child with him; and fear no whit | ||
| I.64A, B: Minding what words the Cenaur saith to thee; | But all the Centaur saith, give ear to it | ||
| I.65A: But of him needs thou have no whit of fear. | Of whom thou needest have no whit of fear; | And tell me all: now bring the child in haste; | |
| I.66A, B: And, ere thou goest, bring me the child here." | B: Of whom thou needest have no whit of fear; | Dusk grows the w orld, and day is weary-faced. | |
| I.74 A, B: fair | bright | ||
| I.75 A, B: said | spake | ||
| I.76A: "Oh Child, I pray the Gods to spare thine head | B: "O child, I pray the Gods to spare thine head | "Oh head beloved, I pray thou mayst not ache | |
| I.77A: The burden of a crown, were it not good | B: The burden of a crown; were it not good | With bearing of the crown; were it not good | |
| I.84A: leopards | B: leopard's | panther's | |
| I.86 A: some deep green rill | some green rill | ||
| I.91 A, B: find | hap | ||
| I. 92 A: In some wood-fair grassy place the wood nymphs kind, | B: In some fair grassy place, the wood-nymphs kind, | On the kind nymphs in the mountain's lap, | |
| I.95 A: shall there be to thee, | thre shall come to thee, | ||
| I. 105 A: And saddled in the court the stout horse stout | B: And saddled in the court the stout horse stood | So men to Aeson's door the war-horse led | |
| I.106A to the Centaur's wood | B: to the Centaur's wood; | from the gates of dread, | |
| I.107 A: And the sla[ve] tried slave stood ready by his lord | B: And the tried slave stood ready by his lord, | And by the godlike Aeson stood the slave, | |
| I.108 A: sword | B: sword | glaive | |
| I.114 A: When, being mounted forth into the night | B: then, being mounted, forth into the night | At last, being mounted, forth into the night | |
| I.115 A: has | B: has | hath | |
| I.121 A: Cheiron | B: Cheiron | Chrion | |
| I.130 A: come from Eubœan cliffs, was had just begun | Come from Eubœan cliffs, had just begun | ||
| I.132 A: thorns | B: thorns | thorn | |
| I.137A: that glittered all of gold | B: all glittering of gold, | all glittering of bright gold, | |
| I.138 A: sculptor | cunning | ||
| I.140 A: grew | drew | ||
| I.143 A: abroard | abroad | ||
| I.149 A: bore | bare | ||
| I.153 A: Cheiron | B: Cheiron | Chrion | |
| I.154 A: Æsons | Æson's | ||
| I.157 A: [It] were a vain thing truly if I strove | A vain thing were it, truly, if I strove, | ||
| I.166A: That folk may of whom this boy was born | That folk may know of whom this boy was born | ||
| I.168 A: And set lay between my arms the noble child | B: And lay between my arms the noble child | C. Lay now between my arms the noble child | Lay now bewteen my arms the noble child |
| I.177 A: unto Iolchus | on toward Iolchos | ||
| I.181 A: Cheiron | B: Cheiron | Chiron | |
| I.183 A: Should so have been born, spring; and so he passed his days | Should thus have sprung; and so he passed his days | ||
| I.185 A. And now was Pelias mindful of the day | B: And now was Pelias mindful of the day | But memory of the day still Pelias bore, | |
| I.186 A: When from the altars horns he drew away | When from the altar's very horns he tore | ||
| I.190 A: No pleasing victim, there she was offered up | No pleasing victim, she was offered up | ||
| I.191 A: that he | B: that he | indeed | |
| I. 192 A: Though sprung from him who rules the restless sea | I: Though sprung from him who rules the restless sea, | That he, the king, the Earth-begirder's seed, | |
| I.210 A: From Argos back | Back from the north | ||
| I.218 A: still | B: still | ever | |
| I.219 A: with | in | ||
| I.221 A: guards, and for the rest began | guards: a terror to his folk | ||
| I.222 A: To be a terror unto every man. | B: To be a terror unto every man. | He grew to be, and grinding was his yoke. | |
| I.224 A: grew | B: grew | waxed | |
| I.225 A: In strength and comeliness from day to day | B: In strength and comeliness from day to day, | And day by day fairer he was to sight, | |
| I.226 A: passed his childish years away. | B: passed his childish years away. | grew in manhood and in might: | |
| I.227 A: Cheiron | B: Cheiron | Chiron | |
| I.230 A: And how to find the within the marshy steads | And how to find within the marshy steads | ||
| I.236 A: leopards | leopard's | ||
| I.241 A: Cheiron | B: Cheiron | Chiron | |
| I.246 A: Cheiron | B: Cheiron | Chiron | |
| I.251 A: the lore | sweet tales | ||
| I.251 A: Then | But | ||
| I.257 A: to | unto | ||
| I.259 A: Moreover Cheiron | B: Moreover, Cheiron | Moreover, Chiron | |
| I.265 A: noisy | B: noisy | crooked | |
| I.268 A: moonlight | moonlit | ||
| I.271 A: Cheiron | B: Cheiron | Chiron | |
| I.278 A: Can guard the wound that never can healed | Can guard thee from the wound that ne'er is healed | ||
| I.284 A: screeching | wailing | ||
| I.309 | B: fair girl's | maiden's | |
| I.317 | B: behold! | behold | |
| I.323 | B: Cheiron | Chiron | |
| I.328 | B: Cheiron [and in successive instances] | Chiron | |
| I.333 | B: my | mine | |
| I.338 | B: wavering and dim; | wavering, faint, and | |
| I.347 | B: he found laid there | at rest he found | |
| I.348 | B: thymy herbage fair, | ||
| I.368 | B: heavens clear." | heavens are clear. | |
| I.376 | B: furious and blind, | sudden, cold, and blind, | |
| I.378 | B: black | coal-black, | |
| I.387 | B: would | could | |
| I.388 | B: tired | the spent | |