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Jul 31, 2020

A Midsummer Night’s Dream, I.2

The First and Second folios have “perfect”, the First Quarto has “perfit”. The word was in the process of changing from “perfit” to “perfect” about the time this play was written. That may account for why it was “perfit” when the First Quarto was published in 1600 and “perfect” when the First Folio was published twenty-three years later.

Jul 31, 2020

A Midsummer Night’s Dream, II.1

valley

Jul 30, 2020

A Midsummer Night’s Dream, I.1

Before a man can say “Behold!”. Today we might say something like “before you can say Jack Robinson”.

Jul 28, 2020

A Midsummer Night’s Dream, II.1

cunning or clever

Jul 27, 2020

A Midsummer Night’s Dream, I.1

tells lies

Jul 27, 2020

A Midsummer Night’s Dream, I.1

some others

Jul 27, 2020

A Midsummer Night’s Dream, I.1

accustomed

Jul 27, 2020

A Midsummer Night’s Dream, I.1

This word probably refers to the flowers' color, not their aroma.

Jul 27, 2020

A Midsummer Night’s Dream, I.1

always

Jul 27, 2020

A Midsummer Night’s Dream, I.1

The First Quarto and the First Folio have just the word “I”. The Second Folio has “Ide”. We've chosen to go with “I'd” because it most clearly represents that Helena intends to say “I would”.