2. 
Guards...from a nation’s rage
Secure the crown, etc. (4, lines 173-176.)
So Mrs. Shelley ("Poetical Works”, 1839, both editions), Rossetti,
Forman, Dowden.  The editio princeps reads Secures, which Woodberry
defends and retains.

3. 4, lines 203-220:  omitted by Mrs. Shelley from the text of “Poetical Works”, 1839, 1st edition, but restored in the 2nd edition of 1839.  See above, “Note on Queen Mab, by Mrs. Shelley”.

4.  All germs of promise, yet when the tall trees, etc. (5, line 9.) So Rossetti, Dowden, Woodberry.  In editions 1813 (editio princeps) and 1839 ("Poetical Works”, both editions) there is a full stop at promise which Forman retains.

5.  Who ever hears his famished offspring’s scream, etc. (5, line 116.) The editio princeps has offsprings—­an evident misprint.

6. 6, lines 54-57, line 275:  struck out of the text of “Poetical Works”, 1839 (1st edition), but restored in the 2nd edition of that year.  See Note 3 above.

7.  The exterminable spirit it contains, etc. (7, line 23.) Exterminable seems to be used here in the sense of ‘illimitable’ (N.  E. D.).  Rossetti proposes interminable, or inexterminable.

8.  A smile of godlike malice reillumed, etc. (7, line 180.) The editio princeps and the first edition of “Poetical Works”, 1839, read reillumined here, which is retained by Forman, Dowden, Woodberry.  With Rossetti, I follow Mrs. Shelley’s reading in “Poetical Works”, 1839 (2nd edition).

9.  One curse alone was spared—­the name of God. (8, line 165.) Removed from the text, “Poetical Works”, 1839 (1st edition); restored, “Poetical Works”, 1839 (2nd edition).  See Notes 3 and 6 above.

10.  Which from the exhaustless lore of human weal Dawns on the virtuous mind, etc. (8, lines 204-205.) With some hesitation as to lore, I reprint these lines as they are given by Shelley himself in the note on this passage (supra).  The text of 1813 runs:—­ Which from the exhaustless store of human weal Draws on the virtuous mind, etc.  This is retained by Woodberry, while Rossetti, Forman, and Dowden adopt eclectic texts, Forman and Dowden reading lore and Draws, while Rossetti, again, reads store and Dawns.  Our text is supported by the authority of Dr. Richard Garnett.  The comma after infiniteness (line 206) has a metrical, not a logical, value.

11.  Nor searing Reason with the brand of God. (9, line 48.) Removed from the text, “Poetical Works”, 1839 (1st edition), by Mrs. Shelley, who failed, doubtless through an oversight, to restore it in the second edition.  See Notes 3, 6, and 9 above.

12.  Where neither avarice, cunning, pride, nor care, etc. (9, line 67.) The editio princeps reads pride, or care, which is retained by Forman and Woodberry.  With Rossetti and Dowden, I follow Mrs. Shelley’s text, “Poetical Works”, 1839 (both editions).

NOTES TO QUEEN MAB.