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PREFACE THIS EDITION of Lazarillode Tormes is intended to fill the need for an annotatec! text of this masterpiece of Spanish literature. The editors have followed FoulcM-Delbosc's restoration of the editio princeps, which is based on the three redactions of 1554. The Alcala interpolations, however, have been omitted. No changes have been made in the text except those listed below and the modernization of orthography and punctuation. Orthography has been made to conform to the modern rules of the Spanish Academy: r (rr); i (y); Y (i); u (v); v (u); c (z); s (ss); I (11); b (v); v (b); z (~); cu (qu); j (x); f (ff); x (s); n (nn); t (th); f (ph); c (ch); g (j). The following words have one or more variants in the basic text, and the one most nearly approximating the modern spelling has been retained: arcipreste (archipreste); asi (ansi, ansy, assy, assi); casi (quasi); duda (dubda); durar (turar); escribir (escrebir, escrevir ); espiritu (spiritu); falda (halda); fingiendo (fingendo); fruto (fructo); golilla (gulilla); hasta (fasta); hicimos (hicemos); mismo (mesmo, meismo); mitad (rneitad, meytad); muchacho (mochacho); pobrete (pobreto); prisa (prissa, priesa, priessa); propio (proprio); San (Sanct, Sant); sutil (sotil); tratado (tractado); ve (vee); ven (veen); veia (via). All words now spelled with an h are so transcribed : hay (ay); hoy (oy); and vice versa: aceiia (haceiia). The assimilated form of II has been transcribed as rl (both forms occur in the original). A number of archaic forms have been retained for various reasons: adestrar, adrede, agora, allende, aquesto, atapar, atentar, atras que, castigaldo, comigo, debrfa, del, della, dello, dende, dentre, de que, deso, deste, desto, de yuso, do, estotro, hariadeis, quel ques, remediasedes, so, ternia, trujo. The present editors have freely consulted previous editions of the Lazarillo and the articles on it in the preparation of the text. A special debt of gratitude is due Professors E. Herman Hespelt of New York University, Gregory G. LaGrone of the University of Texas, and J. Homer Herriott of the University of Wisconsin for reading the manuscript and offering valuable suggestions. xviii E.W.H. H.F.W. ...

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