FINNEGANS WAKE

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Comparison of 1939 and 2010 texts IV§2

Emendations by Danis Rose and John O'Hanlon

Key:  (f391939 text 2010 textf10)

Of Kevin, of (f39increate Increateºf10) God the servant, of the Lord Creator a filial fearer, who(f39,ºf10) given to the growing grass(f39,ºf10) took to the tall timber, slippery dick the springy heeler, as we have seen, so we have heard, what we have received, that we have transmitted, thus we shall hope, this we shall pray till, in the search for love of knowledge through the comprehension of the unity in altruism through stupefaction, it may (f39beºf10) again how it may (f39beºf10) again, shearing aside the four wethers and passing over the dainty daily dairy and dropping by the way the lapful of live coals and smoothing out Nelly Nettle and her lad of mettle, full of stings,
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fond of stones, friend of (f39gnewgnawns bones gnewgnawn sbones,ºf10) and leaving all (f39the thatºf10) messy messy to look after our douche douche, the miracles, death and life are these.

Yad. Procreated on the ultimate ysland of Yreland in the encyclical (f39yrish Yrishºf10) archipelago, come their feast of precreated holy whiteclad angels, whomamong the christener of his, voluntarily poor Kevin, having been graunted the praviloge of a priest's postcreated portable altare cum balneo(f39,f10) when espousing the one true cross, invented and exalted, in celibate matrimony at matin chime arose and westfrom went and came in alb of cloth of gold to our own midmost (f39Glendalough-le-vert Glendalough-le-Vertºf10) by archangelical guidance where amiddle of meeting waters of river Yssia and Essia river on this one of eithers lone navigable lake piously Kevin, (f39lawding laudingºf10) the (f39triune trishagion Triune Trishagionf10), amidships of his conducible altar (f39super superºf10) bath(f39,ºf10) rafted centripetally, diaconal servent of orders (f39hibernian Hibernianf10), midway across the subject lake surface to its supreem epicentric lake (f39Ysle ysleºf10), (f39Inis Kevin,ºf10) whereof its lake is the (f39ventrifugal centrifugalºf10) principality, whereon by prime, powerful in knowledge, Kevin came to where its centre is among the circumfluent watercourses of Yshgafiena and Yshgafiuna, an enysled lakelet yslanding a lacustrine yslet, whereupon with beached raft subdiaconal bath propter altar, with oil extremely anointed, accompanied by prayer, holy Kevin bided till the third morn hour but to build a rubric penitential honeybeehivehut in whose enclosure to live in fortitude, acolyte of cardinal virtues, whereof the arenary floor(f39,ºf10) most holy Kevin excavated as deep as to (f39the aºf10) depth of a seventh part of one full fathom, which excavated, venerable Kevin, anchorite, taking counsel, (f39proceded proceededºf10) towards the lakeside of the ysletshore whereat seven several times he(f39,ºf10) eastward genuflecting(f39,ºf10) in entire (f39ubidience ubbidienceºf10) at sextnoon collected (f39gregorian Gregorianf10) water sevenfold
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and with (f39ambrosian Ambrosianºf10) eucharistic joy of heart as many times receded(f39,ºf10) carrying (f39that the lustral domination contained within his most portableºf10) (f39privileged previligedºf10) altar unacumque bath, which severally seven times into the cavity excavated, a lector of water levels, most venerable Kevin(f39,ºf10) then effused(f39,ºf10) thereby letting there be water where was theretofore dry land, by him so concreated, who now, confirmed a strong and perfect (f39christian Christianºf10), blessed Kevin, exorcised his holy sister
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water, perpetually chaste, so that, well understanding, she should fill to midheight his tubbathaltar, which (f39hanbathtub, handbathtubºf10) most blessed Kevin(f39,ºf10) ninthly enthroned(f39,ºf10) in the (f39concentric interconcentricºf10) centre of the translated water(f39,ºf10) whereamid, when violet vesper vailed, Saint Kevin(f39,ºf10) Hydrophilos, having girded his sable cappa magna as high as to his cherubical loins, at solemn compline sat in his sate of wisdom, that (f39handbathtub hipbathtubf10), whereverafter, recreated doctor insularis of the universal church, keeper of the door of meditation, memory extempore proposing and intellect formally considering, recluse, he meditated continuously with seraphic ardour the primal sacrament of baptism or the regeneration of all man by affusion of water. (f39Yee. Yed.ºf10)

Bisships, bevel to rock's rite! Sarver buoy, extinguish!

(f39ºf10) Nuotabene. The rare view from the three Benns under the bald heaven is on the other end, askan your blixom on dimmen and blastun, something to right hume about. They were erected in a purvious century(f39,f10) as a hen fine coops and, if you know your Bristol and have trudged the trolly ways and elventurns of that old cobbold city, you will sortofficially scribble a mental Peny-Knox-Gore. Whether they were franklings by name also has not been fully probed. Their design is a whosold word and the charming details of light in dark are freshed from the feminiairity which breathes content. O ferax cupla(f39!f10) (f39!ºf10) Ah, fairypair! The first exploder to make his ablations in these parks was indeed that lucky mortal which the monster trial showed on its first day out. What will not arky paper, anticidingly inked with (f39penmark Penmarkf10), push, per sample prof, kuvertly falted, when style, stink and stigmataphoron are of one sum in the same person? He comes out of the soil very well after all just where Old Toffler is to come shuffling alongsoons (f39Panniquanne Panniquanniºf10) starts showing of her peequuliar talonts. (f39Awaywrong A waywrongºf10) wandler (f39surking siukingºf10) to a rightrare rute for his plain utterrock sukes, appelled to by her fancy claddaghs. You plied that pokar, gamesy, swell as aye did, while there were flickars to the flores. He may be humpy, nay, he may be dumpy(f39,ºf10) but there is always something racey about, say, a sailor on a horse. As soon as we sale him(f39,f10) (f39geen gee,ºf10) we gates a sprise! He brings up (f39tofatufa tufatufaºf10) and
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that is how we get to Missas in Massas. (f39The Theeºf10) old Marino tale. We (f39veriters veriterseºf10) verity (f39notefew notafewºf10) demmed lustres priorly magistrite maximollient in ludubility
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learned. Facst. Teak off that wise head! Great sinner, good sonner, is in effect the motto of the MacCowell family. The gloved fist (skrimmhandsker) was intraduced into their socerdatal tree before the fourth of the twelfth and it is even a little odd all four horolodgeries still gonging restage Jakob van der Bethel, smolking (f39behing behindºf10) his pipe, with (f39Essav Esavºf10) of Messagepostumia, lentling out his borrowed chafingdish, before cymbaloosing the apostles at every hours of changeover. The first and last rittlerattle of the anniverse(f39;:ºf10) when is a nam nought a nam whenas it is a. Watch! Heroes' Highway where our fleshers leave their bonings and every bob and joan to fill the bumper fair. It is their segnall for old Champelysied to seek the shades of his retirement and for young Chappielassies to tear a round and tease their partners lovesoftfun at Finnegan's Wake.

And it's high tigh tigh. Titley(f39,ºf10) hi ti ti. That my dig pressed in your dag si. Gnug of old Gnig. Ni, gnid mig brawly! I bag your burden(f39.!ºf10) Mees is thees knees. Thi is Mi. We have caught oneselves, Sveasmeas, in somes incontigruity coumplegs of heoponhurrish marrage from whose I most sublumbunate. A polog, my engl! Excutes. Om still so sovvy. Whyle om till ti ti.