Eclectic readings also normally give an impression of the number of witnesses to each available reading. Although a reading supported by the majority of witnesses is frequently preferred, this does not follow automatically. For example, <answer>a second edition of a Shakespeare play may include an addition alluding to an event known to have happened between the two editions</answer>. Although nearly all subsequent manuscripts may have included the addition, textual critics may reconstruct the original without the addition.
Why would someone prefer a second edition to a first edition?
a second edition of a Shakespeare play may include an addition alluding to an event known to have happened between the two editions