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Latest Release: Chapter 1 : A Select Collection of Old English Plays.by Robert Dodsley.INTRODUCTION.THOMAS RAWLINS,
A Select Collection of Old English Plays.by Robert Dodsley.INTRODUCTION.THOMAS RAWLINS, author of "The Rebellion," was a medallist by profession, and afterwards became an engraver of the Mint, a vocation which, in his preface, he prefers to the threadba
- 201 Dare ye adventure with me a stripe or two?Go, coward, go, hide thee as thou wast wont to do!What a sort of dastards have we here!None of you to battle with me dare appear.What say you, heart of gold, of countenance so demure? Will you fight with me? no, I
- 202 THERSITES.Mother, thy pet.i.tion, I pray G.o.d, be fulfilled, For then no knaves' blood shall be spilled.Fellows, keep my counsel; by the ma.s.s, I do but crake:[593]I will be gentle enough, and no business make.But yet I will make her believe that I
- 203 But now, farewell, I will work thee no more pain.Now my fume is past, And doth no longer last, That I did to the monster cast.Now in other countries both far and near Mo deeds of chivalry I will go inquire.MILES.Thou needst not seek any further, for ready
- 204 TELEMACHUS.Sir, my father Ulysses doth him commend To you most heartily, and here he hath you send Of his mind a letter, Which show you better Everything shall, Than I can make rehearsal.[_Here he must deliver him the letter_.THERSITES.Lo, friends, ye may
- 205 Well then, mother, let all this go, And charm this child that you is send to.And look hereafter to curse ye be not greedy: Curse me no more, I am cursed enough already.MATER Well, son, I will curse you no more, Except ye provoke me too-too sore; But I mar
- 206 Farewell, son, I will go me to prepare.THERSITES.Mother, G.o.d be with you and keep you from care.[_The mother goeth out, and Thersites saiyeth forth_: Whatsomever I say, sirs, I think ill might she fare; I care not if the old witch were dead: It were an
- 207 15. Similar to the phrase, "Let the world slide," in the "Taming of the Shrew."--_Halliwell_. But the latter saying occurs in the "Towneley Mysteries," p. 101.16. Compare "A.C. Mery Talys," No. 7. If the edition of
- 208 56. Welfare.57. Query, the supports.58. Since.59. Query, a misprint, as there seems to be no sense in _escheved_ or _eschewed_, i.e, _avoided_.60. The old proverb. Perhaps this is the earliest occurrence of it in this form in print. 61. Disfigured, spoile
- 209 105. The proverb. This is the earliest use of it which has occurred. 106. Thrust. 107. Every each one. 108. The colophon in one of Skots editions is at the end; in his other there is only his mark. But see Hazlitts "Handbook," p. 463-4. 109. The
- 210 147. Proof.148. Advise.149. Encourage.150. Shut.151. A play on the similarity of the words _Latin_ and _Latten_. 152. Fetters.153. A celebrated place for foot-pads.154. This word, in its present sense, _shoals_, seems to be unglossed.155. i.e., Haunt Shoo
- 211 192. Kept, supported. 193. Divide in two. 194. Vague, loose. 195. Young. 196. By an error of the press this word is printed "wyghtly" in the original. 197. In a row. 198. Make mouths. 199. Tell a falsehood. 200. See "Popular Antiquities o
- 212 242. i.e., _Thrive_.243. _Fonge_, Sax, take. It is here used in the sense of _depart_.244. Promise.245. Orig. reads _all_.246. Certainly, _securely_. 247. Market.248. i.e., _Out_ or _off_.249. _Blessed_, in a bad sense.250. Thrift.251. Or _meinie_, alludi
- 213 "I have made a modest choice of you, grave sir, To be my ghostly father; and to you I _fall_ for absolution."288. The commencement of this Act is not marked in the original, although notice is given of its conclusion.--_Collier_.289. This script
- 214 308. [In the former edition of this work there was a note stating that he had been preceded by Palsgrave in his "Acolastus." But "Acolastus" was merely a translation by Palsgrave from the Latin of Fullonius, performed in 1529 in Hollan
- 215 The legend of St Wenefrid is well known. Those who desire more information on this subject may be referred to "The Legenda Aurea,"Bishop Fleetwood's Works, or Mr Pennant's "Tour in Wales," p. 28.341. Or Botolph's town, i
- 216 375. _This_, edit 1569.376. _You come late_, 1st edit.377. _Sonyng_, 1st edit.378. _Ye_, 1st edit.379. _Ye_, 1st edit. 380. _Ye_, 1st edit.381. _Hath_, 1st edit.382. _Ye_, 1st edit.383. _Be_, 1st edit.384. _Cheap_, as Dr Johnson observes, is _market, and
- 217 415. _Prycke_, 1st edit.416. _They be_, edit. 1569.417. _Wood_ signifies _mad, furious_, or _violent_. So, in Aseham's "Toxophilus" [1545, repr. Arber, p. 56], "Howe will you thinke that such furiousness, with _woode_ countenaunce and
- 218 444. First edition reads-- "For bothe you twayne shall wait on me.What chaunce is this, that suche an elfe Commaunded two knaves be besyde himselfe."Both editions have it so, and the alteration was made by Dodsley, and followed by Reed, although
- 219 484. _Unto_, edit. 1569.485. _And_, 1st edit.486. _You are_, edit. 1569.487. Your _masters.h.i.+p_.--_S_.488. _True_, 1st edit. 489. _Ere_, edit. 1569; _or_, 1st 4to.490. _For no lie_, edit 1569.491. _Our_, 1st edit.492. _One_, edit. 1569.493. _Your_, 1st
- 220 528. _Nowe_, 1st edit.529. _Horyson_, 1st edit.530. _The_, edit. 1569.531. _Dayes_, 1st edit.532. _Wunderous_, edit. 1569. 533. _Founde_, 1st edit.534. _Parell_, 1st edit.535. _Parellous_, 1st edit.536. I suppose _wrabbed_ to be a word coined for the sake
- 221 569. At Lee Priory, the seat of Sir Egerton Brydges. Sir Egerton Brydges subsequently decided on selling the entire collection, though entailed, and it was disposed of by Mr. Sotheby, April 12, 1826. In the auction catalogue it is described as "a sma
- 222 A Select Collection of Old English Plays.Vol. II.by Robert Dodsley.THE INTERLUDE OF YOUTH.EDITIONS. _See Hazlitt's "Handbook," 1867, p. 464, and Remarks_.MR. HALLIWELL'S PREFACE[1] TO THE FORMER EDITION.The "Interlude of Youth&quo
- 223 I shall help thee, if I can, To drive away that hangman; Hark, Riot, thou shalt understand I am heir of my father's land, And now they be come to my hand, Methink it were best therefore, That I had one man more To wait me upon.RIOT.I can speed thee o
- 224 Sir, I pray you tell me now, How she doth like you?YOUTH.Verily, well she pleaseth me, For she is courteous, gentle, and free.How do you, fair lady?How fare you, tell me. LECHERY.Sir, if it please you, I do well enou', And the better that you will wi
- 225 PRIDE.We shall see how they can please; Sit down, sir, and take your ease; Methink these same were full meet To go about your fair feet.YOUTH.By my truth, I you tell They would become him very well; Therefore hie that they were on, Unto the tavern that we
- 226 HUMILITY.That shall you see even anon; I will unto him gone, And see what he will say.RIOT.Hardily go on thy way; I know well he will say nay.YOUTH. Yea, sir, by G.o.d that me dear bought, Methink ye labour all for nought; Weenest thou that I will for the
- 227 CHARITY.We thank all this presence Of their meek audience.HUMILITY.Jesu that sitteth in heaven so high, Save all this fair company:[28]Men and women that here be, Amen, amen, for Charity.[29] l.u.s.tY JUVENTUS.A MORALITY._An Enterlude called l.u.s.ty Juue
- 228 GOOD COUNSEL.Sir, I will ask you a question by your favour: What would you with the minstrel do?JUVENTUS.Nothing but have a dance or two, To pa.s.s the time away in pleasure.GOOD COUNSEL. If that be the matter, I promise you sure, I am the more sorrier th
- 229 GOOD COUNSEL.By[62] these words, which unto you he doth express, He teacheth that you ought to have a steadfast faith; Without the which[63] it is impossible doubtless To please G.o.d, as Saint Paul saith: Where faith is not, G.o.dly living decayeth; For
- 230 O my child, how dost thou fare?HYPOCRISY._Sancti amen_, who have we there?By the ma.s.s, I will buy none of thy ware; Thou art a chapman for the devil.DEVIL. What, my son, canst thou not tell, Who is here, and what I am?I am thine own father Satan.HYPOCRI
- 231 JUVENTUS.What, Friends.h.i.+p?I am glad to see that you be merry; By my truth, I had almost you forgot, By long absence brought out of memory.HYPOCRISY.By the ma.s.s, I love you so heartily, That there is none so welcome to my company: I pray you, tell me
- 232 HYPOCRISY.Then you shall see my cunning: A poor s.h.i.+ft for a living Amongest poor men used is; The kind heart of hers Hath eased my purse, Many a time ere this.[_Here entereth_ FELLOWs.h.i.+P.FELLOWs.h.i.+P.I marvel greatly where Friends.h.i.+p is; He
- 233 ABHOMINABLE LIVING.What, man? you need not to fume, Seeing he is come into my company now; He is as well welcome as the best of you: And if it lie in me to do him pleasure, He shall have it, you may ye sure.FELLOWs.h.i.+P.Then old acquaintance is clean ou
- 234 O, where is the G.o.dly example, that parents should give Unto their young family by G.o.dly and virtuous living?Alas! how wickedly[147] do they themselves live, Without any fear of G.o.d or his righteous threatening!They have no respect unto the dreadful
- 235 JUVENTUS [_He riseth_].These comfortable sayings doth me greatly move To arise from this wretched place.G.o.d'S MERCIFUL PROMISES.For me his mercy sake thou shalt obtain his grace, And not for thine own desertes, this must thou know; For my sake alon
- 236 The two verses, which I rehea.r.s.ed before, I find written in the Book of Cato the wise Among good precepts of living a thousand more, Which to follow there he doth all men avise And they may be Englished briefly in this wise: Among thy careful business
- 237 To muse for any better great folly it is; For I may make sure reckoning of this That, and if I would sit stewing this seven year, I shall not else find how to save me all clear.And, as you see, for the most part our wits be best, When we be taken most unr
- 238 No more prating, but get thee hence at once!JENKIN CAREAWAY.Why, my master hath sent me home in[185] his message-- JACK JUGGLER.Pick and walk, a knave, here away is no pa.s.sage-- JENKIN CAREAWAY.What, wilt thou let me from mine own master's house?J
- 239 CAREAWAY.Yea, marry, sir, you have beaten them down into my tail; But, sir, might I be bold to say one thing Without any blows and without any beating?JACK JUGGLER.Truce for a while; say on what thee l.u.s.t: CAREAWAY. May a man to your honesty by your wo
- 240 Go, or I shall send thee hence in the devil's name!Avoid, thou lousy lurden and precious stinking slave, That neither thy name knowest nor canst any master have!Wine-shaken pillory-peeper,[191] of lice not without a peck, Hence, or by G.o.ds precious
- 241 CAREAWAY.Never man suffered so much wrong as I had; But, mistress, I should say a thing to you: Tarry, it woll come to my remembrance even now I must needs use a substantial premeditation; For the matter lieth greatly me upon.I beseech your mistress-s.h.i
- 242 MASTER BONGRACE.Hence, at once seek and smell him out; I shall rap thee on the lying knave's snout: I woll not be deluded with such a glossing lie, Nor give credence, till I see it with my own eye.CAREAWAY.Truly, good sir, by your masters.h.i.+p'
- 243 Therefore happy are they, that can beware Into whose hands they fall by any such chance; Which if they do, they hardly escape care, Trouble, misery, and woeful grievance, And thus I make an end, committing you to his guidance, That made and redeemed us al
- 244 ISMAEL. Have with thee, Dalilah: Farewell our school!Away with books and all, [_They cast away their books_.I will set my heart On a merry pin, Whatever shall befall.EULALIA. Lord, what folly is in youth!How unhappy be children now-a-days? And the more pi
- 245 DALILAH. What can ye say by Master Iniquity?I love him and his name most heartily.INIQUITY. G.o.d-a-mercy, Dalilah, good luck, I warrant thee, I will shrive you both by and by.[_He kisseth her_.ISMAEL. Come on, but first let us have a song. DALILAH. I am
- 246 _Enter_ BARNABAS.BARNABAS. What woful wight art thou, tell me, That here most grievously dost lament?Confess the truth, and I will comfort thee, By the word of G.o.d omnipotent: Although your time ye have misspent, Repent and amend, while ye have s.p.a.ce
- 247 Yea, creep into your breast, will ye have it so?JUDGE. Away with them both, lead them away At his death tell me what he doth say, For then belike he will not lie.INIQUITY, I care not for you both, no, not a fly![_They lead them out_.JUDGE. If no man have
- 248 What is the practice of a conscience pure?To love and fear G.o.d, and other allure, And for his sake to help his neighbour: Then may he well be merry.What shall we have, that can and will do this?After this life everlasting bliss, Yet not by desert, but b
- 249 [_Here Esau appeareth in sight, and bloweth his horn, ere he enter_.ESAU. How now, are we all ready, servant Ragan?Art thou up for all day, man? art thou ready now?RAGAN. I have been here this half-hour, sir, waiting for you, ESAU. And is all thing ready,
- 250 ZETHAR. O, it is no small charge to fathers, afore G.o.d, So to train their children in youth under the rod That, when they come to age, they may virtue ensue, Wicked pranks abhor, and all lewdness eschew, And me-thinketh Isaac, being a man as he is-- A c
- 251 ACTUS PRIMI, SCAENA QUARTA.ISAAC, _the husband_. REBECCA, _the wife_. MIDO, _the lad that leadeth blind Isaac_.ISAAC. Where art thou, my boy Mido, when I do thee lack?MIDO. Who calleth Mido? here, good master Isaac.ISAAC. Come, lead me forth of doors a li
- 252 ISAAC. Well, wife, I love Esau, and must for causes twain.REBECCA. Surely your love is bestowed on him in vain?ISAAC. First, active he is, as any young man can be, And many a good morsel he bringeth home to me.Then he is mine eldest and first-begotten son
- 253 MIDO. And who shall lead you? I?REBECCA. No, it is my office as long as I am by.And I would all wives, as the world this day is, Would unto their husbands likewise do their office.MIDO. Why, dame Rebecca, then all wedded men should be blind.REBECCA. What,
- 254 So nipping, so tripping, so c.o.c.king, so crowing?So knappish, so snappish, so elvish, so froward?So crabbed, so wrabbed, so stiff, so untoward?In play or in pastime so jocund, so merry?In work or in labour so dead or so weary? O, that I had his ear betw
- 255 RAGAN. Why, how did he sup it? I pray thee, tell me, how?MIDO. Marry, even thus, as thou shalt see me do now.[_Here he counterfeiteth supping out of the pot_.O, I thank you, Jacob: with all my heart, Jacob.Gently done, Jacob: a friendly part, Jacob! I can
- 256 The world is now meetly well amended indeed, ESAU. By my truth, if I had bidden[267] from meat any longer, I think my very maw would have fret asunder.Then had I been dead and gone, I make G.o.d a vow.RAGAN. Surely then the world had had a great loss of y
- 257 ACTUS SECUNDI, SCAENA QUINTA.JACOB. MIDO. REBECCA. ABRA, _the handmaid_.JACOB. Thou knowest, little Mido, where my mother is.MIDO. I can go to her as straight as a thread, and not miss.JACOB. Go call her, and come again with her thine own self. MIDO. Yes,
- 258 I think, since I saw him, it is a whole week.In faith, little Mido, I would thou wouldest him seek.MIDO. Forsooth, Master Isaac, and I knew it where, It should not be very long ere I would be there.But shall I at adventure go seek where he is?ESAU. Seek n
- 259 RAGAN. Even when ye will, is there let in me or no?[_Exeunt ambo_.ACTUS QUARTI, SCAENA PRIMA.REBECCA. JACOB.REBECCA. Son Jacob, even now is come the very hour That, if thou have any grace, or heart, or power, To play thy part well, and stick unto it throu
- 260 REBECCA. And let no foul corner be about all the tent.ABRA. If ye find any fault, hardly let me be shent.Is there anything else but that I may go now?REBECCA. Nought but that, when I come, I find no fault in you.ABRA. No, I warrant you, I will not let my
- 261 JACOB. I would not my father Isaac should hear; MIDO. Nay, she will scarcely be still when she is dead, I do fear.JACOB. But lo, I see my mother stand before the tent._Enter_ JACOB _and_ MIDO.REBECCA. O Lord, methinketh long, son Jacob, since thou went. J
- 262 REBECCA. Ye may now go in, nurse, and leave looking on him.DEBORAH. I go; marry, sir, Jacob is now gay and trim.[_Jacob standeth looking on himself_.JACOB. No, forsooth, mother, this raiment liketh not me.I could with mine own gear better contented be. An
- 263 Nor never drank I better wine that I can tell.JACOB. If it were to your liking, I am very glad.ISAAC. It was the best meat and wine that ever I had.Come kiss me, son Esau, with the kiss of peace, [_Jacob kisseth Isaac; and then kneeleth down to have his b
- 264 I shall ruffle among them of another sort Than Isaac hath done, and with another port.But now will go see, what haste within they make, That part of my hunting my old father may take.[_Exit_.ACTUS QUINTI, SCAENA QUARTA.ISAAC. MIDO. ESAU. ISAAC. Mido, come
- 265 ACTUS QUINTI, SCAENA QUINTA.RAGAN.Where are we now become? marry, sir, here is array!With Esau, my master, this is a black day.I told you Esau one day would s.h.i.+t a rag, Have we not well hunted, of blessing to come lag?[280] Nay, I thought ever it woul
- 266 What devil was in me, that I had not the grace, With kicking back my heel, to mar his mopish face?But my father Isaac will not long live now; If he were gone, Jacob, I would soon meet with you.For my soul hateth Jacob even to the death, And I will ne'
- 267 JACOB. Even with all my heart: farewell, little Mido.[_Exit Jacob_.ISAAC. Now will I depart hence into the tent again.REBECCA. As pleaseth G.o.d and you, but I will here remain.ACTUS QUINTI, SCAENA DECIMA. ESAU. RAGAN. REBECCA. ISAAC. MIDO.ESAU. And is he
- 268 Of thine own will thou didst Abraham elect, Promising him seed as stars of the sky, And them as thy chosen people to protect, That they might thy mercies praise and magnify.Perform thou, O Lord, thine eternal decree To me and my seed, the sons of Abraham;
- 269 SON. When all is said and all is done, Concerning all things, both more and less, Yet like to the school none under the sun Bringeth to children so much heaviness.FATHER. What, though it be painful, what, though it be grievous, For so be all things at the
- 270 FATHER. Now therefore ask; what is thy pet.i.tion?SON. Lo, this it is, without further dilation;[312]For so much as all young men for this my beauty, As the moon the stars, I do far excel, Therefore out of hand[313] with all speed possibly To have a wife,
- 271 And if it be true that his servant did say, He hath utterly lost his friends' good-will, Because he would not their counsel obey, And in his own country[320] tarry still; As for this woman, which he shall marry, At Saint Albans always hath spent her
- 272 THE SONG._Spite of his spite, which that in vain Doth seek to force my fantasy, I am professed for loss or gain, To be thine own a.s.suredly; Wherefore let my father spite[334] and spurn, My fantasy will never turn!Although my father of busy wit Doth babb
- 273 HUSBAND. If they do not, it may be a shame, For I love you heartily, I you a.s.sure: Or else I were truly greatly to blame, Ye are so loving, so kind and demure.WIFE. I trust that with neither hand or foot Ye shall see any occasion by me: But that I love
- 274 Now by experience true I do find, Which oftentimes unto me heretofore My father did say, declaring his mind, That in matrimony was pain evermore; What shall I do, most pitiful creature?Just cause I have, alas, to lament: That frantic woman my death will p
- 275 There is no gentleman, knight, or lord: There is no duke, earl, or king, But, if I list, I can with one word Shortly send unto their lodging.Some I disquiet with covetousness: Some with wrath, pride and lechery; And some I do thrust into such distress, Th
- 276 And last of all to make an end, O G.o.d, to thee we most humbly pray, That to Queen Elizabeth thou do send Thy lively path and perfect way!Grant her in health to reign With us many years most prosperously, And after this life for to attain The eternal bli
- 277 NATURE.What is her name?WIT.Reason is her sire, Experience her dame, The lady now is in her flower, and Science is her name.Lo, where she dwells; lo, where my heart is all possest; Lo, where my body would abide; lo, where my soul doth rest. Her have I bor
- 278 WIT.Then must I p.r.i.c.k you, child, if you be drown'd in sloth.NATURE.Agree, you twain, for I must leave you both; Farewell, my son: farewell, mine own good Will, Be ruled by Wit, and be obedient still; Force thee I cannot, but as far as lies in me
- 279 Mild in behaviour and loth to fall out, You may run, you may ride and rove round about, With wealth at your will and all thing at ease, Free, frank and l.u.s.ty: easy to please.But when you be clogged and tied by the toe, So fast that you shall not have p
- 280 His mother taught him first to love, while he was young: Which love with age increaseth sore, and waxeth wondrous strong; For very fame displays your bounty more and more, And at this pinch he burneth so as never heretofore.Not fantasies forsooth,[391] no
- 281 WIT.Thou shalt be what thou wilt, all in all.WILL.Promise me faithfully that, if your wife brawl, Or set her father to check me out of measure, You will not see me abused to their pleasure.WIT. Give me thy hand, take here my faith and troth, I will mainta
- 282 Perhaps you had never occasion to try her?REASON.That were great marvel in so many years.WILL.She hath won the mastery of you, it appears. WIT.Well, quiet yourself; thou shalt take no wrong, Methink our three companions tarry very long.ACT III, SCAENA 3.I
- 283 STUDY.No.WIT.A month?STUDY. Neither.WIT.No?STUDY.Not so.INSTRUCTION.No, nor so many mo.WIT.Then, farewell all, for, as I hope to thrive, I will prove him, ere I sleep, if I be alive, And if ye be mine, and good fellows all three, Go thither out of hand, a
- 284 I burn and yet I freeze, I flame and cool as fast, In hope to win and for to lese, my pensiveness doth last; Why should my dull spirit appal my courage so?O, salve my sore, or sle me quite, by saying yea or no!You are the mark at whom I shoot to hit or mi
- 285 STUDY.Go, that go list, I will at home remain, I have more need to take a nap in my bed.WILL.Do so, and, hear you, couch a cod's-head! [_Aside_.INSTRUCTION. Well, since it will none otherwise frame, Let us twain, Study, return[410] from whence we cam
- 286 _Give a leg, &c.This is no deadly wound: It may be cured well.See here what physic we have found Thy sorrows to expel.[Wit lifting himself up, sitting on the ground.The way is plain, the mark is fair, Lodge not thyself in deep despair_. WIT.[412]What nois
- 287 ACT IV., SCAENA 4.WIT, WILL, IDLENESS, IGNORANCE.WIT.One dance for thee and me; my boy, come on.WILL. Dance you, sir, if you please, and I will look upon.WIT.This gear doth make me sweat, and breathe apace.IDLENESS.Sir, ease yourself awhile; here is a res
- 288 WIT.Yes, yes, have ye no doubt, all is and shall be well.REASON.What one art thou? thereof how canst thou tell?WIT. Reason, most n.o.ble sir, and you, my lady dear: How have you done in all this time, since first I saw you here?SCIENCE.The fool is mad, I
- 289 O haps of haps, O rueful chance to me!O Idleness, woe-worth the time, that I was ruled by thee!Why did I lay my head within thy lap to rest?Why was I not advis'd by her, that wish'd and will'd[427] me best?O ten times treble[428] blessed wi
- 290 WILL.Once in my life I have an odd half-hour to spare, To ease myself of all my travail and my care.I stood not still so long this twenty days, I ween, But ever more sent forth on messages I have been.Such trudging and such toil, by the ma.s.s, was never
- 291 WIT.Have hold, here is a morsel for thee to eat. [_Strikes_.STUDY, INSTRUCTION.Here is a pelt to make your knave's heart fret.DILIGENCE. There is a blow able to fell a hog.WIT.And here is a foin behind for a mad dog![_Let Will trip you[440] down_.Hol
- 292 [13] Found.[14] [Vele's ed. _nilet_.][15] [Intended as a sneer at Charity's pious sentiments. _Sir John_ is the common term in old plays, and literature generally, for a parson.][16] Cool.[17] [Trumpington is in Ess.e.x, a county proverbial, rig
- 293 [63] _The which_, omitted in Copland's edition.[64] _Is_, omitted, Copland's edition.[65] _G.o.d_, Vele's edition.[66] _Pervarce_, Copland's edition.[67] _One_, Copland's edition. [68] _They_, Copland's edition.[69] _To_, Cop
- 294 [112] _Wylt_, Veles edition. [113] _Dogs_, Coplands edition. [114] This mode of expression occurs in Shakespeares "Midsummer Nights Dream," A. 3, S. 3, needlessly altered by some to, I shall desire of you more acquaintance.--_Hawkins_. [115] Ori
- 295 [162] _This_, Veles edition. [163] _Austine_, Coplands edition. [164] _As_, Coplands edition. [165] _Returned_, Veles edition. [166] _Borde_, Veles edition. [167] Mr Garricks copy is imperfect, and ends at this mark.--_Hawkins_. [168] _Mot_, Veles editi
- 296 [207] Spring. [208] Calicow or Calicut, i.e., Calcutta. [209] Shut. [210] Original has _I_. [211] [The colophon is: Imprinted at London in Lothbury by me Wyllyam Copland. The only copy known, formerly Ingliss and Hebers, is now in the Devons.h.i.+re colle
- 297 [255] Reprove.[256] The colophon is: Imprinted at London, in Paules Churche yearde at the Sygne of the Swane by John Kyng.[257] From the time he calls.[258] A young deer. "_Tegge or p.r.i.c.ket, saillant_"--Palsgrave's _Eclairciss.e.m.e.nt_
- 298 [305] i.e., By.[306] [Original reads _trembled_.][307] [This account, if founded on fact, is a curious ill.u.s.tration of the scholastic discipline of that period. We know that Udall the dramatist was remarkable for his severity to his pupils at Eton.][30
- 299 [352] A dagger. See "Hamlet," iii. 1.--_Halliwell_. [353] Cared. [354] [A rather common phrase. See Hazlitts "Proverbs," 1869, p. 205.] [355] Care. [356] [Nearer.] [357] Necessary, fit. [358] Business. [359] _Fool. "Folte, _stol
- 300 [402] Prize. [403] Pretend. [404] Old copy, _heare_. [405] Old copy, _trade_. [406] Bonds. [407] A proverbial expression not found in the collections. It may signify the hangmans cord. [408] Old copy, _desire_. [409] Old copy, _breeds_. [410] Old copy,