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Raph.Yonder they be, Mall: stay, stand close, and stur not,Untill I call.—God save yee, gentlemen!M. Bar.What, sir Raph Smith! you are a welcome man:We wondred when we heard you were abroad.255Raph.Why, sir, how heard yee that I was abroad?M. Bar.By your man.Raph.My man! where is he?Will.Heere.Raph.O, yee are a trustie squire!260Nic.It had bin better, and he had said, a sure carde.Phil.Why, sir?Nic.Because it is the proverbe.Phil.Away, yee asse!Nic.An asse goes a foure legs; I go of two, Christ crosse.265Phi.Hold your tongue.Nic.And make no more adoe.M. Gou.Go to, no more adoe.—Gentle sir Raphe,Your man is not in fault for missing you,For he mistooke by us, and we by him.270Raph.And I by you; which now I well perceive.But tell me, gentlemen, what made yee allBe from your beds this night, and why thus lateAre your wives walking heere about the fields:[1941]Tis strange to see such women of accoumpt275Heere; but I gesse some great occasion.M. Gour.Faith, this occasion, sir: women will jarre;And jarre they did to day, and so they parted;We knowing womens mallice let aloneWill, canker like, eate farther in their hearts,280Did seeke a sodaine cure, and thus it was,—A match betweene his daughter and my sonne:No sooner motioned but twas agreed,And they no sooner saw but wooed and likte:They have it sought to crosse, and crosse it thus.285Rap.Fye, mistresse Barnes, and mistresse Goursey both;The greatest sinne wherein your soules may sinne,I thinke, is this, in crossing of true love:Let me perswade yee.Mi. Bar.Sir, we are perswaded,290And I and mistresse Goursey are both friends;And, if my daughter were but found againe,Who now is missing, she had my consentTo be disposd off to her owne content.Raph.I do rejoyce that what I thought to doe,295Ere I begin, I finde already done:Why, this will please your friends at Abington.—Franke, if thou seekst that way, there thou shalt findeHer, whom I holde the comfort of thy minde.Mall.[coming forward]. He shall not seeke me; I will seeke him out,300Since of my mothers graunt I need not doubt.Mi. Bar.Thy mother graunts, my girle, and she doth prayTo send unto you both a joyfull day!

Raph.Yonder they be, Mall: stay, stand close, and stur not,Untill I call.—God save yee, gentlemen!

Raph.Yonder they be, Mall: stay, stand close, and stur not,

Untill I call.—God save yee, gentlemen!

M. Bar.What, sir Raph Smith! you are a welcome man:We wondred when we heard you were abroad.255

M. Bar.What, sir Raph Smith! you are a welcome man:

We wondred when we heard you were abroad.255

Raph.Why, sir, how heard yee that I was abroad?

M. Bar.By your man.

Raph.My man! where is he?

Will.Heere.

Raph.O, yee are a trustie squire!260

Nic.It had bin better, and he had said, a sure carde.

Phil.Why, sir?

Nic.Because it is the proverbe.

Phil.Away, yee asse!

Nic.An asse goes a foure legs; I go of two, Christ crosse.265

Phi.Hold your tongue.

Nic.And make no more adoe.

M. Gou.Go to, no more adoe.—Gentle sir Raphe,Your man is not in fault for missing you,For he mistooke by us, and we by him.270

M. Gou.Go to, no more adoe.—Gentle sir Raphe,

Your man is not in fault for missing you,

For he mistooke by us, and we by him.270

Raph.And I by you; which now I well perceive.But tell me, gentlemen, what made yee allBe from your beds this night, and why thus lateAre your wives walking heere about the fields:[1941]Tis strange to see such women of accoumpt275Heere; but I gesse some great occasion.

Raph.And I by you; which now I well perceive.

But tell me, gentlemen, what made yee all

Be from your beds this night, and why thus late

Are your wives walking heere about the fields:[1941]

Tis strange to see such women of accoumpt275

Heere; but I gesse some great occasion.

M. Gour.Faith, this occasion, sir: women will jarre;And jarre they did to day, and so they parted;We knowing womens mallice let aloneWill, canker like, eate farther in their hearts,280Did seeke a sodaine cure, and thus it was,—A match betweene his daughter and my sonne:No sooner motioned but twas agreed,And they no sooner saw but wooed and likte:They have it sought to crosse, and crosse it thus.285

M. Gour.Faith, this occasion, sir: women will jarre;

And jarre they did to day, and so they parted;

We knowing womens mallice let alone

Will, canker like, eate farther in their hearts,280

Did seeke a sodaine cure, and thus it was,—

A match betweene his daughter and my sonne:

No sooner motioned but twas agreed,

And they no sooner saw but wooed and likte:

They have it sought to crosse, and crosse it thus.285

Rap.Fye, mistresse Barnes, and mistresse Goursey both;The greatest sinne wherein your soules may sinne,I thinke, is this, in crossing of true love:Let me perswade yee.

Rap.Fye, mistresse Barnes, and mistresse Goursey both;

The greatest sinne wherein your soules may sinne,

I thinke, is this, in crossing of true love:

Let me perswade yee.

Mi. Bar.Sir, we are perswaded,290And I and mistresse Goursey are both friends;And, if my daughter were but found againe,Who now is missing, she had my consentTo be disposd off to her owne content.

Mi. Bar.Sir, we are perswaded,290

And I and mistresse Goursey are both friends;

And, if my daughter were but found againe,

Who now is missing, she had my consent

To be disposd off to her owne content.

Raph.I do rejoyce that what I thought to doe,295Ere I begin, I finde already done:Why, this will please your friends at Abington.—Franke, if thou seekst that way, there thou shalt findeHer, whom I holde the comfort of thy minde.

Raph.I do rejoyce that what I thought to doe,295

Ere I begin, I finde already done:

Why, this will please your friends at Abington.—

Franke, if thou seekst that way, there thou shalt finde

Her, whom I holde the comfort of thy minde.

Mall.[coming forward]. He shall not seeke me; I will seeke him out,300Since of my mothers graunt I need not doubt.

Mall.[coming forward]. He shall not seeke me; I will seeke him out,300

Since of my mothers graunt I need not doubt.

Mi. Bar.Thy mother graunts, my girle, and she doth prayTo send unto you both a joyfull day!

Mi. Bar.Thy mother graunts, my girle, and she doth pray

To send unto you both a joyfull day!

Hodg.Nay, mistresse Barnes, I wish her better; that those joyfull dayes may be turned to joyfull nights.305

Coom.Faith, tis a pretty wench, and tis pitty but she should have him.

Nich.And, mistresse Mary, when yee go to bed, God send you good rest, and a peck a fleas in your nest, every one as big as Francis!310

Phil.Well said, wisdome: God send thee wise children!

Nich.And you more money.

Phil.I, so wish I.

Nich.Twill be a good while ere you wish your skin full of ilet holes.

Phil.Franke, harke ye: brother, now your woings doone,315The next thing now you do is for a sonne;I prithe, for, i faith, I should be gladTo have myselfe cald nunckle, and thou dad.—Well, sister, if that Francis play the man,My mother must be grandam, and you mam.—320To it, Francis,—to it, sister!—God send yee joy!Tis fine to sing, "dansey, my owne sweete boye!"Fra.Well, sir, jest on.Phil.Nay, sir,[1942]do you jest on.M. Bar.Well, may she proove a happy wife to him!325M. Gou.And may he proove as happy unto her!Raph.Well, gentlemen, good hap betide them both!Since twas my hap thus happily to meete,To be a witnesse of this sweete contract,I doe rejoyce; wherefore, to have this joye330Longer present with me, I do requestThat all of you will be my promist guests:This long nights labour dooth desire some rest,Besides this wished end; therefore, I pray,Let me deteine yee but a dinner time:335Tell me, I pray, shall I obtaine so much?M. Bar.Gentle sir Raphe, your courtesie is suchAs may impose commaund unto us all;We will be thankfull bolde at your request.Phil.I pray, sir Raph, what cheere shall we have?340S. Raph.I faith, countrie fare, mutton and veale,Perchance a ducke or goose.Mal.Oh, I am sick!All.How now, Mall? whats the matter?Mal.Father and mother, if you needs would know,345He nam'd a goose, which is my stomacks foe.Phil.Come, come, she is with childe of some od jest,And now shees sicke till that she bring[1943]it foorth.Mal.A jest, quoth you! well, brother, if it be,I feare twill proove an earnest unto me.—350Goose, said ye, sir? Oh, that same very nameHath in it much variety of shame!Of all the birds that ever yet was seene,I would not have them graze upon this greene;I hope they will not, for this crop is poore,355And they may pasture upon greater store:But yet tis pittie that they let them passe,And like a common bite the Muses grasse.Yet this I feare; if Franke and I should kisse,Some creeking goose would chide us with a hisse:360I meane not that goose that sings it knowes not what;[1944]Tis not that hisse when one saies, 'hist, come hither';Nor that same hisse that setteth dogges together;Nor that same hisse that by a fire doth stand,And hisseth T. or F.[1945]upon the hand;365But tis a hisse, and Ile unlace my cote,For I should sound[1946]sure, if I heard that note,And then 'greene ginger for the greene goose' cries,Serves not the turne,—I turn'd the white of eyes.Therosa-solis[1947]yet that makes me live370Is favour[1948]that these gentlemen may give;But if they be displeased, then pleasde am I,To yeeld my selfe a hissing death to dye:Yet I hope heeres none consents to kill,But kindly take the favour of good will.375If any thing be in the pen to blame,Then here stand I to blush the writers shame:If this be bad, he promises a better;Trust him, and he will proove a right true debter.[Exeunt.]

Phil.Franke, harke ye: brother, now your woings doone,315

The next thing now you do is for a sonne;

I prithe, for, i faith, I should be glad

To have myselfe cald nunckle, and thou dad.—

Well, sister, if that Francis play the man,

My mother must be grandam, and you mam.—320

To it, Francis,—to it, sister!—God send yee joy!

Tis fine to sing, "dansey, my owne sweete boye!"

Fra.Well, sir, jest on.

Phil.Nay, sir,[1942]do you jest on.

M. Bar.Well, may she proove a happy wife to him!325

M. Gou.And may he proove as happy unto her!

Raph.Well, gentlemen, good hap betide them both!Since twas my hap thus happily to meete,To be a witnesse of this sweete contract,I doe rejoyce; wherefore, to have this joye330Longer present with me, I do requestThat all of you will be my promist guests:This long nights labour dooth desire some rest,Besides this wished end; therefore, I pray,Let me deteine yee but a dinner time:335Tell me, I pray, shall I obtaine so much?

Raph.Well, gentlemen, good hap betide them both!

Since twas my hap thus happily to meete,

To be a witnesse of this sweete contract,

I doe rejoyce; wherefore, to have this joye330

Longer present with me, I do request

That all of you will be my promist guests:

This long nights labour dooth desire some rest,

Besides this wished end; therefore, I pray,

Let me deteine yee but a dinner time:335

Tell me, I pray, shall I obtaine so much?

M. Bar.Gentle sir Raphe, your courtesie is suchAs may impose commaund unto us all;We will be thankfull bolde at your request.

M. Bar.Gentle sir Raphe, your courtesie is such

As may impose commaund unto us all;

We will be thankfull bolde at your request.

Phil.I pray, sir Raph, what cheere shall we have?340

S. Raph.I faith, countrie fare, mutton and veale,Perchance a ducke or goose.

S. Raph.I faith, countrie fare, mutton and veale,

Perchance a ducke or goose.

Mal.Oh, I am sick!

All.How now, Mall? whats the matter?

Mal.Father and mother, if you needs would know,345He nam'd a goose, which is my stomacks foe.

Mal.Father and mother, if you needs would know,345

He nam'd a goose, which is my stomacks foe.

Phil.Come, come, she is with childe of some od jest,And now shees sicke till that she bring[1943]it foorth.

Phil.Come, come, she is with childe of some od jest,

And now shees sicke till that she bring[1943]it foorth.

Mal.A jest, quoth you! well, brother, if it be,I feare twill proove an earnest unto me.—350Goose, said ye, sir? Oh, that same very nameHath in it much variety of shame!Of all the birds that ever yet was seene,I would not have them graze upon this greene;I hope they will not, for this crop is poore,355And they may pasture upon greater store:But yet tis pittie that they let them passe,And like a common bite the Muses grasse.Yet this I feare; if Franke and I should kisse,Some creeking goose would chide us with a hisse:360I meane not that goose that sings it knowes not what;[1944]Tis not that hisse when one saies, 'hist, come hither';Nor that same hisse that setteth dogges together;Nor that same hisse that by a fire doth stand,And hisseth T. or F.[1945]upon the hand;365But tis a hisse, and Ile unlace my cote,For I should sound[1946]sure, if I heard that note,And then 'greene ginger for the greene goose' cries,Serves not the turne,—I turn'd the white of eyes.Therosa-solis[1947]yet that makes me live370Is favour[1948]that these gentlemen may give;But if they be displeased, then pleasde am I,To yeeld my selfe a hissing death to dye:Yet I hope heeres none consents to kill,But kindly take the favour of good will.375If any thing be in the pen to blame,Then here stand I to blush the writers shame:If this be bad, he promises a better;Trust him, and he will proove a right true debter.[Exeunt.]

Mal.A jest, quoth you! well, brother, if it be,

I feare twill proove an earnest unto me.—350

Goose, said ye, sir? Oh, that same very name

Hath in it much variety of shame!

Of all the birds that ever yet was seene,

I would not have them graze upon this greene;

I hope they will not, for this crop is poore,355

And they may pasture upon greater store:

But yet tis pittie that they let them passe,

And like a common bite the Muses grasse.

Yet this I feare; if Franke and I should kisse,

Some creeking goose would chide us with a hisse:360

I meane not that goose that sings it knowes not what;[1944]

Tis not that hisse when one saies, 'hist, come hither';

Nor that same hisse that setteth dogges together;

Nor that same hisse that by a fire doth stand,

And hisseth T. or F.[1945]upon the hand;365

But tis a hisse, and Ile unlace my cote,

For I should sound[1946]sure, if I heard that note,

And then 'greene ginger for the greene goose' cries,

Serves not the turne,—I turn'd the white of eyes.

Therosa-solis[1947]yet that makes me live370

Is favour[1948]that these gentlemen may give;

But if they be displeased, then pleasde am I,

To yeeld my selfe a hissing death to dye:

Yet I hope heeres none consents to kill,

But kindly take the favour of good will.375

If any thing be in the pen to blame,

Then here stand I to blush the writers shame:

If this be bad, he promises a better;

Trust him, and he will proove a right true debter.

[Exeunt.]

FOOTNOTES:[1618]E., Act I. Sc. 1. No division into acts and scenes in Qtos.[1619]Prospects, views. Dyce.[1620]Q 1,be.[1621]Absolute, perfect. Dyce.[1622]Ay; so also in l. 23et passim.[1623]Dyce suggests for the metre, 'He will.' But more probably 'Heele' was a monosyllable, and 'bolde' (Q 1, 'bould') a dissyllable. According to the editor of theOxford Glossary"bold" is so pronounced at the present day.[1624]Backgammon; cf. Shakesp.L. L. L. V., ii. 326.[1625]The audience were to suppose that the stage now represented an orchard; for be it remembered that there was no movable painted scenery in the theatres at the time when this play was produced. Dyce.[1626]Q 1, 'rubbers,' as frequently used.[1627]Q 1, 'sneik up'—be hanged.[1628]Q 1, 'women;' but Barnes is addressing his wife. Dy. refers to l. 147; and to l. 177, where both Qtos. have 'woman.'[1629]The angel-noble was a gold coin worth from a third to half a sovereign; the royal or rose-noble, 10s.[1630]Q 1, 'women.'[1631]Q 2,far't.[1632]A term of the game.[1633]So Dy. Qtos.better.[1634]hit.[1635]Dyce reads, 'it is'; but probably in prov. pron. 'know' was then, as frequently now, a dissyllable.[1636]Q 2,Forsoorh.[1637]Q 2, 'for such a' appended to line 202.[1638]Q 2, 'in this absurdnes' appended to line 217.[1639]cannot help it withal.[1640]Q 1, 'Affoorde.'[1641]So Qtos. Dy. suggests 'doimpart'; cf. next line.[1642]Note the anapæstic swing.[1643]Qtos. append l. 258 to l. 257.[1644]Dyce cuts lines 1-6 into a kind of blank verse.[1645]Qtos., ll. 33 and 34 as one.[1646]Dy., qy. 'tacke'? But, of course, the boy uttered the 'tchick' with which one urges a horse.[1647]Taught her totread the ring,—to perform various movements in different directions within a ring marked out on a piece of ground. Dyce.[1648]champaign.[1649]A tagged lace used to attach the hose or breeches to the doublet. Dyce.[1650]sole, or oblate surface.[1651]Qtos., ll 110 and 111 as one.[1652]Q 1, 'th'art.'[1653]Dy., qy. 'Wher.'[1654]Q 2,phethe.[1655]Q 1, 'in the.'[1656]ll. 162-165, 167-171, 174-176, 181-184, printed as verse in the originals.[1657]Q 2,Wirl.[1658]Not in Q 1.[1659]Names of taverns. Ellis.[1660]H. and E., "yee lye—the Hornes," as if a tavern name. But Qtos., as above,—"You are lying about the horns, I have none."[1661]your sword.[1662]So Dyce. Qtos.,me,—my.[1663]Dy. suggests 'He is'; but qy. 'Coo-ums'?[1664]quality, humour.[1665]Dy. suggests 'he will.'[1666]crewel.[1667]The originals run, "Bridelaces sir his hat, and all greene hat"; so Dyce. Ellis, silently, "Bridelaces, sir—and his hat all green." Itmayhave been written, "Bridelaces, sir. His hat'—an all," etc. Coomes parades his wedding trophies.[1668]So Dy. from Q 1; but not in Q 2.[1669]E., Act II. Sc. 1.[1670]H. and E., 'indiscreet.'[1671]So Dy.; Qtos., 'vassailes.'[1672]ll. 31 and 32 as one in Qtos.[1673]Q 2,me.[1674]Q 2,effect.[1675]Q 1, 'womens.'[1676]Qy. 'foran.' Dyce.[1677]discipline.[1678]Read, for the metre, 'She is.' Dyce.[1679]God's.[1680]Dy. suggests 'red'; H. and E. adopt.[1681]Q 1, 'tother yeere.'[1682]Q 2,restained.[1683]Dy., H., E. 'have beene.'[1684]See p. 464n(F. B., vii. 74).[1685]Qtos.,apprehend,—but certainly Mall had spoken with sufficient plainness. Dyce.[1686]nature.[1687]The fate of old maids; cf. Shakesp.T. of S.II. 1.[1688]Q 1,nay.[1689]Little Milton is about eight miles northeast of Abingdon, across the fields. Great Milton is about a mile farther north.[1690]The common dress of a servingman. Dyce.[1691]Qtos., 'you,'—which, perhaps, is the right reading, some word having dropt out after it. Qy. thus;—"Mis. Bar.Mistresse flurt, youmean,Foule strumpet, light a loue, short heeles! Mistresse GourseyCall her," etc. Dyce. H. and E., 'yea.'[1692]Q 2,more.[1693]Q 1,tell.[1694]vile.[1695]Qtos.,forlorne.[1696]Q 1,the.[1697]Q 1,Thaust.[1698]Q 2,no.[1699]Q 2 appends this to the preceding line.[1700]Q 2,father.[1701]Q 2,repeats.[1702]Q 1, 'Gads.'[1703]Qtos.,His.[1704]Qy., "Franke he is young"? compare the preceding line but one. Dyce.[1705]Qtos., no comma. Qy., 'rime-rotten.'[1706]sprüche: rare.[1707]By our lady.[1708]miser.[1709]Q 1,ma.[1710]As who should say, "Your company is indifferent to me." So inMother Bombie, "Farewell frost, my fortune naught me cost," and Ray'sProverbs: "F.f., Nothing got nor nothing lost."[1711]Q 1,faith in.[1712]Qtos.,some.[1713]Qtos.,treason.[1714]vomits.[1715]A quantity of ten: one-twentieth of a last.[1716]So Q 2. Dy., etc., 'knave.'[1717]Qtos.,But.[1718]Struck by a tramp vessel?[1719]Cf.Haml.I. ii., "A beast that wants discourse of reason," and III. i., "the mould of form."[1720]Q 1,cehape.[1721]Perhaps the word squints at two contemporary significations: cart-horse: squeamish eater.[1722]Not in Q 1.[1723]Q 1, 'drinke.'[1724]Q 1,Nich.[1725]Cf. Du.,vrolijk zijn, 'to be jolly,' and Heywood and Brome,Lanc. Witches, "what, all lustick, all froligozene."New Eng. Dic.Q 2 reads 'NickeFrolagozene'sc.'NickJovial.'[1726]Omitted in Q 2.[1727]until.—Ought not the passage to stand as follows?—"no, I will not;Norwaite while one comes out to answereme," Dyce.[1728]Q 2,to.[1729]ll. 6-10, printed as prose, Q 2. So also ll. 17-22, save that the initial letter of each line, except 22, is capitalized.[1730]H. and E, gratuitously, 'shackles.'[1731]Qtos.,seeme.[1732]excess; cf. Scotch 'scouth'; free swing.[1733]Q 1,fathers.[1734]Qtos.,to.[1735]Q 1,than.[1736]Qtos.,Franke.[1737]be wi' ye.[1738]Q 2, 'judged.'[1739]Dy.; qy., 'unto.'[1740]Q 1,maister.[1741]Q 2,baun.[1742]Q 2,ye.[1743]Q 1,craft.[1744]So Q 2; but Dy., H., E., transpose these lines.[1745]broadsword.[1746]H., 'garden-butt.'[1747]the sharp point in the centre. Dyce.[1748]Q 1,and.[1749]Qtos.,out.[1750]brave.[1751]Q 2,Gourseys.[1752]manlike.[1753]Cf.M. of V., II. ii., dialogue between Gobbo's conscience and the fiend.[1754]the parson.[1755]E., Act III. Sc. 1.[1756]A line missing, to rhyme with 'elfes.' Hazlitt.[1757]forester.[1758]A barrow; also a burrow when of rabbits, as in Sc.X, l. 9. Here it is probably a misprint for bevvie = bevy. So E.[1759]Q 1,me.[1760]Q 1, 'th.'[1761]Qtos.,he.[1762]Q 2, 'doe.'[1763]Q 1,thee.[1764]Q 1, 'thorowly.'[1765]Q 2, 'may.'[1766]Q 2,I.[1767]Q 2,chanke.[1768]Q 1, sound,i.e.swoon.[1769]bow down before intellects of small merit.[1770]Qtos.,wone.[1771]AnIof the Christ-cross row or alphabet.[1772]pigsney. Cent. Dict. But Dyce: a term of endearment, formed, perhaps, frompink, to wink, to contract the eyelids.[1773]Qtos.,sower.[1774]dear.[1775]beat, urge.[1776]Q 2, 'would have.'[1777]Cf.M.N.D., I. i. 70-72; II. ii. 162-163[1778]rowed.[1779]Q 2 prints ll. 117-120 as prose, but with initial capitals.[1780]Qtos.patient.[1781]So H. and E.; but Qtos. 'thy.'[1782]Q 1,cheesse.[1783]Q 2, After previous line.[1784]Q 1,to.[1785]Some word, or words, have dropt out here. The lines ought to be arranged thus:—"God send ye both good speed!—Gods Lord, my mother!—Quicklystand aside,And closely too, least that you be espied." Dyce.The missing foot before 'stand' may indicate the dramatic pause for surprise. See myAppendixtoGreene(Metres).[1786]Dy., H., E., 'forgot.'[1787]Read, for the metre, "Shee is." Dyce.[1788]Cf.Romeo and Juliet, Act III. v. 141.[1789]Eds. 'Philip.'[1790]Q 2,Mather.[1791]Q 2, 'deny.'[1792]Read, for the metre, "is it." Dyce.[1793]Q 1,mistrurst.[1794]Q. 2,Mi Gou.[1795]So Qtos. Eds., 'confederate.' But the plural is idiomatic: as 'he has gonepartnerswith Philip.'[1796]Occurs here in Qtos. (to warn the actors to be in readiness for coming on the stage). Dyce.[1797]Q 2, 'to.'[1798]Carfax (quadrifurcus), the centre of Oxford, at the junction of Cornmarket, St. Aldate's, Queen St., and the High.[1799]Q 2,Oppoint.[1800]fine.[1801]Q 2,offection.[1802]Q 2,huge.[1803]Sc., self-willed.[1804]A common proverbial expression: "Beggars bush," says Ray, "being a tree notoriously known, on the left hand of the London road from Huntington to Caxton."Proverbs, p. 244, ed. 1768. Dyce.[1805]Q 2,be dawbe.[1806]refuse.[1807]livery.[1808]Common term for a small dagger, but, like 'bird-spit' in the next speech of Coomes, here used in contempt. Dyce.[1809]The origin of this corrupted oath is unknown; Dy., H., and E.N.E.D.queriesdignesse= Goddes dignity. But the poet seems to be thinking of 'dine' = 'dinner'; hence Lord's meal, Lord's Supper. Cf. "God's board" for communion-table (Bk. Com. Prayer, 1549), and "God's bread" for the wafer,G.G.N., p. 219. That Coomes adopts this popular etymology is confirmed by the collocation of 'God's dines' with 'wafer-cake' (for the Eucharist) in Sc. xi. l. 206 of this play.[1810]rabbit-warren.[1811]horse.[1812]'an I.'[1813]repent of his behaviour. Cf. Heywood,If you know not, etc., ed. 1874, I. 267 (Century). Dyce has "Nares (Gloss, in v.) mentions three places which still retain the name,—one between Oxford and Banbury, another close to Stafford, the third near Shrewsbury."[1814]advice[1815]So Q 2. Eds., 'an.'[1816]Q 1, 'vpon.'[1817]till.[1818]E., Act IV. Sc. 1.[1819]Q 2,bother.[1820]A kind of net for catching rabbits,—usually stretched before their holes. Dyce.[1821]Q 1, 'do.'[1822]a young rabbit.[1823]Q 1, 'you'r.'[1824]Q 1, omits 'not'; but Q 2 is right: "Even if you won't speak I know you are lying in wait for me."[1825]Qtos.,glimpes.[1826]exposed.[1827]Q 1,metamorphesie. For the figure cf.R. and J., I. v., "Like a rich jewel in an Ethiop's ear," etc.[1828]Q 1, 'these.'[1829]Q 1,sbloud.[1830]nearer.[1831]Not in Q 1.[1832]The scene is therefore the grove where Sir Raph had engaged to await Will's return, Sc. vii.; not the warren, as E. has it.[1833]E. mistakenly makes this 'Act IV. Sc. ii.,Another Part of the Warren'; but Frank has run from the warren to the grove where Sir Raph is waiting for his bow.[1834]Q 2,bound.[1835]Q 2,wouldn.[1836]So Q 2. Line wanting in Q 1.[1837]Q 2 omits this line.[1838]This stage-direction occurs after l. 75 in Qtos.[1839]Qtos.,Sblould.[1840]Q 2,clade.[1841]Q 1,whench.[1842]Q 1,asks; Q 2,aske.[1843]Q 1 omits.[1844]Eds. substitute 'question,' evidently without sufficient reason.[1845]Q 2 omits.[1846]E. makes no new scene; but see Sc.x.l. 30.[1847]goose. Q 1,asgoe.[1848]Q 2,Had.[1849]be wi're.[1850]E. makes this 'Act IV., Sc. iii.,The Open Fields'; but the present scene began with Philip's entry, forty-five lines earlier.[1851]Of course 'mistress.'[1852]Q 1,clowdes.[1853]Not in Q 1.[1854]Q 1, 'ho.'[1855]Q 1, 'it.'[1856]Q 1,throwe.[1857]So Q 2. Eds. omit.[1858]So Q 2. Q 1, 'for me.'[1859]pent-house.[1860]Q 1,buze.[1861]Q 1, 'stones.'[1862]Q 1, 'should well.'[1863]Q 1, "I haue had a Pumpe set vp, as good."[1864]H. and E., 'lee-land.' But the context indicates 'lealand,' the open fields.[1865]Perhaps he swore by our Lady of Walsingham,—in Norfolk. Dyce.[1866]Whip-her-jenny: a game of cards. H.[1867]Q 1, 'tripe-cheeke.'[1868]Q 1, 'isthebest.'[1869]"If I had only known in time!" Cf.Secunda Pastorum(Towneley), l. 93.[1870]Cf.Secunda Pastorum, l. 318.[1871]Q 1,his.[1872]So Qtos. H. and E. read 'dines.'[1873]Qy. a proverbial allusion to the famous Brazen-head? Dyce.[1874]See note, Sc. viii. l. 354.[1875]H., 'Vintry.'[1876]Q 1,breath.[1877]Q 1 omits.[1878]The hero of the popular German jest-book (Eulenspiegel), which was translated into English at a very early period; see Gifford's note on Jonson'sWorks,IV.60, and Nare'sGloss. inV.Dyce.[1879]Q 1, 'last': and 'lase.'[1880]Q 1, 'silly.'[1881]Q 1, 'shew.'[1882]Q 2,couriers.[1883]Q 2,bandg.[1884]By idiom 'bauble'; by sense 'babble.'[1885]Q 2,yon.[1886]Q 2,swoses.[1887]random.[1888]From the 'cunny greene' (see Sc. viii., end) having lost Nicholas and the torchen route.E. mistakenly includes this in the previous scene.[1889]Qtos,hap.[1890]Q 2, 'out.'[1891]spite.[1892]The sham quarrel of Sc. xiv. l. 115.[1893]So Q 2. Q 1 'a.'[1894]Eds., 'foundst.'[1895]Eds. omit.[1896]Q 1,tell.[1897]Blind-man's-buff.[1898]Q 2 prints l. 105 as of fourteen syllables ending with "Hob man blind," and line 106 as of twelve syllables ending with "heere."[1899]So Q 2. Q 1 omits.[1900]E. makes this 'Act v., Sc. 1,In the Fields'; but Sir Raph frequents the grove, and Mall takes it in her flight across the fields from the cunny greene.[1901]veil.[1902]missed-way.[1903](I suppose) Buoys. Dyce.[1904]So Qtos. Dy.: qy. 'fellow?' H. followed by E., "It is no envious fellow, out of grudge."[1905]So Qtos. = 'why.' H. and E. read 'whe'er,' unnecessarily.[1906]a deer lean and out of season. Dyce.[1907]It has not seemed necessary to indicate that ll. 64, 65, 66-68, etc., constitute verses; so in nearly every scene.[1908]Q 2,oyure.[1909]See note onF. B., i. 142.[1910]Q 1,wandring.[1911]So Dy. and other eds. Qtos., 'thy.'[1912]E includes with preceding scene.[1913]Dy., ''Tis.'[1914]So Dy., etc.,i.e.suffer. Qtos,stole.[1915]The order of ll. 20-21 is reversed in Q 2.[1916]Q 1,Being.[1917]Q 1,enforc'st.[1918]Q 1,same.[1919]spirit-dulling.[1920]So Q 1. Q 2,you.[1921]Q 1,weere.[1922]Eds. divide line here.[1923]So Q 2. Eds., 'women.'[1924]Q 2,it.[1925]Qtos.,carerie.[1926]Q 1, 'shrowdly.'[1927]So Dyce. Qtos. assign to Goursey. Perhaps Barnes lays his hand on Goursey who shakes it off. A scuffle appears to ensue: cf. ll. 161-163.[1928]So Q 2. But Q 1, 'him,' which Dy., etc., for no sufficient reason prefer.[1929]So Dy. Qtos.,be.[1930]Cf.F.B., viii. 75.[1931]convince.[1932]So Dy. Qtos.,mindes.[1933]So Q 1. Q 2 omits.[1934]Qy., revoke. Cf.F. B., viii. 144, n.[1935]Dyce thinks something has dropt out here.[1936]Ought probably to be omitted. Dyce.[1937]So Q 2; which is just as intelligible as the 'deliverie' of Q 1 and Eds.[1938]the one.[1939]H. and E. change, unnecessarily, to "yond help that both may come together."[1940]Qy.,standstill? Dyce.[1941]Q 1,fileds.[1942]Q 2,fie.[1943]Q 1, 'brings.'[1944]A line, which rhymed with this one, has dropt out. Dyce. But H. begins a new line with 'Sings.'[1945]Traitor or Felon. Dyce.[1946]Swoon.[1947]a cordial.[1948]Q 2, 'favours.'

[1618]E., Act I. Sc. 1. No division into acts and scenes in Qtos.

[1619]Prospects, views. Dyce.

[1620]Q 1,be.

[1621]Absolute, perfect. Dyce.

[1622]Ay; so also in l. 23et passim.

[1623]Dyce suggests for the metre, 'He will.' But more probably 'Heele' was a monosyllable, and 'bolde' (Q 1, 'bould') a dissyllable. According to the editor of theOxford Glossary"bold" is so pronounced at the present day.

[1624]Backgammon; cf. Shakesp.L. L. L. V., ii. 326.

[1625]The audience were to suppose that the stage now represented an orchard; for be it remembered that there was no movable painted scenery in the theatres at the time when this play was produced. Dyce.

[1626]Q 1, 'rubbers,' as frequently used.

[1627]Q 1, 'sneik up'—be hanged.

[1628]Q 1, 'women;' but Barnes is addressing his wife. Dy. refers to l. 147; and to l. 177, where both Qtos. have 'woman.'

[1629]The angel-noble was a gold coin worth from a third to half a sovereign; the royal or rose-noble, 10s.

[1630]Q 1, 'women.'

[1631]Q 2,far't.

[1632]A term of the game.

[1633]So Dy. Qtos.better.

[1634]hit.

[1635]Dyce reads, 'it is'; but probably in prov. pron. 'know' was then, as frequently now, a dissyllable.

[1636]Q 2,Forsoorh.

[1637]Q 2, 'for such a' appended to line 202.

[1638]Q 2, 'in this absurdnes' appended to line 217.

[1639]cannot help it withal.

[1640]Q 1, 'Affoorde.'

[1641]So Qtos. Dy. suggests 'doimpart'; cf. next line.

[1642]Note the anapæstic swing.

[1643]Qtos. append l. 258 to l. 257.

[1644]Dyce cuts lines 1-6 into a kind of blank verse.

[1645]Qtos., ll. 33 and 34 as one.

[1646]Dy., qy. 'tacke'? But, of course, the boy uttered the 'tchick' with which one urges a horse.

[1647]Taught her totread the ring,—to perform various movements in different directions within a ring marked out on a piece of ground. Dyce.

[1648]champaign.

[1649]A tagged lace used to attach the hose or breeches to the doublet. Dyce.

[1650]sole, or oblate surface.

[1651]Qtos., ll 110 and 111 as one.

[1652]Q 1, 'th'art.'

[1653]Dy., qy. 'Wher.'

[1654]Q 2,phethe.

[1655]Q 1, 'in the.'

[1656]ll. 162-165, 167-171, 174-176, 181-184, printed as verse in the originals.

[1657]Q 2,Wirl.

[1658]Not in Q 1.

[1659]Names of taverns. Ellis.

[1660]H. and E., "yee lye—the Hornes," as if a tavern name. But Qtos., as above,—"You are lying about the horns, I have none."

[1661]your sword.

[1662]So Dyce. Qtos.,me,—my.

[1663]Dy. suggests 'He is'; but qy. 'Coo-ums'?

[1664]quality, humour.

[1665]Dy. suggests 'he will.'

[1666]crewel.

[1667]The originals run, "Bridelaces sir his hat, and all greene hat"; so Dyce. Ellis, silently, "Bridelaces, sir—and his hat all green." Itmayhave been written, "Bridelaces, sir. His hat'—an all," etc. Coomes parades his wedding trophies.

[1668]So Dy. from Q 1; but not in Q 2.

[1669]E., Act II. Sc. 1.

[1670]H. and E., 'indiscreet.'

[1671]So Dy.; Qtos., 'vassailes.'

[1672]ll. 31 and 32 as one in Qtos.

[1673]Q 2,me.

[1674]Q 2,effect.

[1675]Q 1, 'womens.'

[1676]Qy. 'foran.' Dyce.

[1677]discipline.

[1678]Read, for the metre, 'She is.' Dyce.

[1679]God's.

[1680]Dy. suggests 'red'; H. and E. adopt.

[1681]Q 1, 'tother yeere.'

[1682]Q 2,restained.

[1683]Dy., H., E. 'have beene.'

[1684]See p. 464n(F. B., vii. 74).

[1685]Qtos.,apprehend,—but certainly Mall had spoken with sufficient plainness. Dyce.

[1686]nature.

[1687]The fate of old maids; cf. Shakesp.T. of S.II. 1.

[1688]Q 1,nay.

[1689]Little Milton is about eight miles northeast of Abingdon, across the fields. Great Milton is about a mile farther north.

[1690]The common dress of a servingman. Dyce.

[1691]Qtos., 'you,'—which, perhaps, is the right reading, some word having dropt out after it. Qy. thus;—"Mis. Bar.Mistresse flurt, youmean,Foule strumpet, light a loue, short heeles! Mistresse GourseyCall her," etc. Dyce. H. and E., 'yea.'

[1691]Qtos., 'you,'—which, perhaps, is the right reading, some word having dropt out after it. Qy. thus;—

"Mis. Bar.Mistresse flurt, youmean,Foule strumpet, light a loue, short heeles! Mistresse GourseyCall her," etc. Dyce. H. and E., 'yea.'

"Mis. Bar.Mistresse flurt, youmean,

Foule strumpet, light a loue, short heeles! Mistresse Goursey

Call her," etc. Dyce. H. and E., 'yea.'

[1692]Q 2,more.

[1693]Q 1,tell.

[1694]vile.

[1695]Qtos.,forlorne.

[1696]Q 1,the.

[1697]Q 1,Thaust.

[1698]Q 2,no.

[1699]Q 2 appends this to the preceding line.

[1700]Q 2,father.

[1701]Q 2,repeats.

[1702]Q 1, 'Gads.'

[1703]Qtos.,His.

[1704]Qy., "Franke he is young"? compare the preceding line but one. Dyce.

[1705]Qtos., no comma. Qy., 'rime-rotten.'

[1706]sprüche: rare.

[1707]By our lady.

[1708]miser.

[1709]Q 1,ma.

[1710]As who should say, "Your company is indifferent to me." So inMother Bombie, "Farewell frost, my fortune naught me cost," and Ray'sProverbs: "F.f., Nothing got nor nothing lost."

[1711]Q 1,faith in.

[1712]Qtos.,some.

[1713]Qtos.,treason.

[1714]vomits.

[1715]A quantity of ten: one-twentieth of a last.

[1716]So Q 2. Dy., etc., 'knave.'

[1717]Qtos.,But.

[1718]Struck by a tramp vessel?

[1719]Cf.Haml.I. ii., "A beast that wants discourse of reason," and III. i., "the mould of form."

[1720]Q 1,cehape.

[1721]Perhaps the word squints at two contemporary significations: cart-horse: squeamish eater.

[1722]Not in Q 1.

[1723]Q 1, 'drinke.'

[1724]Q 1,Nich.

[1725]Cf. Du.,vrolijk zijn, 'to be jolly,' and Heywood and Brome,Lanc. Witches, "what, all lustick, all froligozene."New Eng. Dic.Q 2 reads 'NickeFrolagozene'sc.'NickJovial.'

[1726]Omitted in Q 2.

[1727]until.—Ought not the passage to stand as follows?—"no, I will not;Norwaite while one comes out to answereme," Dyce.

[1727]until.—Ought not the passage to stand as follows?—

"no, I will not;Norwaite while one comes out to answereme," Dyce.

"no, I will not;

Norwaite while one comes out to answereme," Dyce.

[1728]Q 2,to.

[1729]ll. 6-10, printed as prose, Q 2. So also ll. 17-22, save that the initial letter of each line, except 22, is capitalized.

[1730]H. and E, gratuitously, 'shackles.'

[1731]Qtos.,seeme.

[1732]excess; cf. Scotch 'scouth'; free swing.

[1733]Q 1,fathers.

[1734]Qtos.,to.

[1735]Q 1,than.

[1736]Qtos.,Franke.

[1737]be wi' ye.

[1738]Q 2, 'judged.'

[1739]Dy.; qy., 'unto.'

[1740]Q 1,maister.

[1741]Q 2,baun.

[1742]Q 2,ye.

[1743]Q 1,craft.

[1744]So Q 2; but Dy., H., E., transpose these lines.

[1745]broadsword.

[1746]H., 'garden-butt.'

[1747]the sharp point in the centre. Dyce.

[1748]Q 1,and.

[1749]Qtos.,out.

[1750]brave.

[1751]Q 2,Gourseys.

[1752]manlike.

[1753]Cf.M. of V., II. ii., dialogue between Gobbo's conscience and the fiend.

[1754]the parson.

[1755]E., Act III. Sc. 1.

[1756]A line missing, to rhyme with 'elfes.' Hazlitt.

[1757]forester.

[1758]A barrow; also a burrow when of rabbits, as in Sc.X, l. 9. Here it is probably a misprint for bevvie = bevy. So E.

[1759]Q 1,me.

[1760]Q 1, 'th.'

[1761]Qtos.,he.

[1762]Q 2, 'doe.'

[1763]Q 1,thee.

[1764]Q 1, 'thorowly.'

[1765]Q 2, 'may.'

[1766]Q 2,I.

[1767]Q 2,chanke.

[1768]Q 1, sound,i.e.swoon.

[1769]bow down before intellects of small merit.

[1770]Qtos.,wone.

[1771]AnIof the Christ-cross row or alphabet.

[1772]pigsney. Cent. Dict. But Dyce: a term of endearment, formed, perhaps, frompink, to wink, to contract the eyelids.

[1773]Qtos.,sower.

[1774]dear.

[1775]beat, urge.

[1776]Q 2, 'would have.'

[1777]Cf.M.N.D., I. i. 70-72; II. ii. 162-163

[1778]rowed.

[1779]Q 2 prints ll. 117-120 as prose, but with initial capitals.

[1780]Qtos.patient.

[1781]So H. and E.; but Qtos. 'thy.'

[1782]Q 1,cheesse.

[1783]Q 2, After previous line.

[1784]Q 1,to.

[1785]Some word, or words, have dropt out here. The lines ought to be arranged thus:—"God send ye both good speed!—Gods Lord, my mother!—Quicklystand aside,And closely too, least that you be espied." Dyce.The missing foot before 'stand' may indicate the dramatic pause for surprise. See myAppendixtoGreene(Metres).

[1785]Some word, or words, have dropt out here. The lines ought to be arranged thus:—

"God send ye both good speed!—Gods Lord, my mother!—Quicklystand aside,And closely too, least that you be espied." Dyce.

"God send ye both good speed!—

Gods Lord, my mother!—Quicklystand aside,

And closely too, least that you be espied." Dyce.

The missing foot before 'stand' may indicate the dramatic pause for surprise. See myAppendixtoGreene(Metres).

[1786]Dy., H., E., 'forgot.'

[1787]Read, for the metre, "Shee is." Dyce.

[1788]Cf.Romeo and Juliet, Act III. v. 141.

[1789]Eds. 'Philip.'

[1790]Q 2,Mather.

[1791]Q 2, 'deny.'

[1792]Read, for the metre, "is it." Dyce.

[1793]Q 1,mistrurst.

[1794]Q. 2,Mi Gou.

[1795]So Qtos. Eds., 'confederate.' But the plural is idiomatic: as 'he has gonepartnerswith Philip.'

[1796]Occurs here in Qtos. (to warn the actors to be in readiness for coming on the stage). Dyce.

[1797]Q 2, 'to.'

[1798]Carfax (quadrifurcus), the centre of Oxford, at the junction of Cornmarket, St. Aldate's, Queen St., and the High.

[1799]Q 2,Oppoint.

[1800]fine.

[1801]Q 2,offection.

[1802]Q 2,huge.

[1803]Sc., self-willed.

[1804]A common proverbial expression: "Beggars bush," says Ray, "being a tree notoriously known, on the left hand of the London road from Huntington to Caxton."Proverbs, p. 244, ed. 1768. Dyce.

[1805]Q 2,be dawbe.

[1806]refuse.

[1807]livery.

[1808]Common term for a small dagger, but, like 'bird-spit' in the next speech of Coomes, here used in contempt. Dyce.

[1809]The origin of this corrupted oath is unknown; Dy., H., and E.N.E.D.queriesdignesse= Goddes dignity. But the poet seems to be thinking of 'dine' = 'dinner'; hence Lord's meal, Lord's Supper. Cf. "God's board" for communion-table (Bk. Com. Prayer, 1549), and "God's bread" for the wafer,G.G.N., p. 219. That Coomes adopts this popular etymology is confirmed by the collocation of 'God's dines' with 'wafer-cake' (for the Eucharist) in Sc. xi. l. 206 of this play.

[1810]rabbit-warren.

[1811]horse.

[1812]'an I.'

[1813]repent of his behaviour. Cf. Heywood,If you know not, etc., ed. 1874, I. 267 (Century). Dyce has "Nares (Gloss, in v.) mentions three places which still retain the name,—one between Oxford and Banbury, another close to Stafford, the third near Shrewsbury."

[1814]advice

[1815]So Q 2. Eds., 'an.'

[1816]Q 1, 'vpon.'

[1817]till.

[1818]E., Act IV. Sc. 1.

[1819]Q 2,bother.

[1820]A kind of net for catching rabbits,—usually stretched before their holes. Dyce.

[1821]Q 1, 'do.'

[1822]a young rabbit.

[1823]Q 1, 'you'r.'

[1824]Q 1, omits 'not'; but Q 2 is right: "Even if you won't speak I know you are lying in wait for me."

[1825]Qtos.,glimpes.

[1826]exposed.

[1827]Q 1,metamorphesie. For the figure cf.R. and J., I. v., "Like a rich jewel in an Ethiop's ear," etc.

[1828]Q 1, 'these.'

[1829]Q 1,sbloud.

[1830]nearer.

[1831]Not in Q 1.

[1832]The scene is therefore the grove where Sir Raph had engaged to await Will's return, Sc. vii.; not the warren, as E. has it.

[1833]E. mistakenly makes this 'Act IV. Sc. ii.,Another Part of the Warren'; but Frank has run from the warren to the grove where Sir Raph is waiting for his bow.

[1834]Q 2,bound.

[1835]Q 2,wouldn.

[1836]So Q 2. Line wanting in Q 1.

[1837]Q 2 omits this line.

[1838]This stage-direction occurs after l. 75 in Qtos.

[1839]Qtos.,Sblould.

[1840]Q 2,clade.

[1841]Q 1,whench.

[1842]Q 1,asks; Q 2,aske.

[1843]Q 1 omits.

[1844]Eds. substitute 'question,' evidently without sufficient reason.

[1845]Q 2 omits.

[1846]E. makes no new scene; but see Sc.x.l. 30.

[1847]goose. Q 1,asgoe.

[1848]Q 2,Had.

[1849]be wi're.

[1850]E. makes this 'Act IV., Sc. iii.,The Open Fields'; but the present scene began with Philip's entry, forty-five lines earlier.

[1851]Of course 'mistress.'

[1852]Q 1,clowdes.

[1853]Not in Q 1.

[1854]Q 1, 'ho.'

[1855]Q 1, 'it.'

[1856]Q 1,throwe.

[1857]So Q 2. Eds. omit.

[1858]So Q 2. Q 1, 'for me.'

[1859]pent-house.

[1860]Q 1,buze.

[1861]Q 1, 'stones.'

[1862]Q 1, 'should well.'

[1863]Q 1, "I haue had a Pumpe set vp, as good."

[1864]H. and E., 'lee-land.' But the context indicates 'lealand,' the open fields.

[1865]Perhaps he swore by our Lady of Walsingham,—in Norfolk. Dyce.

[1866]Whip-her-jenny: a game of cards. H.

[1867]Q 1, 'tripe-cheeke.'

[1868]Q 1, 'isthebest.'

[1869]"If I had only known in time!" Cf.Secunda Pastorum(Towneley), l. 93.

[1870]Cf.Secunda Pastorum, l. 318.

[1871]Q 1,his.

[1872]So Qtos. H. and E. read 'dines.'

[1873]Qy. a proverbial allusion to the famous Brazen-head? Dyce.

[1874]See note, Sc. viii. l. 354.

[1875]H., 'Vintry.'

[1876]Q 1,breath.

[1877]Q 1 omits.

[1878]The hero of the popular German jest-book (Eulenspiegel), which was translated into English at a very early period; see Gifford's note on Jonson'sWorks,IV.60, and Nare'sGloss. inV.Dyce.

[1879]Q 1, 'last': and 'lase.'

[1880]Q 1, 'silly.'

[1881]Q 1, 'shew.'

[1882]Q 2,couriers.

[1883]Q 2,bandg.

[1884]By idiom 'bauble'; by sense 'babble.'

[1885]Q 2,yon.

[1886]Q 2,swoses.

[1887]random.

[1888]From the 'cunny greene' (see Sc. viii., end) having lost Nicholas and the torchen route.E. mistakenly includes this in the previous scene.

[1889]Qtos,hap.

[1890]Q 2, 'out.'

[1891]spite.

[1892]The sham quarrel of Sc. xiv. l. 115.

[1893]So Q 2. Q 1 'a.'

[1894]Eds., 'foundst.'

[1895]Eds. omit.

[1896]Q 1,tell.

[1897]Blind-man's-buff.

[1898]Q 2 prints l. 105 as of fourteen syllables ending with "Hob man blind," and line 106 as of twelve syllables ending with "heere."

[1899]So Q 2. Q 1 omits.

[1900]E. makes this 'Act v., Sc. 1,In the Fields'; but Sir Raph frequents the grove, and Mall takes it in her flight across the fields from the cunny greene.

[1901]veil.

[1902]missed-way.

[1903](I suppose) Buoys. Dyce.

[1904]So Qtos. Dy.: qy. 'fellow?' H. followed by E., "It is no envious fellow, out of grudge."

[1905]So Qtos. = 'why.' H. and E. read 'whe'er,' unnecessarily.

[1906]a deer lean and out of season. Dyce.

[1907]It has not seemed necessary to indicate that ll. 64, 65, 66-68, etc., constitute verses; so in nearly every scene.

[1908]Q 2,oyure.

[1909]See note onF. B., i. 142.

[1910]Q 1,wandring.

[1911]So Dy. and other eds. Qtos., 'thy.'

[1912]E includes with preceding scene.

[1913]Dy., ''Tis.'

[1914]So Dy., etc.,i.e.suffer. Qtos,stole.

[1915]The order of ll. 20-21 is reversed in Q 2.

[1916]Q 1,Being.

[1917]Q 1,enforc'st.

[1918]Q 1,same.

[1919]spirit-dulling.

[1920]So Q 1. Q 2,you.

[1921]Q 1,weere.

[1922]Eds. divide line here.

[1923]So Q 2. Eds., 'women.'

[1924]Q 2,it.

[1925]Qtos.,carerie.

[1926]Q 1, 'shrowdly.'

[1927]So Dyce. Qtos. assign to Goursey. Perhaps Barnes lays his hand on Goursey who shakes it off. A scuffle appears to ensue: cf. ll. 161-163.

[1928]So Q 2. But Q 1, 'him,' which Dy., etc., for no sufficient reason prefer.

[1929]So Dy. Qtos.,be.

[1930]Cf.F.B., viii. 75.

[1931]convince.

[1932]So Dy. Qtos.,mindes.

[1933]So Q 1. Q 2 omits.

[1934]Qy., revoke. Cf.F. B., viii. 144, n.

[1935]Dyce thinks something has dropt out here.

[1936]Ought probably to be omitted. Dyce.

[1937]So Q 2; which is just as intelligible as the 'deliverie' of Q 1 and Eds.

[1938]the one.

[1939]H. and E. change, unnecessarily, to "yond help that both may come together."

[1940]Qy.,standstill? Dyce.

[1941]Q 1,fileds.

[1942]Q 2,fie.

[1943]Q 1, 'brings.'

[1944]A line, which rhymed with this one, has dropt out. Dyce. But H. begins a new line with 'Sings.'

[1945]Traitor or Felon. Dyce.

[1946]Swoon.

[1947]a cordial.

[1948]Q 2, 'favours.'

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