FOOTNOTES:

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1 ([return])
[ Malfi. The presence-chamber in the palace of the Duchess.]

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2 ([return])
[ Prevent.]

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3 ([return])
[ The same.]

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4 ([return])
[ The reference is to the knightly sport of riding at the ring.]

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5 ([return])
[ At the expense of.]

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6 ([return])
[ Rolls of lint used to dress wounds.]

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7 ([return])
[ Surgeons.]

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8 ([return])
[ A small horse.]

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9 ([return])
[ Ballasted.]

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10 ([return])
[ A lively dance.]

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11 ([return])
[ Throws into the shade.]

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12 ([return])
[ At the point of.]

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13 ([return])
[ Coaches.]

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14 ([return])
[ Spy.]

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15 ([return])
[ Cheats.]

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16 ([return])
[ Spy.]

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17 ([return])
[ Malfi. Gallery in the Duchess' palace.]

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18 ([return])
[ Lustful.]

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19 ([return])
[ Genesis xxxi., 31-42.]

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20 ([return])
[ The net in which he caught Venus and Mars.]

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21 ([return])
[ Housekeepers.]

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22 ([return])
[ Produced.]

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23 ([return])
[ Qq. read STRANGE.]

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24 ([return])
[ Guess.]

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25 ([return])
[ The phrase used to indicate that accounts had been examined and found correct.]

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26 ([return])
[ Using words of present time; i.e., "I take," not "I will take.">[

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27 ([return])
[ Knot.]

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28 ([return])
[ More firmly.]

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29 ([return])
[ Of difficult disposition.]

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30 ([return])
[ Malfi. An apartment in the palace of the Duchess.]

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31 ([return])
[ Chief part.]

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32 ([return])
[ Bullies (Hazlitt); lawyers (Vaughan).]

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33 ([return])
[ Royal journey.]

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34 ([return])
[ Turning a boat on its side for repairs.]

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35 ([return])
[ Scabbed.]

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36 ([return])
[ Empty.]

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37 ([return])
[ Face-modeling (Sampson). "There's a plain statement of your practises.">[

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38 ([return])
[ Blue like those of a woman with child.]

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39 ([return])
[ Scurf.]

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40 ([return])
[ Person of highest influence.]

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41 ([return])
[ Hysteria.]

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42 ([return])
[ This year.]

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43 ([return])
[ Clearly.]

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44 ([return])
[ Youngster.]

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45 ([return])
[ A hall in the same palace.]

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46 ([return])
[ Crossness.]

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47 ([return])
[ Always.]

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48 ([return])
[ The meaner servants.]

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49 ([return])
[ At once.]

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50 ([return])
[ Cast his horoscope.]

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51 ([return])
[ The court of the same palace.]

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52 ([return])
[ Making an astrological calculation.]

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53 ([return])
[ Going to the root of the matter.]

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54 ([return])
[ Write.]

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55 ([return])
[ i.e., on his handkerchief.]

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56 ([return])
[ Addressing the lantern.]

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57 ([return])
[ "The rest not considered.">[

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58 ([return])
[ A piece of news.]

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59 ([return])
[ Cleverly contrived.]

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60 ([return])
[ Rome. An apartment in the palace of the Cardinal.]

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61 ([return])
[ Religious recluse.]

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62 ([return])
[ Experienced.]

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63 ([return])
[ Sick.]

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64 ([return])
[ Medicinal.]

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65 ([return])
[ Strong broth.]

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66 ([return])
[ Another apartment in the same palace.]

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67 ([return])
[ The mandrake was supposed to give forth shrieks when uprooted, which drove the hearer mad.]

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68 ([return])
[ Unchaste.]

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69 ([return])
[ Supposed to be a sign of folly.]

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70 ([return])
[ Throw the hammer.]

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71 ([return])
[ Boil to shreds. (Dyce.) Qq, TO BOIL.]

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72 ([return])
[ Malfi. An apartment in the palace of the Duchess.]

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73 ([return])
[ Wealth.]

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74 ([return])
[ Lampoons.]

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75 ([return])
[ Plowshares.]

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76 ([return])
[ Spying.]

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77 ([return])
[ Deceptions.]

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78 ([return])
[ Soothing.]

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79 ([return])
[ The bed-chamber of the Duchess in the same.]

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80 ([return])
[ Qq. read SLIGHT.]

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81 ([return])
[ Powder of orris-root.]

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82 ([return])
[ Wheels of craft.]

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83 ([return])
[ Certificate that the books were found correct.]

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84 ([return])
[ The badge of a steward.]

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85 ([return])
[ Spies.]

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86 ([return])
[ Lot.]

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87 ([return])
[ For Plutus.]

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88 ([return])
[ Quick steps.]

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89 ([return])
[ Miss.]

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90 ([return])
[ Remains.]

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91 ([return])
[ Profession.]

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92 ([return])
[ An apartment in the Cardinal's palace at Rome.]

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93 ([return])
[ A decorated horse-cloth, used only when the court is traveling.]

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94 ([return])
[ The first quarto has in the margin: "The Author disclaims this Ditty to be his.">[

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95 ([return])
[ Near Loretto.]

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96 ([return])
[ Small birds.]

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97 ([return])
[ His vizard.]

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98 ([return])
[ Malfi. An apartment in the palace of the Duchess.]

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99 ([return])
[ Curtain.]

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100 ([return])
[ The wife of Brutus, who died by swallowing fire.]

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101 ([return])
[ By artificial means.]

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102 ([return])
[ Profession.]

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103 ([return])
[ Spying.]

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104 ([return])
[ Another room in the lodging of the Duchess.]

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105 ([return])
[ Band.]

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106 ([return])
[ Bands.]

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107 ([return])
[ Boil.]

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108 ([return])
[ Punning on the two senses of "dye" and "corn.">[

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109 ([return])
[ From exporting his grain.]

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110 ([return])
[ Optical glass.]

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111 ([return])
[ The Geneva Bible.]

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112 ([return])
[ Petticoat.]

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113 ([return])
[ Coach.]

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114 ([return])
[ A warm drink containing milk, wine, etc.]

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115 ([return])
[ Receptacle.]

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116 ([return])
[ A drug supposed to ooze from embalmed bodies.]

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117 ([return])
[ Curdled.]

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118 ([return])
[ Trial.]

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119 ([return])
[ An exclamation of impatience.]

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120 ([return])
[ Milan. A public place.]

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121 ([return])
[ In escheat; here, in fee.]

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122 ([return])
[ Disbeliever.]

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123 ([return])
[ Fraught.]

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124 ([return])
[ A gallery in the residence of the Cardinal and Ferdinand.]

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125 ([return])
[ A dog which worries sheep.]

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126 ([return])
[ A fabulous serpent that killed by its glance.]

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127 ([return])
[ Cut a caper.]

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128 ([return])
[ Broth.]

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129 ([return])
[ Skeletons.]

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130 ([return])
[ So Dyce. Qq. BROUGHT.]

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131 ([return])
[ Perfumed sweetmeats for the breath.]

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132 ([return])
[ Smoke.]

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133 ([return])
[ A fortification.]

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134 ([return])
[ Milan. An apartment in the residence of the Cardinal and Ferdinand.]

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135 ([return])
[ Reality.]

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136 ([return])
[ Mistake.]

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137 ([return])
[ i.e., the dead body.]

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138 ([return])
[ Another apartment in the same.

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Transcriber's Note:

Comments on the preparation of this e-text:

All of the footnotes have been re-numbered, in the form [xxx].

A few punctuation marks have been added. These are always set off by angle brackets. Eg. [?]

The names of the characters have been spelled out in full. Eg. CARDINAL was CARD.

Leading blanks are reproduced from the printed text. Eg.:

FERDINAND. Sister, I have a suit to you. DUCHESS. To me, sir?