41. 18. It is hard to make an old dog stoop; i.e. it is hard to make him submit to being taught. This occurs in Heywood’s Proverbs, 1562 (Hazlitt). In the most insipid way, I. R. alters to stoupe into for Sheepe, spoiling the whole saying.
43. To medle terre is to mix tar. I. R. alters medle in the rubric to melt, and then substitutes mingled for medled in l. 1. This is very clumsy.
44. In the rubric, I. R. alters brome to browne, which is certainly wrong; see [the context].
7. gelly] Ielly. Yet the spelling with g is well enough.
8. pysse] pisse or lye. See lye in the [glossary].
14. or of faldynge, &c.] or a folding of some such soft cloth or wooll. It is clear that I. R. did not know the word faldynge, or he would not thus have altered the text.
17. sheydes] sheeds; i.e. partings; see [sect. 42], l. 4.
24. for] from (as in other places). For = against, to prevent.