V. x. 23 l. 4. threating] threatening 16(11)-12-13.
V. x. 24 l. 5. farewell open field] well fare conj. edd. needlessly: ‘farewell’ here = welcome.
V. xi. 5 l. 9. have riue] not riue 16(11)-12-13.
V. xi. 40 l. 6 is a very effective tetrameter as it stands. The reading of 16(11)-12-13 is not, I think, authentic.
V. xi. 41 l. 6. Upton’s correction had already been made in Hughes’s second edition.
V. xi. 54 l. 9. corruptfull] corrupted 16(11)-12-13. Morris and Grosart report ‘corrupted 1609’: not so in genuine copies examined.
V. xi. 61 l. 7. meed] hyre conj. Church. But see Introduction, p. viii. The reading ‘meed’ in this stanza makes the rhyme-scheme ababbcacc.
V. xi. 61 l. 8. froward] forward 1596. The sense requires ‘froward’. For the distinction between the two words cf. II. ii. 38; and for a similar confusion between them VI. x. 24 1. 7.
V. xii. 14 l. 8. steale] steele 1609. But ‘steale’ here = handle.