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Page 37: 1st Henry[original has Henrv] IV, act ii, sc. 4 (263).

Page 40: Winter's Tale, act[original has extraneous period] iv, sc. 4 (436).

Page 43: Troilus[original has Triolus] and Cressida

Page 60: garter coat of William Grey of Vitten"[quotation mark missing in original]

Page 76: "Rose of Sharon"[quotation mark missing in original] was the large

Page 86: to whom the Elder tree was considered sacred."[quotation mark missing in original]

Page 104: but[original has bnt] probably by the Romans

Page 105: 2nd Henry IV, act i,[original has period] sc. 2 (194).