My Lord
Jo: Earles."
[Addressed] "For the Right Reverend Father in God
Gilbert Lord Bishopp of London these at
Whitehall."
FOOTNOTES:
[DZ] It is curious to find this Character in the Durham MS. Bliss, in his account of the editions, speaks of the 6th edition (1633) as having two additional Characters, one of them being "The Herald." The edition of 1630, also called "the 6th edition augmented," I possess. It contains seventy-six characters (numbered as seventy-seven by mistake), but neither of the two "additional ones." Bliss's knowledge of editions, as well as his acquisition of them was increased largely in the years that followed the publication of his book. When he had acquired the 1st edition he wrote pathetically in his annotated copy, "I have been more than fifty years looking for this book!" By that time too he knew that what he here calls the 2nd edition of 1629 was really the fifth. (See Arber's Reprint, where a table of the editions is given.)
[EA] "Fields."—Bright MS.
[EB] "Prices."—Bright MS.
[EC] This sentence by itself would make the Durham MS. a treasure.
[ED] "He is of great account with his mercer and in no man's books so much: who is so sure a friend to him that he will not lose him."—Durham MS.
[EE] "He is a great derider of schollers and censures their steeple hats for not being set on so good a blocke as his."—Durham MS.