[59] “He hath fought with a Warrener”:—Simple in Merry Wives, I. iv.
[60] The first draught of the proposed preface to Endymion.
[61] Changed in the printed version to—“His image in the dusk she seemed to see.”
[62] The quotation is from Slender in Merry Wives of Windsor, I. i.
[63] Meaning the atmosphere of the little Bentleys in Well Walk.
[64] “I will make an end of my dinner; there’s pippins and cheese to come”:—Sir Hugh Evans in Merry Wives of Windsor, I. ii.
[65] The crossing of the letter, begun at the words “Have you not,” here dips into the original writing.
[66] The Oxford Herald for June 6, 1818.
[67] Referring probably to the unfortunate second marriage made by their mother.
[68] A leaf with the name and “from the Author,” notes Woodhouse.