[172] Ed. 1613 “rimocheros.”
[173] Ed. 1613 “instrument.”
[174] Old eds. “Abigall” and “Abigail.”
[175] Old eds. “our.”
[176] Old eds. “Abig. ”
[177] Ed. 1631 “Countesse of Sweuia.”
[178] Cf. vol. 1, p. 62.
[179] Old eds. “Abigall” and “Abig. ”
[180] In Vulgar Errors, ii. 5, Sir Thomas Browne discusses the question whether “a diamond, which is the hardest of stones, not yielding unto steel, emery, or anything but its own powder, is yet made soft or broke by the blood of a goat.”
[181] Contracted form (found in Spenser, Jonson, &c.) for corrosive.