Yet thus I hope (God shield I now should lie),
Many more fools, and most more wise than I. 80
VALE.
[577] This satire was added in ed. 1599.—I suspect that “Master E. G.” was Edward Guilpin, author of Skialetheia, 1598, a collection of epigrams.
[579] “Mark the witty allusion to my name.”—Marginal note in old ed. (See Introduction to vol. i.)
[580] The heading of the page in old ed. is changed from “Stultorum plena sunt omnia” to “Medice cura tripsum.”
[581] An allusion to the posts that stood at the doors of sheriffs. These posts were repainted when new sheriffs came into office.—Middleton, v. 149.
[582] i.e., the world’s.
[583] Lousy.