Sit to catch trouts i' the summer, tell me so,
I durst,” &c.
Colman's note.
Pshaw! “Sit” is either a misprint for “set,” or the old and still provincial word for “set,” as the participle passive of “seat” or “set.” I have heard an old Somersetshire gardener say:—“Look, Sir! I set these plants here; those yonder I sit yesterday.”
Act ii. Speech of Arcadius:—
“Nay, some will swear they love their mistress,
Would hazard lives and fortunes,” &c.
Read thus:—
“Nay, some will swear they love their mistress so,
They would hazard lives and fortunes to preserve