1764. smeeter = cimiter = simitar; cf. Tale of a Tub, IV. 3 p. 208: Basket, put thy smiter up, and hear.
1768. those nine common wenches = neun Musen.
1771. button-cap: button = Knopf auf einer Mütze; cf. Hml. II, 2, 233.
1775. besser: I pray,
1803. besser: heare.
1810. richtiger: prooue
1812. has wie schon ö. = he has (h’has)
1815. lies: like
1817. baldlie = kahl, schmucklos u. = schlechtweg.
1818. lies: before