Thomas Nash.
[*] Quite detached, on page 94 of the Rawl. MS. (the text commences on page 96), are a few lines entitled "The Epilogue," which are obviously part of the above, albeit more than usually imperfectly copied. Why so placed does not appear, especially as several blank pages immediately follow the conclusion of the Bodleian copy.
NOTES
[Title], The Choosing of Valentines, Nashes Dildo.
[2] yong, younge; their iollie roguerie, their brauery; iollie, Fr. joli, pretty, fine. Bravery, finery; Cf. Holinshed's Chron. of Eng., 55—The ancient Britons painted their bodies "which they esteemed a great braverie."
[3] Rose earelie in the morne fore, Rose in the morning before; daie, daye.
[4] soe trimme and gaie, soe fresh and gaye.
[5] summer sheene, somers shene.