28. This is a very early example of a string of nonsensical incongruities, possessing, however, no further value, except perhaps as affording an insight into what was regarded at that time as comic effects.
29. i.e., Beyond his reach or interference.
30. Old copy, "report."
31. Gift. Properly or usually said of a new year's gift. Fr. Etrenne.
32. Old copy, "the."
33. See Hazlitt's "Popular Poetry," iii. 63. Compare also Breton's "Fantasticks," 1626, reprinted in Halliwell's "Books of Characters," p. 328.
34. Old copy, "tapaya."
35. In the old copy, "keepeth" is erroneously repeated.
36. Enamelling or tincturing of the face to produce artificial beauty.
37. Medium.