439. The first edition reads—
"And if he lyste to take me so."
which is altered in the edit, of 1569, to ye, and it is probably right.—Collier.
440. Should go on pilgrimage, edit. 1569.
441. Original reads debite.
442. Howe, 1st edit.
443. Were we as, edit. 1569.
444. First edition reads—
"For bothe you twayne shall wait on me.
What chaunce is this, that suche an elfe
Commaunded two knaves be besyde himselfe."
Both editions have it so, and the alteration was made by Dodsley, and followed by Reed, although it is by no means necessary to the due understanding of the passage.—Collier.