FOOTNOTES:
[340] So, in Ben Jonson's "Catiline," act ii. sc. 3—
"But you think, Carius,
'Tis covetise hath wrought me: if you love me,
Change that unkind conceit."
In the "Alchymist," act ii. sc. 3—
"Why, this is covetise!"
And in "Pierce Penilesse his Supplication to the Divell," p. 29: "Under vellany I comprehend murder, treason, theft, cousnage, cut-throat covetise, and such like."
[341] Foyld'st, first and second edition.
[342] [Old copies, we.]
[343] Seldom. It is a word often used by ancient writers. See Mr Steevens's note on "Coriolanus," act ii. sc. 1. Again, in Churchyard's "Worthiness of Wales," 1587—
"So many springs that sield that soil is dry."