"Loke, as I have promised, I will not denay it."
—Collier.
[63] Prease signifies a crowd or multitude, or any assemblage of a number of persons. So in "Damon and Pithias," vol. iv., pp. 49, 53—
"The King is at hand, stand close in the prease, beware," &c.
And ibid.—
"Away from the prisoner, what a prease have we here!"
Again, in the "History of Euordanus Prince of Denmark," 1605, sig. H: "The Prince passing forwards sorely shaken, having lost both his stirrups: at length recovering himselfe, entred the prease, where on all sides he beate downe knights, and unbarred helms."
[It must be repeated, once for all, that such totally unnecessary notes as this have been retained only from a reluctance to impart to these volumes the character of an abridged or mutilated republication.]
[64] [Draweth.]
[65] Raught is the ancient preterite of the word reach. It is frequently used by Spenser, Shakespeare, and other ancient writers.