1519 Why 'Irish' who can say? The only sensible remark which presents itself on this piece of nonsense (I have not, of course, attempted to alter the gibberish in any way) is that dialect seems to have been increasing its hold on popular fancy off the stage, as well as in Brome's Northern Lass, &c. on it.

1521 Here 'en-nealed' throws its light backward on the use supra (l. 904) as simply 'enamelled'.

1539 vit] 'vil' in original.

1558 Orig. 'choyce'; but this must be one of the innumerable misprints which the Errata paragraph treats so cavalierly.

1559 For novel] = 'as a novelty'?

1561 Orig. 'seiling'—the s being common (though, of course, wrong) earlier as well as at this time.

1569 Orig. 'guilt'. [Return]

1602 'coven' in this sense should be 'covent', but Whiting affects the form: see 2686, 3167.

1615 A sufficiently mysterious line.

1645 Orig. 'Volgo's'. [Return]