Representative English Comedies, v. 1. From the beginnings to Shakespeare

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[513] C., 'have us.'

[514] E., 'sernice.'

[515] The ambiguous letter finds a pre-Shakespearian parallel in the satirical poem on Women printed from Add. Ms. 17492, fol. 18, in Flügel's Lesebuch, p. 39; and in the poem printed in Ebert's Jahrbuch, 14, 214.

[516] Cf. III. v, 77, where R. should have written or inserted 'yᵉˡ,' thus obviating the necessity of resorting to bad grammar—'they' for 'them.'

[517] See Appendix [H] under 'Arber.'

[518] Cf. IV. vii, 48; an oath in Skelton's Magnif. 685 (and Bowge, 398). Calais was lost to the English January 20, 1558.

[519] Cf. v. 110, 122; II. iii, 17, etc.

[520] = Gog's. R.'s oaths, gain force with his misfortune.

[521] Cf. I. ii, 146.

[522] make; cf. I. iv, 18.