[52] wooed.

[53] Orig. reads that the colyar.

[54] before.

[55] the seat of the commode.

[56] weened.

[57] Orig. reads gentylman.

[58] mocked, made a jest of. See Nares (edit. 1859) in voce.

[59] This moral is also attached to Tales 21, 44, and 56, in all which cases the lady's rejoinder is not less opposed to modern notions of female delicacy.

[60] orig. reads gentylman.

[61] purlieus.