[82] i. e. him. The Orig. reads them.
[83] Swoon.
[84] Orig. reads besought him of.
[85] Orig, reads Nocolas. The Church of St. Nicholas Shambles, which formerly stood in the neigbourhood of Newgate Market, was pulled down at the Reformation. See Cunningham, Handbook of London, in voce.
[86] Orig. reads and.
[87] Quickly.
[88] Orig. reads lyghtlye espye.
[89] Singer's ed. reads yeve.
[90] Orig. ed. and Singer read we haue and helpe them.
[91] This portion of the tale is repeated in Scoggin's or Scogin's Jests.