The Sources and Analogues of 'A Midsummer-night's Dream'

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[3] P. 88, l. 23. presently, immediately.

[4] P. 90, l. 11. ho, ho, hoh! This is Robin's traditional laugh. Cf. the refrain of the broadside, p. [144].

[5] P. 93, l. 19. bolt, sift, pass through a sieve.

[6] P. 95, l. 5. himpen, hampen. Cf. "[Hemton hamton]" in Scot's account of Robin, p. 135.

[7] P. 97, l. 18. night-raven, proverbially a bird of ill-omen.

[8] P. 98, l. 7. starkled, stiffened. A dialect word, still in use.

[9] P. 98, l. 22. quills, spools or "bottoms" on which weavers' thread is wound.

[10] P. 101, l. 8. the tune of Watton Town's End. See Chappell's Popular Music, 218-20.

[11] P. 105, l. 18. bombasting, puffing up, frothing.

[12] P. 106, l. 1. Obreon. The 1639 edition spells the name in the ordinary way, but it may be noted that the Pepysian copy of the broadside ballad (p. 144), begins—