The Vicar of Wakefield_ (1766), ch. xxi: '"As for the
matter of that," returned the hostess, "gentle or simple, out she
shall pack with a sussarara".'

+Act V: Scene iii+

p. 421 _Twelve Houses._ Each of the astrological divisions of the
heavens denoting the station of a planet is termed a house.

+Act V: Scene v+

p. 423 _bear the bob._ To join in the chorus. Bob is the burden or
refrain of a song.

p. 423 _Colt-staff._ Or col-staff (Latin _collum_). A staff by which
two men carry a load, one end of the pole resting on a shoulder of
each porter. cf. _Merry Wives of Windsor_, iii, 3, 'Where's the
cowl-staff?'

p. 423 _Fortune my Foe._ This extremely popular old tune is in Queen
Elizabeth's _Virginal Book_; in William Ballet's MS. Lute Book; in
_Bellerophon_ (1622), and in numerous other old musical works. There
are allusions to it in Shakespeare and many of the dramatists.

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Errors and Irregularities: The Roundheads

very woodeny and awkward
_text unchanged_
should be represented for the better undeceiving
_text reads "ahould be"_
[Ex. _Lov._ _Free._ and L. _Des._
_word "and" printed in emphatic (Roman) type_

Notes on Text

III.ii
p. 385, l. 8 ... And later 'fall - ing'
_body text reads "fall-- ing" with unspaced long dash_
V.ii
p. 417, l. 6 _Mr. Leyer._ 1724 'Mr. Lyar'.
_open quote missing_
V.iii
p. 420, l. 32 ... when the Prentices rush on.
_text has superfluous close quote at end of paragraph_

Critical Notes

Dramatis Personae
p. 343 ... Clement's Parish
_this phrase occurs in the description of the male character Ananias
Goggle, but is printed in the Notes after the commentary on the four
main female characters_
V.iia
p. 414 _an act, 24 June._
_body text reads "June 24th"_

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