ines which have been so effectually scored
through that I can only read an occasional word.

[96] In the MS. follows a cancelled passage:--

"_Mild_ Had not thy greater fraught bin shipt with myne
We had never been oversett.

_Sarl_. I rather think
Had ... when fyrst the shippe began to dance
... thrown all the curst Lading over-board
Wee had still light and tight."

[97] The word _burn_ is frequently used in an indelicate sense.

[98] Keys of the virginal (a musical instrument resembling a spinnet).

[99] This speech is scored through in the MS.

[100] The words "Heeres sweet stuffe!" are scored through.

[101] This line is scored through.

[102] Kill.

[103] In the left-hand margin of the MS. is a stage-direction in
advance:--"_Fellowes ready. Palestra, Scribonia, with Godfrey, Mildew,
Sarly_."

[104] Not marked in the MS.

[105] MS. "when."

[106] In the left-hand margin of the MS. is a note:--"_Gib: Stage
Taylor_."

[107] "Too arch-pillers" = two desperate ruffians. "Pill" = ravage,
plunder.

[108] "_Il a este au festin de Martin baston_, he hath had a triall in
_Stafford Court_, or hath received Jacke Drums intertainment."
--_Colgrave_.

[109] From this point to the entrance of Raphael the dialogue is scored
through in the MS.

[110] The reading of the MS. is doubtful.

[111] "Guarded" = trimmed, ornamented.

[112] This speech is scored through in the MS.

[113] Not marked in the MS.

[114] Not marked in the MS.

[115] "Anythinge for a quiett lyfe"--a proverbial expression: the title
of one of Middleton's plays.

[116] So I read at a venture. The MS. appears to give "Inseinge."

[117] Not marked in the MS. In the right-hand margin is written "clere,"
i.e., clear the stage for the next act.

[118] A _fisgig_ was a sort of harpoon.

[119] "Poore Jhon" = inferior hake.

[120] This and the two following speeches are marked for omission in
the MS.

[121] A nickname (from the apostle Peter) for a fisherman.

[122] A small box or portmanteau.

[123] Owns.

[124] This speech and the next are marked for omission.

[125] Fish-baskets.

[126] The rest of the speech is marked for omission.

[127] Bawd.

[128] i.e., _Exeunt Palestra, Scribonia, and Godfrey: manet Ashburne_.

[129] In the MS. follows some conversation which has been scored
through:--

"_Fisher_. Yes, syrrahe, and thy mayster.

_Clown_. Then I have nothing at this tyme to do wi