p. 388, l. 28 _Scene III._ All previous editions have 'Scene
discovers Mirtilla and Manage.'

p. 388, l. 35 _you have left._ 1724 'you left'.

p. 393, l. 17 _Exit Olivia with Manage._ I have added Manage's name
here.

+ACT V: Scene iv+

p. 394, l. 1 _Scene IV._ I have numbered this scene.

+Epilogue+

p. 398, l. 26 _Fough, how he stinks!_ 4to 1696 'Fough, he how he
stinks?'

NOTES: CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY.

+Dedication+

p. 316 _Collonel Codrington._ Christopher Codrington (1668-1710) was
born at Barbadoes, and thence sent to England to be educated. In 1685
he passed as a gentleman commoner to Christ Church, Oxford. Five years
later he was elected as a probationer fellow to All Souls. Here he
speedily became known for the catholicity and thoroughness of his
studies, and 'soon acquir'd the deserv'd character of an accomplished,
well-bred gentleman, and an universal scholar'. He was already an
enthusiastic bibliophile. In 1694 he followed William III to Flanders,
and having fought with great gallantry at Hay and Namur in 1695,
received various military distinctions. In the same year he attended
the King to Oxford, and pronounced the university oration on this
royal visit. There are dedications to him by Creech, Dennis, and
others, but it has been pertinently remarked that 'his fame is rather
to be inferred' hence 'than from actually existent performances on his
part', albeit we have copies of complimentary verses (e.g. prefixed to
Garth's _Dispensary_) from his pen. In 1697 he succeeded his father as
commander-in-chief of the Leeward Isles. He does not seem to have been
popular, and resigned in 1703, retiring to a life of seclusion and
study on his Barbadoes estate. He died 7 April, 1710, and his body was
brought back to England to be buried in All Souls' chapel. To this
college he left L10,000, and L6,000 worth of books, a legacy which
built, furnished and endowed the magnificent Codrington library there.

p. 317 _Mr. Verbruggen's reading some of his part._ One may remember
the incident recorded by Pepys (2 February, 1669), how, after Kynaston
had been assaulted by Sedley's bravos, and was too ill to appear, the
young actor's role was 'done by Beeston, who is fain to read it out of
a book all the while and thereby spoils the part, and almost the play,
it being one of the best parts in it.... But it was pleasant to see
Beeston come i