] l. 234. _buse_. See note on l. 209.

[64] l. 235. Fyttes II and III are wholly concerned with the prophecies,
and have nothing to do with the story of Thomas.

* * * *

_Scot's Discovery of Witchcraft._

[1] P. 135, l. 13. (Book IV, chap, x.) _Hemton hamton._ Cf. "himpen hampen"
in _Robin Good-fellow,_ and note, p. 189.

[2] P. 138, l. 20. (Book VII, chap, xv.) _Kit with the canstick._
Christopher-with-the-candlestick is another name for Jack-o'-lantern.
_calkers_ = diviners. For _spoorn_, see Wright, _Dialect Dictionary_, s.v.

[3] P. 140, l. 8. (Discourse, chap. xxi.) _Hudgin_ is more usually spelled
Hodeken, the German familiar fairy. Cf. the French Hugon, a bugbear used to
frighten children.

* * * *

_Strange Farlies._

P. 141. This extract from Churchyard was first cited by E.K. Chambers in
his edition of _M.N.D._ in the _Warwick Shakespeare_.

[1] _farlies_, marvels.

[2] _feared_, frightened.

* * * *

_The Mad Merry Pranks of Robin Good-fellow._

P. 144. This broadside is found in various editions in the larger
collections (Roxburghe Coll., I. 230; Pepys, I. 80; also in the Bagford);
the text here given is Percy's collation (as printed in his _Reliques_) of
one or two of the above. The tune of _Dulcina_ was famous; it may be seen
in Chappell's _Popular Music_, 142.

* * * *

_The Fairies' Farewell._

[1] P. 153, l. 11. [_need_]. _Poetica Stromata_ reads _want_.

* * * *

_The Fairy Queen._

P. 155. The poem was given by Percy in his _Reliques_ from _The Mysteries
of Love and Eloquence_, a curious book of which the preface is signed E.P.;
the British Museum Catalogue attributes these initials to Edward Phillips,
the nephew of John Milton. But Rimbault pointed out that this song occurs
in a tract of 1635, _A Description of the King and Queen of the Fairies_,
attributed to Robert Herrick; a single copy of this pamphlet is known, and
is in the Bodleian Library.

* * * *

_Nymphidia._

P. 158. Michael Drayton's fairy-poem was first published in 1627, and
perhaps owes a little of its charm to Shakespeare's play, though not so
much as Drayton's sonnets to those of the elder poet.

[1] P. 160. _upright_, flat on the back. This is the older meaning, which
Drayton would find in Chaucer.

[2] _hays_, dances. Cf. _heydeguys_, p. 148.

[3]