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Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744

"A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 2"


[354] [A rather common phrase. See Hazlitt's "Proverbs," 1869, p. 205.]
[355] Care.
[356] [Nearer.]
[357] Necessary, fit.
[358] Business.
[359] _Fool. "Folte, _stolidus_" (_Vocab. MS_.)--_Halliwell_.
[360] Foolish--"Our peevish opposition" (_Hamlet_).--_Halliwell_.
[361] Compare "Taming of the Shrew," iv. 2.--_Halliwell_.
[362] [A-going, bound.]
[363] A common phrase. See "Two Gentlemen of Verona," ii. 3.--
_Halliwell_.
[364] Compare the song in "Hamlet," iv. 5.--_Halliwell_.
[365] [Orig. has _flying and fiend_.]
[366] Bad. "This is a noughty night" (_Lear_).--_Halliwell_.
[367] The devil was generally attended by the Vice, but he is here
introduced by himself, and the exact meaning of his part in this plot
is somewhat a mystery.--_Halliwell_.
[368] Tricks. See "King Lear."--_Halliwell_.
[369] Company.
[370] Haste. _Lat_.
[371] Every one.
[372] Grief. "My endless dolou" (_Two Gentlemen of Verona_).--
_Halliwell_.
[373] Compare "Taming of the Shrew," i. 2.--_Halliwell_.
[374] [Catch me gone from home.]
[375] Fool.--See "Comedy of Errors, iii. 1."--_Halliwell_.
[376] The person who spoke the Epilogue (Lat).
[377] Indulgence.
[378] Clever.--See "Taming of the Shrew."--_Halliwell_.
[379] With care or sorrow.
[380] Levity.--Cf. "Taming of Shrew," iv. 2--_Halliwell_.
[381] Scarce.
[382] Worldly.
[383] Old copy, _when_.
[384] Old copy, _gain_.


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