Volume Vii Part 116 (1/2)

[165] See vol. iv. p. 80, respecting the _razors of Palermo.--Collier_.

[Mr Collier's suggested retention of _shave_, the reading of the old copy, I cannot support.]

[166] ”_Phlegon's_ hot breath” is mentioned in ”Fuimus Troes;” one of the horses of the sun was so named.

[167] [Old copy, _fairs_.]

[168] From the edition of 1610. It is not in the first 4.

[169] In the edition of 1610 the number of performers is raised to ten.

The two additional characters are the _King of Valentia_ and _Anselmo_.

[170] Perhaps the earliest instance of the use of this expression, as to which see ”Old English Jest-Books,” 1864, iii.; ”Pleasant Conceits of Old Hobson,” Introd.

[171] [The 4 of 1610 makes Tremelio enter here; but he does not appear to come on till afterwards.]

[172] [Old copies, _Catalone, a_.]

[173] [Old copies, _Oh_.]

[174] Old copies, hardly I did oft.

[175] Old copies, _on_.

[176] Edit. 1598, _Therefore to_. Edit. 1610, _There for to_.

[177] Edit. 1598 and 1610, _hath forget_.

[178] Edits, transpose the two commencing words of this line, and the first word of the preceding one.

[179] Edits., _say_.

[180] Antic.i.p.ated. Old copies read _we_ for _me_.

[181] Old copy, _are_

[182] Old copies, _her_.

[183] Edit. 1610, _attend_.

[184] Edit. 1610, _axe_.

[185] Old copies, _his_.

[186] Edit. 1598, _Wily_; edit. 1610, _wilde_.

[187] Old copies, _his Bremo_.

[188] Edits., _ah, hermit_!

[189] Edits., _fair lady_.