part 4

, p. 289.

[274] [_i.e._, Without their upper garments.]

[275] Stephen Marshall and Thomas Case, two of the most celebrated divines among the Presbyterians. Marshall was the person who preached the famous sermon before the House of Commons, Feb. 13, 1641, from Judges v. 23, "Curse ye Meroz," &c. This sermon is mentioned by Lord Clarendon. Both these sectaries are noticed by Butler. See Dr Grey's edition of "Hudibras," p. 3, c. i., l. 884; p. 3, c. ii., l. 636, and the notes.

[276] [Perhaps a play on _choler_ and _colour_ is intended here.]

[277] _Slot_, in hunting, means the print of the foot on the ground. See Todd's Johnson.--_Collier._

[278] [Bourbonne-les-Bains, in the Haute Marne.]

[279] Prologues and epilogues were formerly spoken in _black cloaks_.

[280] [He misunderstands the Parson's classical allusion to Nessus.]

[281] [The name of the actor who filled the part of Wild.]

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Transcriber's Notes:

1. Minor punctuation errors have been corrected without comment.

2. A list of spelling corrections and other notes appears at the end of this e-text.

3. A Table of Contents does not appear in the original text. A brief Table of Contents has been created for this e-text.

4. All end-of-line stage directions have been moved onto their own lines and indented by a consistent amount under the dialogue.

5. Footnotes have been numbered sequentially and moved to the end of this e-text. Markers have been added indicating where footnotes for a particular play begin.

6. Sidenotes in Latin appear in "Lady Alimony". When these notes fell within an unbroken paragraph the paragraph has been broken and the Sidenote placed directly ABOVE the sentence where they appeared ADJACENT in the original text.

7. Spelling corrections:

p. 69, "emnity" to "enmity" (2) (that fatal enmity)

p. 132, "ElA(C)azar" (1) to "Eleazar" (60) (Until my Eleazar)

p. 186, "philip" (1) to "Philip" (88) (can I Philip him)

p. 253, "ememy's" to "enemy's" (36) (an enemy's advice)

p. 371, "KILLLGREW" to "KILLIGREW" (20) (THOMAS KILLIGREW)

p. 510, "aud" to "and" (envy and a dazzling power)

Footnote [265] "entituled" to "entitled" (3) (epigrams, entitled)

There are a number of spelling variants between the various authors, all of which have been retained.

There are a number of Word variants retained throughout the text, sometimes occuring within the SAME play (and often the same speaker), these include hyphenations, apostrophe's and accented characters.

8. OTHER CORRECTIONS and NOTES:

p. 212, corrected SCENE IV. to SCENE VI. For reference, Scene IV is on p. 205 and Scene V is on p. 209.

p. 301, added Footnote Anchor [125] missing in original text.

p. 353, changed ACT VIII. to SCENE VIII., this is correctly

## Scene VIII of the FOURTH ACT of this play. ACT V. begins on the

next page.

p. 374, Footnote 189; corrected subscripted "point" character to superscripted to conform with other instances. (printed in 12^o, 1641)

p. 451, added Footnote Anchor [239] missing in original text.

Words using the [OE] or [oe] ligature in the original text, for which "oe" has been substituted:

C[oe]lum to Coelum c[oe]tu to Coetu [OE]dipus to Oedipus Ph[oe]bus to Phoebus Ph[oe]nix to Phoenix