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        THE VOIAGE AND TRAVAILE OF SIR JOHN MAUNDEVILE;

        p。 209。 ed。 1725。



   〃For that thou should'st RENY THY FAITH; and her thereby

      possesse。

    The Soldan did capitulat in vaine:  the more thy blesse。〃

        Warner's ALBIONS ENGLAND; B。 XI。 Ch。 68。 p。 287。 ed。

1596。



 Terrene' i。e。 Mediterranean。



 Renowmed' See note ||; p。 11。  So the 8vo。

The 4to 〃renowned。〃



 basso' So the 8vo。The 4to 〃Brother。〃



 Not' So the 8vo。The 4to 〃Nor。〃



 in' So the 8vo。The 4to 〃on。〃



 Or spread; &c。' A word has dropt out from this line。



 measur'd heaven' So the 8vo。The 4to 〃measured THE

heauen。〃



 pioners' The usual spelling of the word in our early

writers (in Shakespeare; for instance)。



 ceaseless' So the 8vo。The 4to 〃carelesse。〃



 conceits' i。e fancies; imaginations。



 counterfeit' i。e。 picture; resemblance。



 his' So the 8vo。The 4to 〃the。〃



 you' So the 8vo。The 4to 〃me。〃



 Leave' The author probably wrote; 〃AGYDAS; leave;〃 &c。



 facts' i。e。 deeds。



 much' So the 8vo。The 4to 〃more。〃



 Pierides' i。e。 The daughters of Pierus; who; having

challenged the Muses to a trial of song; were overcome; and

changed into magpies。



 the young Arabian' Scil。 Alcidamus; see p。 10; l。 9; sec。

col。



   



 Fearing his love' i。e。 Fearing with respect to his love。



 of' so the 4to。The 8vo 〃and。〃



 fury' So the 4to。The 8vo 〃furies。〃



 shone' Old eds。 〃shine。〃



 send' Old eds。 〃sent。〃



 menace' So the 8vo。The 4to 〃meane。〃



 fetch' So the 8vo。The 4to 〃fetcht。〃



 set' So the 8vo。The 4to 〃seate。〃



 Terrene' i。e。 Mediterranean。



 to rest or breathe' So the 8vo。The 4to 〃to BREATH AND

REST。〃



 bastones' i。e。 bastinadoes。



 they' So the 8vo。0mitted in the 4to。



 Morocco' Here the old eds。 〃Moroccus;〃a barbarism which

I have not retained; because previously; in the stage…direction

at the commencement of this act; p。 19; they agree in reading

〃Morocco。〃



 titles' So the 8vo。The 4to 〃title。〃



 sarell' i。e。 seraglio。



 I'll' So the 8vo。The 4to 〃I will。〃



 the' So the 8vo。The 4to 〃this。〃



 hugy' i。e。 huge。



 renowm'd' See note ||; p。 11。 So the 8vo。

The 4to 〃renowned。〃



 of' So the 8vo。The 4to 〃all。〃



 rule' So the 8vo。The 4to 〃raigne。〃



 braver' So the 8vo。The 4to 〃braue。〃



 pash' i。e。 crush to pieces by a stroke。



 y…sprung' Here the old eds。 〃ySPRONG。〃See note ? p。 14。





 them' Old eds。 〃thee。〃



 the' Has perhaps crept in by a mistake of the transcriber

or printer。



 And make your strokes to wound the senseless light' The

old eds。 have;



   〃And make OUR strokes to wound the sencelesse LURE。〃



(the last word being; perhaps; in the 8vo 〃lute。〃) Here 〃light〃

is a very questionable reading:  qy。 〃air〃? (though the third

line above ends with that word)。



 boss' In the GENT。 MAG。 for Jan。 1841; J。 M。 proposed

to alter 〃boss〃 to 〃Bassa。〃  But Cotgrave; in his DICT。; has;

〃A fat BOSSE。 Femme bien grasse et grosse; une coche。〃



 advocate' So the 4to。The 8vo 〃aduocates。〃



 That dare; &c。' Something dropt out from this line。



 Re…enter Bajazeth; pursued by Tamburlaine' The old eds。

have;



   〃Bajazeth flies; and he pursues him。  The battell short

    'Qto。 is short'; and they enter; Bajazeth is ouercome。〃



This not very intelligible stage…direction means perhaps that;

after Bajazeth and Tamburlaine had entered; a short combat was

to take place between them。



 foil' The old eds。 〃soil。〃



 gat' So the 8vo。The 4to 〃got。〃



 pilling' i。e。 plundering。



 British' So the 4to。The 8vo 〃brightest。〃



 martial' So the 8vo。The 4to 〃materiall。〃



 Awake; ye men of Memphis!' These words are put into the

mouth of Judas; in Fletcher's BONDUCA; at the commencement of

act ii。; and in Fletcher's WIT WITHOUT MONEY; act v。 sc。 2。 we

find 〃thou man of Memphis。〃



 basilisks' Pieces of ordnance so called。  They were of

immense size; see Douce's ILLUST。 OF SHAKESPEARE; i。 425。



 monstrous' To be read as a trisyllable。



 Or ever…drizzling' So the 4to。The 8vo 〃Or drisling。〃



 should' So the 4to。The 8vo 〃shal。〃



 he devil' So the 8vo。The 4to 〃he THE deuill。〃



 Arabian king' Scil。 Alcidamus:  see p。 10; l。 9; sec。 col。



   



 it' So the 4to。Omitted in the 8vo。



 it should' So the 4to。The 8vo 〃should it。〃



 this' So the 8vo。The 4to 〃it。〃



 into' So the 4to。The 8vo 〃vnto。〃



 heart' So the 4to。The 8vo 〃soul。〃



 stoop' Qy。 〃stoop; STOOP〃?



 your' Old eds。 〃their。〃Compare the tenth line of the

speech。



 to' So the 8vo。The 4to 〃on。〃



 brent' i。e。 burnt。  So the 8vo。The 4to 〃burnt。〃



 kings' So the 8vo。The 4to 〃king。〃



 from' So the 4to。The 8vo 〃in。〃



 then; for you' So the 4to。The 8vo 〃for you then。〃



 stark nak'd' Compare (among many passages which might be

cited from our early poets);



                        〃rather on Nilus' mud

    Lay me STARK NAK'D; and let the water…flies

    Blow me into abhorring!〃

        Shakespeare's ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA; act v。 sc。 2。 (where

        the modern editors print 〃naked。〃)



 dignities' So the 8vo。The 4to 〃dignitie。〃



 whiles' So the 8vo。The 4to 〃while。〃



 shalt' So the 4to。The 8vo 〃shal。〃



 grace' Olds eds。 〃grac'd。〃



 stature' So the 8vo。The 4to 〃statue:〃 but again; in the

SECOND PART of this play; act ii。 sc。 4; we have; according to

the 8vo



   〃And here will I set up her STATURE。〃



and; among many passages that might be cited from our early

authors; compare the following;



   〃The STATURES huge; of Porphyrie and costlier matters made。〃

        Warner's ALBIONS ENGLAND; p。 303。 ed。 1596。



   〃By them shal Isis STATURE gently stand。〃

        Chapman's BLIND BEGGER OF ALEXANDRIA; 1598; sig。 A 3。



   〃Was not Anubis with his long nose of gold preferred before

    Neptune; whose STATURE was but brasse?〃

        Lyly's MIDAS; sig。 A 2。 ed。 1592。



 bird' i。e。 the ibis。



 are' Old eds。 〃is。〃



 country' Old eds。 〃countries。〃



 King of Arabia' i。e。 Alcidamus; see p。 10; l。 9; sec。 col。



   



 Calydonian' So the 8vo。The 4to 〃Calcedonian。〃



 lusty' So the 8vo。Omitted in the 4to。



 and' So the 4to。0mitted in the 8vo。



 Renowmed' See note ||。 p。 11。  So the 8vo。

The 4to 〃Renow

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