[315] A play upon words was the failing of almost every writer of the times. The quibble here upon _gentles_ and _Jew_ is also in Shakespeare’s “Merchant of Venice,” act ii. sc. 7. See the notes on that passage, by Dr Johnson, Mr Steevens, and Dr Farmer, vol. iii., edit. 1778, p. 173. To the instances there quoted may be added the following from “Euphues,” 1581, p. 65: “Consider with thyselfe that thou art a gentleman, yea, and a _Gentile_; and, if thou neglect thy calling, thou art worse than a _Jewe_.” END OF VOL. IV. Transcriber’s Note: Words in italics are surrounded by underscores, _like this_. Footnotes were renumbered sequentially and moved to the end of the play in which the related anchor appears. Missing end periods and end brackets were added, where needed. The following were adjusted: Damon, Stephano’s line, ‘As I this morning pass'd...’ ending period changed to comma Damon, Carisophus’ line, ‘Cha pouche'd them...’ ‘Ch a’ to ‘Cha’ Damon, Jack’s line, ‘In all points as they handle...’ ending comma changed to period Appius, Virginius’ line, ‘Sith she a virgin pure...’ ending period changed to comma Appius, Conscience's line, ‘Did Tarquin gain in end?’ ‘Torquin’ to ‘Tarquin’. Arthur, Act 3, Scene 1, Howell's line, ‘Yet weigh the hearsay...’ ‘renowm’, to ‘renown’ Arthur, Act 4, Scene 2, first speech of Gildas, ‘onr’ to ‘our’ Arthur, at the end of Act 5, Scene 1, Chorus verse 3, ‘tickle’ to ‘fickle’ Footnote [48] ‘intances’ to ‘instances’ Footnote [51] ‘i.e,’ to ‘i.e.,’ End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of A Select Collection of Old English Plays, by Various