III.ii.19 (57,4) [minnock] This is the reading of the old quarto, and I believe right, _Minnekin_, now _minx_, is a nice trifling girl. _Minnock_ is apparently a word of contempt. III.ii.21 (57,5) [sort] Company. So above, --_that barren_ sort; and in Waller, _A_ sort _of lusty shepherds strive_. III.ii.25 (57,6) [And, at our stamp] This seems to be a vicious reading. Fairies are never represented stamping, or of a size that should give force to a stamp, nor could they have distinguished the stamps of Puck from those of their own companions. I read, _And at a_ stump _here o'er and o'er one falls_. So Drayton, _A pain he in his head-piece feels, Against a_ stubbed tree _he reels, And up went poor hobgoblin's heels; Alas, his brain was dizzy_.---- _At length upon his feet he gets, Hobgoblin fumes, Hobgoblin frets, And as again he forward sets, And through the bushes scrambles,_ A stump _doth_ trip him _in his pace, Down fell poor Hob upon his face, Among the briers and brambles._ III.ii.30 (58,7) [Some, sleeves; some, hats] There is the like image in Drayton of queen Mab and her fairies flying from Hobgoblin. _Some tore a ruff, and some a gown, 'Gainat one another jostling; They flew about like chaff i' th' wind, For haste some left their masks behind, Some could not stay their gloves to find, There never was such bustling._ III.ii.48 (58,l) [Being o'er shoes in blood] An allusion to the proverb, _Over shoes, over boots._ III.ii.70 (59,3) [O brave touch!] _Touch_ in Shakespeare's time was the same with our _exploit_, or rather _stroke_. A brave touch, a noble stroke, _un grand coup_. _Mason was very merry, pleasantly playing both with the shrewd_ touches _of many curst boys, and the small discretion of many lewd schoolmasters._ Ascham. III.ii.74 (60,4) [mispris'd] Mistaken; so below _misprision_ is mistake. III.ii.141 (62,5) [Taurus' snow] Taurus is the name of a range of mountains in Asia. III.ii.144 (62,7) [seal of bliss!] Be has elsewhere the same image, _But my kisses bring again_ Seals of love, _but seal'd in vain_, (rev. 1778, III,74,4) III.ii.150 (62,8) [join in souls] This is surely wrong. We may read, _Join in_ scorns, or _join in_ scoffs. [Tyrwhitt: join, ill souls] This is a very reasonable conjecture, though I think it is hardly right. (1773) III.ii.160 (63,9) [extort A poor soul's patience] Harrass, torment. III.ii.171 (63,1) [My heart with her] We should read, _My heart_ with _her but as guest-wise sojourn'd_. So Prior, _No matter what beauties I saw in my way, They were but my visits, but then not my home._ (rev. 1778, III,76,9) III.ii.188 (64,2) [all yon fiery O's] I would willingly believe that the poet wrote _fiery orbs_. III.ii.194 (64,3) [in spight to me] I read, _in spite_ to _me_. III.ii.242 (66,2) [such an argument] Such a _subject_ of light merriment. III.ii.352 (71,1) [so sort] So happen in the issue.