=F. Roister as 'vagrant.' IV. iii, 104.=--Of all the statutes against vagrants, that of 1 Edward VI. (c. 3), 1547, affords the best parallel to Custance's resolute and humorous words. This law determines that "whosoever ... being not lame shall either like a seruing-man wanting a master, or like a beggar or after any such other sort be lurking in any house or houses, or loitering, or idle wandering by the high wayes side, or in streets, cities, townes, or villages ... then euery such person shall bee taken for a vagabond, ... and it shalbe lawfull ... to any ... person espying the same, to bring or cause to be brought the said person so liuing idle and _loiteringly_, to two of the next justices of the peace," etc. =G. The prayer and 'song' at the end of the play. V. vi, 47.=--I am inclined to think that the song which 'they sing' according to the stage direction, is _not_ given,[643] and that verses 47-59 are _spoken_, and represent the 'prayer' which the actors would all say kneeling (cf. Nares's _Glossary_, s.v. 'kneel'). That the 'Queene' referred to is Elizabeth, and not Mary, becomes clear from the words "God graunt hir as she doth, _the Gospell to protect_." This proves, too, that these words are not by Udall, but by the unknown hand that prepared the play for the press under Elizabeth. =H. Works quoted in the notes.=-- ARBER. The editions of Roister Doister in Arber's _English Reprints_-- 1. of July 1, 1869. 2. of July 24, 1869. N.B. The only difference which I have found between the two reprints is the _absence_ of one line [III. iv, 66] on p. 51 in the ed. of July 24; the line is contained in ed. of July 1, 1869. CAMDEN. Proverbs in 'Remaines concerning Britaine.' London, 1623. COOPER. Ralph Roister Doister, a comedy, ed. by W. D. Cooper, London. Printed for the Shakespeare Society, 1847. COTGRAVE. A French and English Dictionary, ed. 1650 (with the addition of Dictionaire Anglais & François, by Robert Sherwood). [1st ed. 1611.] DODSLEY, s. HAZLITT. FLÜGEL. Neuenglisches Lesebuch von Ewald Flügel, Vol. I. "Die Zeit Heinrich's VIII." Halle, 1895. HALLIWELL. A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, by J. O. Halliwell. London, 1847. HAZLITT. Edition of Roister Doister in "A Select Collection of Old English Plays," originally published by Robert Dodsley, 1744. Fourth ed. by W. Carew Hazlitt. London, 1874 (Vol. 3). HEYWOOD. The Proverbs of John Heywood [first published in 1546? and reprinted from ed. 1598 by Julian Sharman]. London, 1874. Epigrams [reprinted from ed. 1562]. Printed for the Spenser Society, 1867. PALSGRAVE. Lesclarcissement de la Langue Francoyse compose par Maistre Jehan Palsgraue, 1530. Pub. par F. Génin. Paris, 1852. RAY. A Compleat Collection of English Proverbs, by J. Ray. Third ed. London, 1742. FOOTNOTES: