Imprinted at London in Fleetestreate beneath the Conduite, at the signe of S. John Euangelist, by Thomas Colwell 1575. FOOTNOTES: [657] moment, time. [658] A common contraction for _master_. [659] 'Broche' and 'spit' are synonymous. [660] set of people, company; cf. Heywood, _Play of the Wether_, l. 94. [661] I am. The rustic dialect in the piece is conventional, but its general peculiarities are those of the southwestern counties; _iche_ = I, reduced to _ch_ in _cham_, _chould_, or _chwold_ (I would), _chwere_, etc. The southwestern _v_ for _f_ is not generally used, but occurs below in _vylthy_, in _vast_ (I. iv. 8), and in _vathers_ (II. i. 52); _glaye_ for clay is probably not genuine dialect. [662] Misprinted _what_. [663] H. prints 'halse aker,' with the following absurd note: "I believe we should read _halse anchor_, or _anker_, as it was anciently spelt; a naval phrase." [664] Ed. 1575 _till_. [665] Printed _sayth_. [666] I hold, _i.e._ 'I wager.' [667] owed. [668] 'Pess,' a hassock (Rye's _East Anglian Glossary_, English Dialect Society). [669] the ground attached to the house. (Cf. Sc. toun.) [670] with vigour and speed, promptly. [671] Commonly supposed to mean St. Osyth. [672] wager, bet; compare note 2, page 101. Ed. 1575 _held_. [673] a fool, jester. [674] For the older and better form of this song, see Appendix. [675] A roasted crab-apple was placed in a bowl of ale to give it a flavour and take off the chill. Compare _Midsummer Night's Dream_, II. i. 48, and Nashe, _Summer's Last Will and Testament_:-- Sitting in a corner turning crabs, Or coughing o'er a warmed pot of ale. [676] Ed. 1575 _will_. [677] entrails. [678] Ed. 1575 _Godgs_. [679] Ed. 1575 _dogde_. [680] deceived. [681] Ed. 1575 _thonge_. [682] Ed. 1575 _syme._ [683] give thee thanks. [684] offspring, brat. [685] Ed. 1575 'is'; the reading adopted seems better than _is burste_. [686] Ed. 1575 _will_. [687] I hope. [688] room. [689] first-rate. [690] spurrier's, harness-maker's. [691] dear. [692] Read 'lese,' for the rime. [693] slip, neglect. Perhaps we should read 'yon' for 'you[r].' [694] by nature. [695] Ed. 1575 has _thynge_. [696] awl. [697] Apparently a proverbial phrase, meaning 'to expedite matters.' [698] abominable. [699] 'Friar Rush,' the chief personage in a popular story translated from the German, which relates the adventures of a devil in the disguise of a friar. [700] Ed. 1575 _no_. [701] Ed. 1575 _on_. [702] leave, permission. [703] aught. [704] Ed. 1575 _pray_. [705] Probably a misprint for 'chware,' I would be. [706] we shall. [707] _Chave_ is either a blunder of the author's in the use of dialect, or a misprint for 'thave' = thou have. [708] quickly. [709] tail, backside. [710] sulking (compare _glum_, and _R. R. D._, I. i. 66). [711] Ed. 1575 _Tyb._