[a] "A ballad entituled the storye of Tamburlayne the greate," &c. (founded, I suppose, on Marlowe's play) was entered in the Stationers' Books, 5th Nov. 1594. [b] P. 4 of the present volume. [c] In Italy, at the commencement of the 18th century (and probably much later), it was not unusual to introduce "the Doctor," "Harlequin," "Pantalone," and "Coviello," into deep tragedies. "I have seen," says Addison, "a translation of THE CID acted at Bolonia, which would never have taken, had they not found a place in it for these buffoons." REMARKS ON SEVERAL PARTS OF ITALY, &C. IN THE YEARS 1701, 1702, 1703, p. 68, ed. 1745. [d] Perhaps I ought to add, that Marlowe was dead when (in 1597) the satire, from which these lines are quoted, was first given to the press. [e] Hall's VIRGID. Lib. I. Sat. iii., ed. 1602. [f] See Heywood's Prol. to our author's JEW OF MALTA, p. 142 of the present volume.[See the Project Gutenberg E-Text of 'The Jew of Malta.' "] [Footnote 4: censures] i.e. judgments, opinions.] [Footnote 5: Afric] So the 8vo.--The 4to "Affrica."] [Footnote 6: their] Old eds. "his."] [Footnote 7: through] So the 4to.--The 8vo "thorough."] [Footnote 8: incivil] i.e. barbarous.--So the 8vo.--The 4to "vnciuill."] [Footnote 9: incontinent] i.e. forthwith, immediately.] [Footnote 10: chiefest] So the 8vo.--The 4to "chiefe."] [Footnote 11: rout] i.e. crew.] [Footnote 12: press] So the 8vo.--The 4to "prease."] [Footnote 13: you] So the 8vo.--0mitted in the 4to.] [Footnote 14: all] So the 4to.--0mitted in the 8vo.] [Footnote 15: mated] i.e. confounded.] [Footnote 16: pass not] i.e. care not.] [Footnote 17: regiment] i.e. rule, government.] [Footnote 18: resolve] i.e. dissolve.--So the 8vo.--The 4to "dissolue."] [Footnote 19: ships] So the 4to.--The 8vo "shippe."] [Footnote 20: Pass] So the 8vo.--The 4to "Hast."] [Footnote 21: you] So the 8vo.--The 4to "they."] [Footnote 22: Ceneus] Here both the old eds. "Conerus."] [Footnote 23: states] i.e. noblemen, persons of rank.] [Footnote 24: their] So the 8vo.--The 4to "the."] [Footnote 25: and Persia] So the 8vo.--The 4to "and OF Persia."] [Footnote 26: ever-raging] So the 8vo.--The 4to "RIUER raging."] [Footnote 27: ALL] So the 4to.--Omitted in the 8vo.] [Footnote 28: And Jove may, &c.] i.e. And may Jove, &c. This collocation of words is sometimes found in later writers: so in the Prologue to Fletcher's WOMAN'S PRIZE,--"WHICH this may PROVE!"] [Footnote 29: knew] So the 8vo.--The 4to "knowe."] [Footnote 30: lords] So the 4to.--The 8vo "Lord."]