[56] ll. 219-24. See p. 54; also Sir Walter Scott's introduction to the ballad of _The Young Tamlane_, in _The Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border_. [57] l. 220. _skill_, reason. [58] l. 221. _To-morn,_ in the morning. [59] l. 223. _hend_, noble, mighty. [60] l. 226. _hethen_ = hence. Cf. sithen = since. [61] l. 228. _rede_, advise. [62] l. 232. Four lines of the MSS. omitted here. [63] l. 234. _buse_. See note on l. 209. [64] l. 235. Fyttes II and III are wholly concerned with the prophecies, and have nothing to do with the story of Thomas. * * * * _Scot's Discovery of Witchcraft._ [1] P. 135, l. 13. (Book IV, chap, x.) _Hemton hamton._ Cf. "himpen hampen" in _Robin Good-fellow,_ and note, p. 189. [2] P. 138, l. 20. (Book VII, chap, xv.) _Kit with the canstick._ Christopher-with-the-candlestick is another name for Jack-o'-lantern. _calkers_ = diviners. For _spoorn_, see Wright, _Dialect Dictionary_, s.v. [3] P. 140, l. 8. (Discourse, chap. xxi.) _Hudgin_ is more usually spelled Hodeken, the German familiar fairy. Cf. the French Hugon, a bugbear used to frighten children. * * * * _Strange Farlies._ P. 141. This extract from Churchyard was first cited by E.K. Chambers in his edition of _M.N.D._ in the _Warwick Shakespeare_. [1] _farlies_, marvels. [2] _feared_, frightened. * * * * _The Mad Merry Pranks of Robin Good-fellow._ P. 144. This broadside is found in various editions in the larger collections (Roxburghe Coll., I. 230; Pepys, I. 80; also in the Bagford); the text here given is Percy's collation (as printed in his _Reliques_) of one or two of the above. The tune of _Dulcina_ was famous; it may be seen in Chappell's _Popular Music_, 142. * * * * _The Fairies' Farewell._ [1] P. 153, l. 11. [_need_]. _Poetica Stromata_ reads _want_. * * * * _The Fairy Queen._ P. 155. The poem was given by Percy in his _Reliques_ from _The Mysteries of Love and Eloquence_, a curious book of which the preface is signed E.P.; the British Museum Catalogue attributes these initials to Edward Phillips, the nephew of John Milton. But Rimbault pointed out that this song occurs in a tract of 1635, _A Description of the King and Queen of the Fairies_, attributed to Robert Herrick; a single copy of this pamphlet is known, and is in the Bodleian Library. * * * * _Nymphidia._ P. 158. Michael Drayton's fairy-poem was first published in 1627, and perhaps owes a little of its charm to Shakespeare's play, though not so much as Drayton's sonnets to those of the elder poet. [1] P. 160. _upright_, flat on the back. This is the older meaning, which Drayton would find in Chaucer. [2] _hays_, dances. Cf. _heydeguys_, p. 148. [3] P. 161. _aulfe_. Cf. "ouphs," _Merry Wives of Windsor,_ V. v.