+ACT V: Scene iii+ p. 298, l. 27 _Scene III._ I have numbered this scene. p. 299, l. 12 _submission._ 1724 ‘Admission’. p. 299, l. 17 _Pauwomungian._ 4to 1690 ‘Pauwmungian’. p. 300, l. 2 _After Noise._ 1724 omits ‘After’. p. 303, l. 16 _They go out._ Previous editions ‘Goes out.’ +ACT V: Scene iv+ p. 303, l. 23 _Scene IV. Changes to another part of the Wood._ All previous editions ‘Scene changes to a Wood.’ p. 304, l. 21 _are._ 4to 1690 ‘is’. p. 305, l. 12 _go out._ 4to 1690 ‘goes out’. p. 305, l. 21 _Whimsey._ In former editions abbreviated to ‘Whim.’ p. 306, l. 9 _Exeunt._ Former editions ‘Exit Dunce.’ +ACT V: Scene v+ p. 306, l. 10 _Scene V._ I have numbered this scene. p. 306, l. 18 _Lover’s._ 4to 1690 ‘Love’s’. p. 306, l. 20 _more._ 1724 omits. p. 306, l. 32 _and the rest._ Previous editions ‘and officers’, but plainly all the characters of the preceding scene assemble. p. 307, l. 21 _What has he, Mistress?_ 4to 1690 omits. +Epilogue+ p. 309, l. 1 _Epilogue._ It will be noted that with some trifling alterations this is the Prologue to _Abdelazar_. NOTES: CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY. +Dedication+ p. 221 _Madam Welldon._ This Dedicatory Epistle only appears in 4to 1690. The lady doubtless belonged to a branch of the famous Weldons, of Swanscombe, Kent, and is probably to be identified with Madam Lucy Weldon, _née_ Necton, the wife of Colonel George Weldon. p. 222 _G. J._ Almost certainly George Jenkins, of whom we have two copies of complimentary verse prefixed to _La Montre, or The Lover’s Watch_. _vide_ Vol. VI, pp. 9-11. +Prologue+ p. 223 _Prologue._ This prologue was first spoken to Shadwell’s comedy, _The True Widow_, produced at the Duke’s Theatre, Dorset Garden, 21 March, 1678, and it is printed with all copies of that play. It was, no doubt, used on the present occasion by permission of Dryden. It will be noticed that the Epilogue to _The Widow Ranter_ is the Prologue to _Abdelazar_. p. 223 _Muss._ A scramble. cf. _Antony and Cleopatra_, iii, 13:-- ... of late, when I cried ‘Ho!’ Like boys unto a muss, Kings would start forth, And cry ‘Your will?’ +ACT I: Scene i+ p. 226 _a Cogue of Brandy._ ‘Cogue’ is a Kentish word. _Kent Glossary_ (1887), has ‘cogue; a dram of brandy’. and Wright, _Eng. Dial. Dic._, who gives ‘cogue’ as exclusively Kentish, assigns precisely the same meaning. D’Urfey, however, _Pills to Purge Melancholy_ (1719), vi, p. 351, has ‘a cogue of good ale’. p. 227 _Groom Porter’s._ The Groom Porter was an officer of the Royal Household. This post was abolished in the reign of George III. From the sixteenth century he regulated all matters connected with card playing, gambling, and dicing within the precincts of the court. He even furnished cards and dice, and settled disputes concerning the game.