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By this faire Bride remember soone at night.

=1. 2. 1 ff. I, they doe, now=, etc. 'Compare this
exquisite piece of sense, satire, and sound philosophy in 1616
with Sir M. Hale's speech from the bench in a trial of a witch
many years afterwards. '--Coleridge, _Notes_, p. 280.

=1. 2. 1 Bretnor. = An almanac maker (fl. 1607-1618). A list
of his works, compiled from the catalogue of the British Museum,
is given in the _DNB_.
He is mentioned twice by Middleton:

This farmer will not cast his seed i' the ground
Before he look in Bretnor.
--_Inner-Temple Masque_, _Wks. _ 7. 211.

'_Chough. _ I'll not be married to-day, Trimtram: hast e'er an almanac
about thee? this is the nineteenth of August, look what day of the
month 'tis.

_Trim. _ 'Tis tenty-nine indeed, sir. [_Looks in almanac. _
_Chough. _ What's the word? What says Bretnor?
_Trim. _ The word is, sir, _There's a hole in her coat_. '
--Middleton, _A Fair Quarrel_, _Wks.