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47 Perhaps, He would doe that twice, rather then thanke you. =
'This ill-timed compliment to himself, Jonson might have spared, with
some advantage to his judgment, at least, if not his modesty. '--G.

=3. 5. 53. = See variants. Gifford's change destroys the
meaning and is palpably ridiculous.

=3. 5. 77 your double cloakes. = 'I. e. , a cloake adapted
for disguises, which might be worn on either side. It was of
different colours, and fashions.
This turned cloke with a false
beard (of which the cut and colour varied) and a black or yellow
peruke, furnished a ready and effectual mode of concealment,
which is now lost to the stage. '--G.

=3. 6. 2 canst thou get ne'r a bird? = Throughout this page
Merecraft and Pug ring the changes on Pitfall's name.

=3. 6. 15, 16 TRA. You must send, Sir. =
=The Gentleman the ring. = Traines, of course,
is merely carrying out Merecraft's plot to 'achieve the ring' (3. 5.
67). Later (4. 4.