of two blanks'
in the following line.
in the following line.
Ben Jonson - The Devil's Association
_ 9.
388.
In the Epigram _To True Soldiers_ Jonson says:
--I love
Your great profession, which I once did prove.
_Wks. _ 8. 211.
=3. 3. 32 a wench of a stoter! = See variants. The word is
not perfectly legible in the folios, which I have consulted, but
is undoubtedly as printed. Cunningham believes 'stoter' to be a
cheap coin current in the camps. This supplies a satisfactory
sense, corresponding to the '_Sutlers_ wife, . . .
of two blanks'
in the following line.
=3. 3. 33 of two blanks! = 'Jonson had Horace in his
thoughts, and has, not without some ingenuity, parodied several
loose passages of one of his satires. '--G. Gifford is apparently
referring to the close of Bk. 2. Sat. 3.
=3. 3. 51 vn-to-be-melted. = Cf. _Every Man in_, _Wks. _ 1.
In the Epigram _To True Soldiers_ Jonson says:
--I love
Your great profession, which I once did prove.
_Wks. _ 8. 211.
=3. 3. 32 a wench of a stoter! = See variants. The word is
not perfectly legible in the folios, which I have consulted, but
is undoubtedly as printed. Cunningham believes 'stoter' to be a
cheap coin current in the camps. This supplies a satisfactory
sense, corresponding to the '_Sutlers_ wife, . . .
of two blanks'
in the following line.
=3. 3. 33 of two blanks! = 'Jonson had Horace in his
thoughts, and has, not without some ingenuity, parodied several
loose passages of one of his satires. '--G. Gifford is apparently
referring to the close of Bk. 2. Sat. 3.
=3. 3. 51 vn-to-be-melted. = Cf. _Every Man in_, _Wks. _ 1.
