The editors'
treatment
of the form is
inconsistent.
inconsistent.
Ben Jonson - The Devil's Association
= Gifford's change to provedore
is without authority. The word is _provedor_, Port. , or
_proveedor_, Sp. , and is found in Hakluyt, _Voyages_, 3. 701;
G. Sandys, _Trav. _, p. 6 (1632); and elsewhere, with various
orthography, but apparently never with the accent.
=3. 4. 43 Gentleman huisher. = For the gentleman-usher see
note 4. 4. 134. The forms _usher_ and _huisher_ seem to be used
without distinction.
The editors' treatment of the form is
inconsistent. See variants, and compare 2. 7. 33.
=3. 4. 45-8 wee poore Gentlemen . . . piece. = Cf. Webster,
_Devil's Law Case_, _Wks. _ 2. 38: 'You have certain rich city
chuffs, that when they have no acres of their own, they will go
and plough up fools, and turn them into excellent meadow. ' Also
_The Fox_ 2. 1:
--if Italy
Have any glebe more fruitful than these fellows,
I am deceived.
is without authority. The word is _provedor_, Port. , or
_proveedor_, Sp. , and is found in Hakluyt, _Voyages_, 3. 701;
G. Sandys, _Trav. _, p. 6 (1632); and elsewhere, with various
orthography, but apparently never with the accent.
=3. 4. 43 Gentleman huisher. = For the gentleman-usher see
note 4. 4. 134. The forms _usher_ and _huisher_ seem to be used
without distinction.
The editors' treatment of the form is
inconsistent. See variants, and compare 2. 7. 33.
=3. 4. 45-8 wee poore Gentlemen . . . piece. = Cf. Webster,
_Devil's Law Case_, _Wks. _ 2. 38: 'You have certain rich city
chuffs, that when they have no acres of their own, they will go
and plough up fools, and turn them into excellent meadow. ' Also
_The Fox_ 2. 1:
--if Italy
Have any glebe more fruitful than these fellows,
I am deceived.
