' The
change is
unnecessary
if we consider the conditional clause
as an after-thought on the part of Fitzdottrel.
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3. 13 My Cater.= Whalley changes to 'm'acter' on the authority
of the _Sad Shep._ (vol. 4. 236):
--Go bear 'em in to Much
Th' acater.
The form 'cater', however, is common enough. Indeed, if we are
to judge from the examples in Nares and _NED._, it is much the
more frequent, although the present passage is cited in both
authorities under the longer form.
=1. 3. 21 I'le hearken.= W. and G. change to 'I'd.
' The
change is
unnecessary
if we consider the conditional clause
as an after-thought on the part of Fitzdottrel.
For a similar
construction see 3. 6. 34-6.
=1. 3. 27 Vnder your fauour, friend, for, I'll not
quarrell.= 'This was one of the qualifying expressions, by
which, "according to the laws of the duello", the lie might be
given, without subjecting the speaker to the absolute necessity
of receiving a challenge.'--G.
Leigh uses a similar expression. Cf. note 2. 1. 144. It occurs
several times in _Ev. Man in_:
