The forms _usher_ and
_huisher_
seem to be used
without distinction.
Ben Jonson - The Devil's Association
35 Pro'uedor.= 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.
