38).
[52] Fast-sailing vessels (Span, filibote).
[53] The words "that ... husband" are scored through in the MS.
[54] This and the two following lines are marked for omission.
[55] The next word is illegible.
[56] A long barge with oars.
[57] "Misreated" = misrated? But the reading of the MS. is not plain.
[58] "Do intend" is a correction in the MS. for "have bespoeke."
[59] Old spelling of _convent_.
[60] Cautious.
[61] This speech is scored through.
[62] The reading of the MS. is not clear.
[63] Again I am doubtful about the reading of the MS.
[64] "A shewer" = ashore.
[65] Some letters are cut away in the MS. Perhaps Mildew was represented
with _Judas-coloured_ (i.e. red) hair; but Raphael presently describes
him as "graye and hoary," and afterwards we are told that he was bald.
[66] Search, probe.
[67] The stage-direction is not marked in the MS.
[68] Track by the scent.
[69] There is no stage-direction in the old copy.
[70] This and the next three lines are marked for omission.
[71] In this soliloquy Heywood closely follows Plautus: see _Rudens_,
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