3, "Hanccine ego partem capio ob pietatem praecipuam," &c.
[72] Three cancelled lines follow in the MS.:--
"So if you ... any mercy for him,
Oh if there be left any mercy for him
Nowe in these bryny waves made cleane for heaven."
[73] This and the eight following lines appear to be marked for omission
in the MS.
[74] This line is scored through in the MS.
[75] This line is scored through in the MS.
[76] The words "Some faggotts ... cloathes" are scored through in the MS.
[77] "Monthes mind" = strong desire.
[78] So the MS. But I am tempted to read, at Mr. Fleay's suggestion,
"steeples."
[79] Cf. _Rudens_, ii. 1:--
"Cibum captamus e mari: sin eventus non venit,
Neque quidquam captum est piscium, salsi lautique pure,
Domum redimus clanculum, dormimus incoenati."
[80] The words "hence we may ... wretched lyfe" are scored through in
the MS.
[81] In the MS. the words "whither his frend travelled" are scored
through.
[82] In the MS. follow some words that have been cancelled:--"Only,
for ought I can perceive all to no purpose, but understand of no such
people.
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