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[91] This speech is scored through in the MS.
[92] "Whytinge mopp" = young whiting. The term was often applied to a
girl. See Nares' _Glossary_.
[93] In the MS. follow two lines that have been scored through:--
"And not deteine, for feare t'bee to my cost,
Though both my kisse and all my paynes be lost."
[94] _Widgeon_ (like _woodcock_) is a term for a simpleton.
[95] In the MS. follow two lines which have been so effectually scored
through that I can only read an occasional word.
[96] In the MS. follows a cancelled passage:--
"_Mild_ Had not thy greater fraught bin shipt with myne
We had never been oversett.
_Sarl_. I rather think
Had ... when fyrst the shippe began to dance
... thrown all the curst Lading over-board
Wee had still light and tight."
[97] The word _burn_ is frequently used in an indelicate sense.
[98] Keys of the virginal (a musical instrument resembling a spinnet).
[99] This speech is scored through in the MS.
[100] The words "Heeres sweet stuffe!" are scored through.
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