e., clear the stage for the next act.
[118] A _fisgig_ was a sort of harpoon.
[119] "Poore Jhon" = inferior hake.
[120] This and the two following speeches are marked for omission in
the MS.
[121] A nickname (from the apostle Peter) for a fisherman.
[122] A small box or portmanteau.
[123] Owns.
[124] This speech and the next are marked for omission.
[125] Fish-baskets.
[126] The rest of the speech is marked for omission.
[127] Bawd.
[128] i.e., _Exeunt Palestra, Scribonia, and Godfrey: manet Ashburne_.
[129] In the MS. follows some conversation which has been scored
through:--
"_Fisher_. Yes, syrrahe, and thy mayster.
_Clown_. Then I have nothing at this tyme to do with thee.
_Fisher_. Marry, a good motion: farewell and bee hangde.
_Clown_. Wee are not so easly parted.--Is this your man?"
[130] The following passage has been scored through in the MS.:
"[_Ashb_.] Say, whats the stryfe?
_Clown_. Marry, who fyrst shall speake.
_Fisher_. Thats I.
_Clown_. I appeale then to the curtesy due to a stranger.
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