III.i.116 (52,9) [to make me afeard]

_Afeard_ is from _to fear_, by the

old form of the language, as _an hungred_, from _to hunger_. So _adry_,

for _thirsty_. (1773)

III.i.117 (52,1) [O Bottom! thou art chang'd! what do I see on thee?]

It is plain by Bottom's answer, that Snout mentioned an _ass's

head._ Therefore we should read,

Snout. _O Bottom, thou art changed! what do I see on

thee_? An ass's head?

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