{1} Apart from a few illustrations on the title page the 140
illustrations have not yet been scanned for this transcription. They
will appear in due time.—DP.
{44} A version of this ballad is published as a Song, by Mr. Jeffreys,
Soho Square.
{59} This ballad is published as a Song, under the title “If,” by
Messrs. Cramer and Co.
{156a} “Go with me to a Notary—seal me there
Your single bond.”—_Merchant of Venice_, Act I., sc. 3.
{156b} “And there shall she, at Friar Lawrence’ cell,
Be shrived and married.”—_Romeo and Juliet_, Act II., sc. 4.
{156c} “And give the fasting horses provender.”—_Henry the Fifth_, Act
IV., sc. 2.
{156d} “Let us, like merchants, show our foulest wares.”—_Troilus and
Cressida_, Act I., sc. 3.
{156e} “Then must the Jew be merciful.”—_Merchant of Venice_, Act IV.,
sc. 1.
{156f} “The spring, the summer,
The chilling autumn, angry winter, change
Their wonted liveries.”—_Midsummer Night Dream_, Act IV., sc. 1.
{156g} “In the county of Glo’ster, justice of the peace and _coram_.”
_Merry Wives of Windsor_, Act I., sc. 1.
{156h} “What lusty trumpet thus doth summon us?”—_King John_, Act V.,
sc. 2.
{156i} “And I’ll provide his executioner.”—_Henry the Sixth_ (Second
Part), Act III., sc. 1.
{156j} “The lioness had torn some flesh away,
Which all this while had bled.”—_As You Like It_, Act IV., sc. 3.
{192} Described by MUNGO PARK.
{233} “Like a bird.”—_Slang expression_.
{243} Reprinted from the “The Graphic,” by permission of the
proprietors.