... “Since his depart, his _sports_,
Tho’ craving seriousness and skill,” &c.
I conjecture “imports,”—that is, duties or offices of importance. The flow
of the versification in this speech seems to demand the trochaic ending -
u; while the text blends jingle and _hisses_ to the annoyance of less
sensitive ears than Fletcher’s—not to say, Shakespeare’s.
“The Woman Hater.”