158. 'This writing is not at all meant to apply to thee.'

159. _Servant_ was, so to speak, the old technical term for a lover; cf.

_serveth_, Kn. Tale, 2220, 2228 (A 3078, 3086); and _servant_ in the same,

956 (A 1814); and in Two Gent, of Verona, ii. 1. 106, 114, 140, &c.

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