193. _newefangel_, eager of novelty; see note to F. 618.

195. _souneth in-to_, accords with; see notes to A. 307, B. 3157, C. 54,

and F. 517.

204. _lemman_, short for _leef man_, lit. dear man. The context shews that

it was considered a 'knavish' word at this period.

207-8. Repeated from Prol. 741-2; see note to A. 741.

215. The line, as it stands, is deficient in the first foot, and is not

pleasing. Tyrwhitt reads _any_ for a. This improves it; but I do not know

where he found _any_. The old editions of 1550 and 1561 have _a_, like the

MSS.

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