How soft our language, and how sweet our kisses,
Whil’st we made one our food, th’other our feast,
Not mix our soules by sight, or by a letter
Hereafter, but as small relation have,
As two new gon to in habiting a grave:
Can I not thinke away my selfe and dye?
l. 23. A and B] or a. l. 29. A and B] alone for any Farmers. l. 38. A and B] Will ye.
p. 272, l. 17. A and B give from That’s well to Hub. (Char.). l. 27. B] to ye will.
p. 273, l. 32. B] those speciall.
p. 274, l. 12. A and B] your story. l. 33. A and B] Use my.
p. 275, l. 37. A and B] For your.
p. 276, l. 2. B] marrying her Sir.
B omits at
end of line] Sir.
p. 277, l. 19. A and B] to end my. l. 31. B omits] have.
p. 279, l. 11. A and B] follow me.
p. 280, l. 26. A and B] gain. l. 40. B adds] Finis.
THE HUMOUROUS LIEUTENANT.
(A) The First Folio.
(B) The Second Folio.
(C) The Manuscript dated Novemb. 27. 1625.
This MS. is a beatiful specimen of Ralph Crane’s
caligraphy. It is bound
in vellum, with gilt lines and gilt design on the
cover. The following
particulars are written on a leaf before the title-page:—
’K Digby Margrit
This manuscript beloged to the celebrated Sir Kenelm Digby. His grand-daughter (one of the daughters & co-heireses of his eldest son, John Digby) was married to Richard Mostyn Esq. of Penbedw in Denbighshire, & their daughter & coheiress to Richard Williams Esq. my Great Grandfather. Thro’ this connection of my family with that of Digby, several of Sir Kenelm’s books & Manuscripts have come into my possession. Wm W. E. Wynne. given by W.W.E Wynne Esq. to me W. Ormsby Gore April 8. 1837.
The title-page is as follows:—
’Demetrius
and
Enanthe,
a pleasant Comedie
Written by
John Fletcher gent.’