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120. prize (F, Q uncorr. 'prise') see G. Q corr.
(+Camb.) 'poise'•= weight, importance. The two
readings mean much the same. See Greg, Variants^
pp. 156-7.
123. differences sc. between them, which i.e.
•which letters, best (F, Q uncorr.) Q corr. 'lest'>
'least' Camb. See Greg, Variants, p. 157. thought (Q)
F 'though'.
124. home (F, Qcorr.) Q uncorr. 'hand', several^*
respective.
127. businesses (F) Q (+Camb.) 'busines'.
128. craves Plural, craves...use=require 'to be
carried out without delay' (K.).
129. S.D. F 'Exeunt. Flourish.'.

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S.D. toe. (Cap.) Entry <F 'Enter Kent, aad
Steward seuerally.'. Cf. 1. 5. i,n. (adfin).
1. sp.-hdg. Q 'Steward.', F 'Stew.'. And so (subs.)
for the rest of the sc.
dawning (F) Q uncorr.^ 'deuen' (corr. 'euen')
Greg (Variants, p. 158) accepts F as prob. correct and
conj. the Q copy read 'dauen', a poss. 17th cent. sp. of
'dawn'. This was read in 1949 ed«; but J.C.M. has
pointed out that 'Good deuen' is a coll. form of 'Good
even'. Cf. 'godden' and 'god deuen' (Gammer
Gurton's Needle, 4. 3. 5) cited O.E.D. under 'Good
even'. The Q reporter has forgotten the time of day.
4. I'th'mire. Cf. Tilley, D 643 'Dun in the mire'
and Rom. 1. 4. 41.
7, 9. care for A quibble—(a) like, (b) heed.
9. Lipsbury Pinfold see G. 'pinfold'. 'Lipsbury' is
gen. explained (<Nares) as a fictitious name, i.e. 'Lip-
town', the town lying between or behind the lips. K.
cites Lucr, 679 'Entombs her outer/ in her lips 1 sweet