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3-4. NOTES 2it
F 'words Iustice'. G.I.D. withdraws the defence of F
in the 1949 ed. F 'Iustice' prob. = 'iustle' misread.
commit not Cf. Oth. 4. 2. 72-4. man's i.e. another
man's.
80-1. set.. .array—don't set your dear little heart on
fine clothes, sweetheart (<Q) F'Sweet-heart' Edg.
does not mean 'sweetheart'.
84. servingman! F 'Servingman?' Rowe+Camb.
'servingman,'. Cf. 11.135-7. Abram-men often claimed
to have been such; Harman writes of one Stradling who
'saith he was the Lord Stourton's man' (Judges, p. 83).
Cf. W. Stafford, Examination of Complaints (1581),
p. 64, 'Now a dayes Seruingmen goe more costely in
apparell...then their maisters were wont to doe in times
past'.
85. curled my hair Like a young gentleman. Cf.
Oth. 1. 2. 68, 'The wealthy, curled darlings of our
nation'.
wore...cap Like a courtly lover. For contemp.
references see Linthicum, p. 267. gloves The pi.
suggests more than one mistress. Cf. 'out-paramoured'
(11. 90-1).
90. deeply (Q)—with obvious quibble. F 'deerely'—
comp.'s anticipation.
91. the Turk=the Sultan of Turkey; prov. type of
promiscuity, light of ear J. explains 'credulous of evil,
ready to receive malicious reports'; and K. cites con-
temp, support.
92-3. hog...prey. The Seven Deadly Sins were
commonly represented by animals. Cf. Spenser F.Q. 1.
iv. 18-35, a n d Harsnett, p. 141 [see Muir, p. 256].
94. creaking 'Shoes that creaked were fashionable'

96. from lenders' booh i.e. from signing your name
in moneylenders' books in acknowledgement of debts.
99. Says...nonny (J.D.W.) F 'sayes suum mun