Nor neither of them both had thought
That e'er they had each other sought,
Much less that they a combat fought,
But such a dream were loathing:
Tom Thumb had got a little sup,
And Tomalin scarce kissed the cup,
Yet had their brains so sure locked up,
That they remembered nothing.
Queen Mab and her light maids, the while,
Amongst themselves do closely smile,
To see the King caught with this wile,
With one another jesting:
And to the Fairy Court they went
With mickle joy and merriment,
Which thing was done with good intent:
And thus I left them feasting.
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NOTES ON TEXTS
_The Legend of Pyramus and Thisbe._
See p. 31.
[1] P. 73, l. 12. _let_, hinder, prevent.
[2] P. 74, l. 18. _vouching safe_, vouchsafing.
[3] P. 75, l. 4. _parget_, plaster, roughcast.
[4] P. 78, l. 10. _stound_, position.
[5] P. 79, l. 1. _meint_, mixed.
[6] P. 79, l. 19. _belyve_, immediately.
[7] P. 80, l. 5. _sicker_, sure, certain.
[8] P. 80, l. 11. _bespect_, speckled.
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_Robin Good-fellow._
See pp. 39, 63. The text here given is that of the reprint of the 1628
edition, edited for the Percy Society by J. Payne Collier in 1841. The
original black-letter tract, there described as being "in the library of
Lord Francis Egerton, M.
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