s with a chorus of Cyclops, which
met with some terrible parody in _The Rehearsal_ (cf. the present
editor's edition of _The Rehearsal_, p. 145). Indeed all extrinsic
songs in dialogue, however serious the theme, were considered 'Jigs'.
A striking example would be the Song of the Spirits in Dryden's
_Tyrannic Love_, Act IV.

In Post-Restoration days a ballad sung in the streets by two persons
was frequently called a Jig, presumably because it was a 'song in
dialogue'. Numerous examples are to be found amongst the Roxburgh
Ballads.

The Jig introduced in _Sir Timothy Tawdrey_ would seem to have been
the simple dance although not improbably an epithalamium was also
sung.

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Errors and Irregularities: The Amorous Prince

In the Notes, alternation between .' and '. at paragraph-end is as
printed. The abbreviation "cf." is always lower-case.

_Cur._ Never, I hope. [. missing]
Enter _Curtius_. / _Cur._ How! the Prince! [Enter _Curtuis_.]
_Cur._ I cry you mercy, Sir, pray what are you; [; unchanged]
[Aside to her. / [Ex. _Isab._
[Aside. / [Ex. _Page_ and _Guil._ with Musick.
[_brackets before "Exit" added for consistency in e-text_]
They set _Ism._ in a Chair [they]
_Cur._ _Guilliam_--the same [Gulliam]
'Tis something cold, I'll go take a Niperkin of Wine, [, as shown]
_Lau._ Forward, dear _Cloris_. [, for .]
[She shakes her Hand, as not understanding him.
[_text unchanged: error for Head?_]
But my Master must first speak with you alone, [, for .]

Notes on Text

p. 180 ... an auspicious kind, e.g. to begin [kind.]

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THE WIDOW RANTER.

ARGUMENT.

Bacon, General of the English in Virginia, has fought with great success
against the Indians and repeatedly beaten back their tribes, although
the Supreme Council, by whom the Colony is governed, have refused him a
commission, and, in spite of his victories, persist in treating him as a
rebel and a traitor. This Council indeed is composed of a number of
cowards and rogues, who through sheer malice and carping jealousy
attribute Bacon's prowess to his known passion for Semernia, the Indian
Queen, and who feign to think that he fights merely with the hope of
slaying her husband, the King Cavernio. T