Chapter 125

... “Since his depart, his _sports_, Tho’ craving seriousness and skill,” &c.

I conjecture “imports,”—that is, duties or offices of importance. The flow of the versification in this speech seems to demand the trochaic ending - u; while the text blends jingle and _hisses_ to the annoyance of less sensitive ears than Fletcher’s—not to say, Shakespeare’s.

“The Woman Hater.”