The Choise of Valentines; Or the Merie Ballad of Nash His Dildo
Chapter 3
270 _That_, the; _gulph maie_, gulfe can; _containe_, conteyne. Here follow, in the Rawl. MS., lines 290-93 of the Petyt; lines 292-3 being also reversed in the Rawl. text.
271 _Attired_, attird; _veluet_, velvet.
272 _nourisht_, norisht; _hott_, warme; _milk_, milke. "Whott," hot.
273 _Arm'd otherwhile_, Running sometymes.
274 _more glib_, more like; _to hell be lowe_, downe into hell.
275 _charriot_, chariot; _rydes_, rides.
276 _The which an arme strong driuer stedfast_, An arme strong guider steadfastly him.
278 _who_, whoe; _pathes unknowne_, places vnknowne; _gate_, pace.
279 _Sometimes_, sometymes; _smoothlie slideth doune a_, smoothly slippeth downe a.
280 _Another while_, some other tymes.
281 _clammie waies_, clayey wayes; _treaddeth_, treadeth.
282 _plasheth and sprayeth_, placeth himself &; _be him nye_, standeth by.
283 _So_, soe; _iollie rider_, royall rider.
284 _Plunging and sousing_, Plungeing & sowsing; _lyke_, like.
285 _He dasht, and spurted, and he plodded_, Bedasht, bespotted, and beplotted.
286 _blinde_, foule.
287 _Fy-fy, for grief_, But free from greife; _ladies chamberlaine_, ladyes chamberlayne.
288 _not thou_, thou not: _refraine_, refrayne.
289 _reade thee_, tell the; _blab_, blabb. "Reade," warn.
290 _aduised_, advisd; _thou vainelie_, thou soe vainely.
291 Transposed in Rawl. MS. with line 292; _wilt_, shouldst.
292 _Cicelie shewe but_, Illian queene knowe; _knauerie_, bravery.
293 _Denis shield_, Dennis sheild; _female sprites_, femall sprightes.
294 _Dames_, dames; _Cupid's Poet_, Cupid's poett.
295 _pennd_, pen; _storie onelie_, story onely.
296 _Who giuing suck unto a childish Elfe_, And, giving yt to such an actuall Elfe.
297 _And_, am; _discourag'd_, discoraged; _nurserie_, mistery.
298 _hir_, her; _penurie_, misery.
300 _seaventh iournie_, seauenth Iourny.
301 _want_, wantes; _hearbe's_, omitted; _and_, &; _soile_, soyle.
302 _wearie_, weary; _toile_, toyle.
303 _Druggs or Electuaries of new devise_, Or drugges or electuaryes of newe devises.
304 _Doe shunne_, that shame; _that trembles_, & tremble; _the_, thie; _price_, prices. In the Rawl. MS., lines 307-8 of the Petyt MS. follow here.
305 _Sufficeth all I haue, I yeald hir hole_, For that I allwayes had, I payd the wole.
307 _I paie our hostess_, I paid of both the; _and_, &; _at moste_, allmost.
308 _And_, yet; _and_, &; _anie_, any.
309 _can_, cann.
310 _doune_, downe.
311 _climbe_, clims; _banks_, bankes.
312 _gentlemen, if I_, gentleweomen doth this; _not thanks_, no thankes.
313 _so_, soe: _unto_, vnto.
314 _thread_, thred; _plaie is donne_, playes done.