Note 28 — NEW CUSTOM.
Reading edition
An expression of dislike or aversion used by almost every writer of the times. Ben Jonson's Cynthia's Revels, A. iv. S. 5—"Of all nymphs i' the court, I cannot away with her."
Poetaster, A. iii. S. 4—"And do not bring your eating player with you there; I cannot away with her."
Bartholomew Fair, A. i. S. 6—"Good 'faith, I will eat heartily too, because I will be no Jew, I could never away with that stiff-necked generation." [Gifford's edit. iv. 400-1.]