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A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 11

Note 356 — SCENE VI.

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The instances are very numerous throughout this play where Mr Dodsley, and after him Mr Reed, omitted syllables, and thereby spoiled the measure: thus this line ran till now—

"With discontent unrecoverable,"

instead, of discontentment.

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