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The works of Thomas Middleton, Volume 2 (of 5)

Note 13 — ACT I. SCENE I.

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Enter Onesiphorus Hoard, Limber, and Kix] In the old eds. the entrance of these “right worshipful seniors” is not marked, and the prefixes to their speeches are merely 1., 2., and 3. That one of them is Onesiphorus Hoard, there can be no doubt. That the other two are Limber and Kix, is, I think, as certain: they appear together with Onesiphorus in the last scene of the play, where they are addressed as “old master Limber and master Kix,” and where they immediately recognise the Courtesan.—The editor of 1816 makes the stage-direction here “Enter Two Gentlemen:” he ought at least to have observed, that the speech which concludes this scene is given to a third speaker.

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