(1)A version of this ballad is published as a Song,by Mr.

Jeffreys,Soho Square.

(2)This ballad is published as a Song,under the title "If,"by Messrs.Cramer and Co.

(3)"Go with me to a Notary seal me there Your single bond."MERCHANT OF VENICE,Act I.,sc.3.

(4)"And there shall she,at Friar Lawrence'cell,Be shrived and married."ROMEO AND JULIET,Act II.,sc.4.

(5)"And give the fasting horses provender."HENRY THE FIFTH,Act IV.,sc.2.

(6)"Let us,like merchants,show our foulest wares."TROILUS ANDCRESSIDA,Act I.sc.3.

(7)"Then must the Jew be merciful."MERCHANT OF VENICE,Act IV.,sc.1.

(8)"The spring,the summer,The chilling autumn,angry winter,change Their wonted liveries."MIDSUMMER NIGHT DREAM,Act IV.,sc.1.

(9)"In the county of Glo'ster,justice of the peace and CORAM."

MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR,Act I.,sc.1.

(10)"What lusty trumpet thus doth summon us?"KING JOHN,Act V.,sc.2.

(11)"And I'll provide his executioner."HENRY THE SIXTH (Second Part),Act III.,sc.1.

(12)"The lioness had torn some flesh away,Which all this while had bled."AS YOU LIKE IT,Act IV.,sc.3.

(13)Described by MUNGO PARK.

(14)"Like a bird."SLANG EXPRESSION.

(15)Reprinted from the "The Graphic,"by permission of the proprietors.

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