The Interlude of Wealth and Health | Page 2

hundred and ninety-five pounds. Its

press-mark is C. 34. i. 25.
The extremely careless typography of the original makes the task of
reprinting a difficult one. Ordinary misprints abound, and these have
been scrupulously retained, a list of irregularities being added below. It
has, however, proved impossible to arrive at any satisfactory method of
distinguishing between 'n' and 'u.' In the first hundred lines, which are
by no means the worst printed, there are thirty-two cases in which the
letter is indistinguishable, eighteen cases of an apparent 'u' which
should be 'n,' and seven cases of an apparent 'n' which should be 'u.'
When it is further remembered that there are few cases in which it is
possible to say for certain that a letter really is what it appears to be,
and none in which it may not be turned, some idea of the difficulty in
the way of reprinting will be obtained. To have followed the original in
this matter would have been to introduce another misprint into at least
every fourth line, while even so several hundred cases would have
remained which could only have been decided according to the
apparent sense of the passage. The only rational course was to treat the
letters as indistinguishable throughout, and to print in each instance
whichever the sense seemed to require. Again, as the superscript letters
'c,' 'e,' 't,' are seldom distinguishable, the printer has been given the
benefit of the doubt. Another difficulty arose in connection with the
speakers' names. In the original these have often dropt from their
proper places, which can now only be ascertained from the sense and
the not very regular indentation. With some hesitation it has been
decided to restore them to the positions they should apparently occupy,
noting all cases in which they are a line or more out in the original.
Lastly it may be remarked that in the speeches which aim at imitating
foreign languages the apparent readings of the very indistinct original
have been scrupulously reproduced, and no attempt has been made,
even in the subjoined list, to suggest any corrections.
In the last sheet some of the pages are cropt at the foot. In most cases
nothing more than the catchword has disappeared, and although
between lines 768 and 769 something seems to be lost, it is doubtful
whether this is due to the cropping, since D1^v has already one line too
many.

The original is printed in the ordinary black letter of the period, of the
body known as English (20 ll. = 94 mm.).
Irregular and Doubtful Readings.
Tit. att his
5. tcowe
7. fleepe(?)
13. nof
24. Weith
25. Iam

27. ofcomparison
29. so (too?)
38. yeth
41. dyspayre (dysprayse)

50. marualufly
52. iu
54. ts
57. stander ... nowe
58. selte
62.
Inlykewise
63. Wh en (?) (no catchword)
66. desyred
70. thouart

74. answerrd
75. wellh
76. thou' fagetyue (or ?tagetyue)
80.
Thai
84. benefites
95. welth hatg ... freasure
98. stands (the 's'
doubtful)
100. cempetent
105. Ye
107. otherwelth
109.
Euerywise
110. dtsposicions
127. saue (the 'e' doubtful)
134. woth

137. stealeth
144. hit
149. a wreke
150. nf
159. (no
catchword)
164. nhw indifferenily
165. me
168. Weith
177.
tryasure
178. yfthey
191. (no catchword)
195. please youto
197.
libert

201. werwhy (me, why?)
207. feloweh
214. shalde
216.
crow
224. beholde (be bolde)
234. wyse (the 's' doubtful)
ifye (if he?)
237. yllibert
238. notfore
249. lubstaunce
250. werr

251. whyce
253. lust (lusty)
257. lybertye
258. H elth (?)
267.
ran
270. loboure
275. ofliberty ... suter
278. alytle
286.
acquanted
289. Dryue (the 'y' doubtful)
290. Wy ll (?) ... C (I)
294.
[H]ealth
306. Christ
312. kindes
315. Arquaintance
318. fo

319. lybertyeis
320. lyberfye, wili
bebolde (be bolde)
322. Thyrfore
324. lybrtye
328. ano
337. pas
(past)
364. ther
367. let hym (hem)
373. Wytte (Will)
379. felfe

383. caa
386. thought (sought)
391. srhon (?)
397. be gins

398. sleminge
400. slemminges
wilmar (?)
405. icvell
408. lonck
410. ic compte hore
414. Nae


424. ssaunders
425. sleminges
426. theris
433. deuose
440.
ftyll (?)
443. shred wet
445. Wyll ... cun
447. thing
450. geeat

actortty
452. hach
453. lust (iust) ... indifference
460. shalbe (the
's' doubtful)
470. berter
473. mayay (or ? nayay, reading very
doubtful; may say?)
475. Forfoth ... vrother
479. in (the 'n' doubtful)

485. wel ... slye (flyt?)
498. you
501. vegyled
502. councelll

507. Wy ll (?)
508. fhe (?)
509. chat ... alw ay
511. meaneth (the
't' doubtful)
520. [Liberty?]
531. oardon
534. am be(?) ... well

545. Gngland
547. renlmes
548. thy (they)
551. rm
553. apart ...
aceoritie
554. R[e]md[i]
558. for (the 'f' doubtful)
561. prefercing
(?)
567. ehis
568. percelue
596. b e (?)
600. yoor (?)
601.
tohether
605. exchewe ... Ill
607. t[=e]p
609. sach
613. [(]wil

616. apare
618. larye
622. chat
624. afryde
629. Hew
630.
p=omise (the '=' doubtful)
631. sstyest (spyest?)
632. lok e
633.
crooke (the 'e' doubtful)
636. Wyll. (below l. 637)
tor

653. euey
654. ofhell(?)
662. falfe
666. libertidespise
667.
mateer
668. wet, ler ... [Will.]
669. a none
675. thiag
676. Afirr
(After)
685. I tis
686. ihe
693. with ... conoenient
695. Wyll.
(opposite l. 696)
angey
699. tor
705. he
711. Wytte (opposite l. 712)
716. rhe

719. Wyll. (opposite l. 718)
724. wich
731. welco me
health (opposite l. 730)
734. (no catchword)
735. her (hert ?)
736.
v s (?)
740. .abor
742. sha me (?)
753. H ance (?)
755. Hance
(the 'e' doubtful)
756. nothin
757. H ance (?)
760. allaunts ... reale

764. selfeloue (?)
descone (?)
766. subtel tiget
768. (catchword cut off?)
769.
[Remedy.] (but a whole line probably missing)
772. Ic ... Remdi (the
'i' doubtful)
773. i (I or [=i])
776. fleming (the