"But after toil-inked thumbs and bitten nails Scratched head, ten quires--the easy scribbler fails".--
["MS. L". ("a").]
[Footnote lix:
"The one too rustic, t"other too refined".
["MS. L". ("a" and "b").]]
[Footnotes lx:
"Offensive most to men with house and land Possessed of Pedigree and b.l.o.o.d.y hand".
["MS. L". ("a").]]
Footnote lxi:
"Composed for any but the lightest strain".
["MS. L". ("a").]]
Footnote lxii:
"And must I then my"--
["MS.L". ("a").]
[Footnote lxiii:
"Ye who require Improvement".
["MS. L". ("a").]]
[Footnote lxiv:
"And Tragedy, whatever stuff he spoke Now wants high heels, long sword and velvet cloak".--
["MS. L". ("a") "erased".]]
[Footnote lxv:
"Curtail or silence the offensive jest".
["MS. M".]
"Curtail the personal or s.m.u.tty jest".
["MS. L". ("a") "erased".]]
[Footnote lxvi:
"Overthrow whole books with all their hosts of faults".--
["MS. L". ("a").]]
[Footnotes lxvii:
"So that not h.e.l.lebore with all its juice".
["MS. L". ("a").]]
[Footnote lxviii:
"I"ll act instead of whetstone--blunted, but Of use to make another"s razor cut".
["MS. L." ("a").]]
[Footnote lxix:
"From Horace show the better arts of song".
["MS. L". ("a").]]
[Footnote lxx:
"To Trade, but gave their hours to arms and arts".
["MS. L". ("a").]
"With traffic".
["MS. L". ("b").]]
[Footnote lxxi: