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In The Comedy of Errors, Act. v. ſc. i.

" This week he hath been heavy, ſour, ſad."

(where in the original copy we find the word ſour written as Shakſpeare intended it to be pronounced,—ſower:) and in the ſame play,

"I'll meet you at that place ſome hour, hence."

for which in the ſecond folio we have

"I'll meet you at that place ſome hour, ſir, hence."

Again, in K. John, Act. I. ſc. i.

Kneel thou down, Philip, but riſe more great."

Again, in All's Well that Ends Well, Act. II. ſc. iii.

"And is not like the ſire. Honours thrive—".

In all theſe caſes, this hypercritick thinks he has completely overturned the doctrine contended for, by writing the words at full length,—dazzle-ed, counte-ry, ſou-er, ſi-er, &c. a ſpecies of confutation entirely new. Chaucerizing more, and exhibiting it thus,—mo-ré, he ſeems to think extremely humorous. The old Engliſh name, Gore, and the ſurname of a noble family, Gower, might have taught him

better.