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261) Commentary Note for line 1608:
1608 Like Iohn-a-dreames, vnpregnant of my cause,
    ... ra></cn> <cn><sigla><sc>1765<tab> </tab>john1</sc></sigla><hanging><sc>john1 = w ...
    ... b> </tab>john1</sc></sigla><hanging><sc>john1 = warb +</sc></hanging> <para>1608 ...
    ... >v1773</sc></sigla><hanging><sc>v1773 = john1</sc></hanging></cn> <cn><sigla>177 ...
    ... 01C;Perhaps this name is corrupted.  <i>John-a-droynes</i> seems to have been so ...
    ...  &#8216;The description of that poor <i>John-a-droynes</i> his man, whom he had  ...
    ... his man, whom he had hired &amp;c.'  <i>John-a-droynes</i> is likewise a foolish ...
    ... ens</sc> (ed. 1785):  &#x201C;<small><i>John-a-dreams</i>, i.e. <i>of dreams</i> ...
    ... >, i.e. <i>of dreams</i>, means only <i>John</i> the <i>dreamer</i>; as nick-nam ...
    ... uus <i>Jack-a-lanthorn</i>.</small>  <i>John-a-droynes</i> however, if not a cor ...
    ...  &#8216;The description of that poor <i>John a droynes</i> his man, whom he had  ...
    ... is man, whom he had hired, &amp;c.'  <i>John a Droynes</i> is likewise a foolish ...
    ... , we are told of Jupiter that &#8216;<i>John dreaming</i>  God he callde to him, ...
    ... c>Caldecott</sc> (ed. 1819):  &#x201C;A John a-dreams is any one, heavy, letharg ...
    ... ormed, as Jack a Lent, Jack a Lanthorn, John a Nokes, John a Drones, or a Droyne ...
    ...  a Lent, Jack a Lanthorn, John a Nokes, John a Drones, or a Droynes; and is foun ...
    ... 6): <i>&#x201C;John a dreams, </i>or <i>John a droynes, </i>was a common term fo ...
    ... leton.  There is a story told of one <i>John a droynes, </i>a Suffolk simpleton, ...
    ...  <sc>Knight</sc> (ed. 1839): &#x201C;<i>John--a--dreams, </i>a soubriquet for a  ...
    ... llow.  The only mention yet met with of John a-dreams, is in Armin's &#8216;Nest ...
    ... wing passage occurs: &#8216;His name is John, indeed, says the cinnick; but neit ...
    ... , indeed, says the cinnick; but neither John a-nods, nor John a-dreames, yet eit ...
    ... e cinnick; but neither John a-nods, nor John a-dreames, yet either, as you take  ...
    ... -dreames, yet either, as you take it.'  John a-droynes, mentioned by Whetstone a ...
    ... c>Hudson</sc> (ed. 1856):  &#x201C;This John was probably distinguished as a sle ...
    ... t of Ninnies, 1608:  &#8216;His name is John, indeed, says the cinnick, but neit ...
    ... , indeed, says the cinnick, but neither John a-nods nor <i>John a-dreams</i>, ye ...
    ... cinnick, but neither John a-nods nor <i>John a-dreams</i>, yet either, as you ta ...
    ...  1856): &#x201C;A corresponding term <i>John a nods</i> is used by Harsnet in hi ...
    ... rmed like Jack-a-hent, Jack-a-Lanthorn, John-a-droynes, which Steevens guesses t ...
    ...  Steevens guesses to be a corruption of John-a-Dreams.   "It occurs in Armin's N ...
    ... akespeare Society), p. 49: 'His name is John, indeede, saies the cinnick; but ne ...
    ... indeede, saies the cinnick; but neither John a nods, nor John a dreames.' "</par ...
    ... e cinnick; but neither John a nods, nor John a dreames.' "</para> <para>1608 <b> ...
    ... 7): &#x201C;Like Jack-a-lantern &#8212; John o' the Dreams, a dreamy impracticab ...
262) Commentary Note for lines 1610-11:
1610 Vpon whose property and most deare life,
1611 A damn'd defeate was made: am I a coward,
    ... ra></cn> <cn><sigla><sc>1765<tab> </tab>john1</sc></sigla><hanging><sc>john1 = w ...
    ... b> </tab>john1</sc></sigla><hanging><sc>john1 = warb</sc></hanging> <para> 1611  ...
    ... </tab>v1773</sigla><hanging><sc>v1773 = john1 +</sc></hanging> <para>1611 <b>def ...
263) Commentary Note for line 1621:
1621 Remorslesse, trecherous, lecherous, kindlesse villaine.
    ... ehline>  <cn><sigla><sc>1765<tab> </tab>john1</sc></sigla><hanging><sc>john1</sc ...
    ... b> </tab>john1</sc></sigla><hanging><sc>john1</sc></hanging> <para>1621 <b>kindl ...
    ... >v1773</sc></sigla><hanging><sc>v1773 = john1</sc></hanging></cn> <cn><sigla><sc ...
264) Commentary Note for lines 1628-9:
1628-9 About my {braines; hum,}<Braine.> | I haue heard,
    ... n> </cn> <cn><sigla><sc>1765<tab> </tab>john1</sc></sigla><hanging>JOHN1</hangin ...
    ... 5<tab> </tab>john1</sc></sigla><hanging>JOHN1</hanging> <para>1628 <b>About my b ...
    ... /tab>v1773</sc></sigla><hanging>v1773 = JOHN1</hanging></cn> <cn><sigla>1778<tab ...
265) Commentary Note for line 1630:
1630 Haue by the very cunning of the scene, 
    ... ehline>  <cn><sigla><sc>1765<tab> </tab>john1</sc></sigla><hanging><sc>john1</sc ...
    ... b> </tab>john1</sc></sigla><hanging><sc>john1</sc></hanging> <para><sc>Johnson</ ...
    ... he <i>Bible</i>. &#x201D; </para> <para>JOHN1 <i>Shr. </i>3.18n&#8224; (see also ...
266) Commentary Note for line 1637:
1637 Ile tent him to the quicke, if a {doe} <but> blench
    ... ra></cn> <cn><sigla><sc>1765<tab> </tab>john1</sc></sigla><hanging><tab> </tab>1 ...
267) Commentary Note for line 1644:
1644 More relatiue then this, the play's the thing
    ... ra></cn> <cn><sigla><sc>1765<tab> </tab>john1</sc></sigla><hanging><sc>john1 = w ...
    ... b> </tab>john1</sc></sigla><hanging><sc>john1 = warb +</sc></hanging> <para> 164 ...
    ... ab> </tab>v1773</sigla><hanging>v1773 = JOHN1</hanging></cn> <cn><sigla>1784<tab ...
268) Commentary Note for line 1665:
1665 We ore-raught on the way, of these we told him, 
    ... ra></cn> <cn><sigla><sc>1765<tab> </tab>john1</sc></sigla><hanging><sc>john1</sc ...
    ... b> </tab>john1</sc></sigla><hanging><sc>john1</sc></hanging> <para>1665 <b>ore-r ...
    ... c>1773</sc></sigla><hanging>v<sc>1773 = john1</sc></hanging></cn> <cn><sigla><sc ...
269) Commentary Note for line 1679:
1679 For we haue closely sent for Hamlet hether,
    ... . 1872): &#x201C;secretly.   So <i>King John</i>, iv. 1. 133: 'Silence; no more: ...
    ... ed. 1899): &#x201C;secretly, as in King John, IV. I, 133.</para></cn> <cn></cn>  ...
270) Commentary Note for line 1681:
1681 Affront Ophelia; her father and my selfe,<(lawful espials)>
    ... n> </cn> <cn><sigla><sc>1765<tab> </tab>john1</sc></sigla><hanging><sc>john1</sc ...
    ... b> </tab>john1</sc></sigla><hanging><sc>john1</sc></hanging> <para>1681 <b>Affro ...
    ... >v1773</sc></sigla><hanging><sc>v1773 = john1 +</sc></hanging> <para>1681 <b>Aff ...

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