[1] Apart from a few illustrations on the title page the 140 illustrations have not yet been scanned for this transcription. They will appear in due time.—DP.[44] A version of this ballad is published as a Song, by Mr. Jeffreys, Soho Square.[59] This ballad is published as a Song, under the title “If,” by Messrs. Cramer and Co.[156a] “Go with me to a Notary—seal me there
Your single bond.”—Merchant of Venice, Act I., sc. 3.[156b] “And there shall she, at Friar Lawrence’ cell,
Be shrived and married.”—Romeo and Juliet, Act II., sc. 4.[156c] “And give the fasting horses provender.”—Henry the Fifth, Act IV., sc. 2.[156d] “Let us, like merchants, show our foulest wares.”—Troilus and Cressida, Act I., sc. 3.[156e] “Then must the Jew be merciful.”—Merchant of Venice, Act IV., sc. 1.[156f] “The spring, the summer,
The chilling autumn, angry winter, change
Their wonted liveries.”—Midsummer Night Dream, Act IV., sc. 1.[156g] “In the county of Glo’ster, justice of the peace and coram.”

Merry Wives of Windsor, Act I., sc. 1.[156h] “What lusty trumpet thus doth summon us?”—King John, Act V., sc. 2.[156i] “And I’ll provide his executioner.”—Henry the Sixth (Second Part), Act III., sc. 1.[156j] “The lioness had torn some flesh away,
Which all this while had bled.”—As You Like It, Act IV., sc. 3.[192] Described by Mungo Park.[233] “Like a bird.”—Slang expression.[243] Reprinted from the “The Graphic,” by permission of the proprietors.