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( 33 ) In The Comedy of Errors, Act. v. c. i.

(where in the original copy we find the word our written as Shakpeare intended it to be pronounced,—ower:) and in the ame play,

for which in the econd folio we have

Again, in K. John, Act. I. c. i.

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

In all thee caes, this hypercritick thinks he has completely overturned the doctrine contended for, by writing the words at full length,—dazzle-ed, counte-ry, ou-er, i-er, &c. a pecies of confutation entirely new. Chaucerizing more, and exhibiting it thus,—mo-ré, he eems to think extremely humorous. The old Englih name, Gore, and the urname of a noble family, Gower, might have taught him better.