{"id":"01KG8B0AZ9WKTYQN8ZSP703BA7","cid":"bafkreifbjehrlgof6sid4i4ufyyrdza3w7yrump6kqdohvq6cjjzirnnvu","type":"file","properties":{"cid":"bafkreifnp3nbb4esxt35wd7654cmlxdin7acexogh53utguawbc3jl473a","content_type":"image/jpeg","filename":"03_merry_wives_of_windsor_1905_page_0161.jpg","height":1778,"key":"pdf-page-1769806505253-bclyt0182oe","label":"03_merry_wives_of_windsor_1905_page_0161.jpg","page_number":161,"pdf_type":"born_digital","size":360832,"text":"Scene\nI]\nNotes\n155\nnot understand it ; and Daniel says \" it was not meant to be under-\nstood byhim or anybody else.\"\n197. Book of Songs and Sonnets. \"He probably means the\nPoems of Lord Surrey and others, which were very popular in the\nage of Queen Elizabeth. They were printed in 1567 with this\ntitle : * Songes and Sonnettes, written by the Right Honourable Lord\nHenry Howard, late Earle of Surrey, and others.' Slender laments '\nthat he has not this fashionable book about him, supposing it might j\nassist him in paying his addresses to Anne Page \" (Malone).\n199. The Book of Riddles was another popular book. Reed says\nit is enumerated with others in The English Couriier, and Country\nGentlejnan, 1586. Halliwell-Phillipps gives a facsimile of the\ntitle-page of one edition, which reads thus : \" The | Booke of |\nMeery. | Riddles. | Together with proper Que- | stions, and witty\nProuerbs to | make pleasant pastime, | No lesse vsefull than be-\nhoouefull I for any yong man or child, to know if | he bee quick-\nwitted, or no. I London, | Printed by T. C. for Michael Sparke, \\\ndwelling in Greene-Arbor, at the | signe of the blue Bible, | 1629.\"\nHe quotes many of the riddles, and I copy a few of the shortest as\nsamples : —\n\" The li. Riddle. — My lovers will\nI am content for to fulfill ;\nWithin this rime his name is framed ;\nTell me then how he is narried ?\nSolution. — His name is William ; for in the first line is will, and in the\nbeginning of the second line is / am, and then put them both together,\nand it maketh William.\nThe liv. Riddle. — How many calves tailes will reach to the skye? I\nSolution. — One, if it be long enough. '\nThe Ixv. Riddle. — What is that, round as a ball,\nLonger than Pauls steeple, weather-cocke, and all ?\nSolution. — It is a round bottome of thred when it is unwound.\nThe Ixvii. Riddle. — What is that, that goeth thorow the wood, and \\\ntoucheth never a twig ? Solution. — It is the blast of a home, or any \\\nother noyse.\"","text_extracted_at":"2026-01-30T20:55:05.253Z","text_extracted_by":"pdf-processor","text_has_content":true,"text_source":"born_digital","uploaded":true,"width":1084},"relationships":[{"peer":"01KG89K4N3KNPAGDJAVRPVWBA4","predicate":"derived_from"},{"peer":"01KG89JREDR8WY5QQGYR5FZRDY","peer_type":"collection","predicate":"collection"}],"ver":2,"created_at":"2026-01-30T20:55:06.985Z","ts":"2026-01-30T20:55:09.582Z","edited_by":{"method":"manual","user_id":"01KFFH6ETXGRVD10WPNP3007D6"}}