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not understand it ; and Daniel says " it was not meant to be under-
stood byhim or anybody else."
197. Book of Songs and Sonnets. "He probably means the
Poems of Lord Surrey and others, which were very popular in the
age of Queen Elizabeth. They were printed in 1567 with this
title : * Songes and Sonnettes, written by the Right Honourable Lord
Henry Howard, late Earle of Surrey, and others.' Slender laments '
that he has not this fashionable book about him, supposing it might j
assist him in paying his addresses to Anne Page " (Malone).
199. The Book of Riddles was another popular book. Reed says
it is enumerated with others in The English Couriier, and Country
Gentlejnan, 1586. Halliwell-Phillipps gives a facsimile of the
title-page of one edition, which reads thus : " The | Booke of |
Meery. | Riddles. | Together with proper Que- | stions, and witty
Prouerbs to | make pleasant pastime, | No lesse vsefull than be-
hoouefull I for any yong man or child, to know if | he bee quick-
witted, or no. I London, | Printed by T. C. for Michael Sparke, \
dwelling in Greene-Arbor, at the | signe of the blue Bible, | 1629."
He quotes many of the riddles, and I copy a few of the shortest as
samples : —
" The li. Riddle. — My lovers will
I am content for to fulfill ;
Within this rime his name is framed ;
Tell me then how he is narried ?
Solution. — His name is William ; for in the first line is will, and in the
beginning of the second line is / am, and then put them both together,
and it maketh William.
The liv. Riddle. — How many calves tailes will reach to the skye? I
Solution. — One, if it be long enough. '
The Ixv. Riddle. — What is that, round as a ball,
Longer than Pauls steeple, weather-cocke, and all ?
Solution. — It is a round bottome of thred when it is unwound.
The Ixvii. Riddle. — What is that, that goeth thorow the wood, and \
toucheth never a twig ? Solution. — It is the blast of a home, or any \
other noyse."
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