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PART II.CANTO I.

ARGUMENT.

The Knight being clapp'd by th' heels in prison,
The last unhappy expedition,^[1]
Love brings his action on the case,^[2]
And lays it upon Hudibras.
How he receives^[3] the lady's visit,
And cunningly solicits his suit,
Which she defers: yet, on parole,
Redeems him from th' enchanted hole.

↑ In the editions previous to 1674, the lines stand thus:
The knight, by damnable magician,
Being cast illegally in prison.
↑ An action on the case, is an action for redress of wrongs and injuries, done without force, and not specially provided against by law.
↑ The first editions read revi's. To revie means to cover a sum put down upon a hand at cards with a larger sum; also to retort or recriminate. See Wright's Provincial Dictionary.

[1] In the editions previous to 1674, the lines stand thus:
The knight, by damnable magician,
Being cast illegally in prison.

[2] An action on the case, is an action for redress of wrongs and injuries, done without force, and not specially provided against by law.

[3] The first editions read revi's. To revie means to cover a sum put down upon a hand at cards with a larger sum; also to retort or recriminate. See Wright's Provincial Dictionary.

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