1–2 prose ed. (Oh … vndone, / And … sister Q)

6 quick alive (but also implying ‘quick with child’, pregnant)

6–8 prose ed. (Dead?… childe, / You … ’ee, / ’Tis … vs Q)

7–8 ’Tis… us There is an element of comic confusion in Putana’s panic: in orthodox theology, heaven would help people only if they did repent.

10 at these years at my age

11–12 qualms… pukings symptoms of pregnancy, including suddenly feeling faint (‘qualms’), frequent need to urinate (‘water-pangs’), and nausea (‘morning sickness’)

12 another thing Probably Annabella has stopped menstruating.

13 credit’s reputation’s

15 water urine. Examination of a patient’s water was a usual method of medical diagnosis in the seventeenth century.

17 case condition, state

18 amended recovered, feeling better espied realized

20 take no care not to worry

23 business things to do

24–6 lineation ed. (Doe… mee! / If… well, Q)

25 do does (colloquial usage)