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432 ���NOTES ���describes the shows at the various fairs. Among them was what Ward called "a dwarf Comedy, Sir-named a Droll" �L. 24: "Or tedious sheet, of doubtful news from Dyer." In the MS. this line is written over the earlier form, "fulsom lyes from Dyer" Dyer's News-Letter was discontinued September, 1713.. For references to this News-Letter see Toiler (18), where Dyer's skill in manufacturing exciting news is commented on; Spectator, Nos. 43 and 127 ; and Ashton. Reign of Queen Anne, p. 300. ��� �
