What's in a name?

I am currently working on editing a largely unedited copy-text of Fair Em, the Miller's Daughter of Manchester, which has, at one point or another, been attributed to Shakespeare. I've included just a bit below - very clever, but in my humble opinion not from Shakespeare's hand.

Valingford. Sir, may a man be so bold,
As to crave a word with you?

Manvile. Yea, two or three: what are they?

Valingford. I say, this maid will have thee to her husband.

Mountney. And I say this: and thereof will I lay a hundred pounds. 95

Valingford. And I say this: whereon I will lay as much.

Manvile. And I say neither: what say you to that?

Mountney. If that be true: then are we both deceived.

Manvile. Why it is true, and you are both deceived.

Marques. In mine eyes, this is the most proper[1] wench. 100
Might I advice thee, take her unto thy wife.

Zweno. It seems to me, she hath refused him.

Marques. Why there’s the spite.[2]

Zweno. If one refuse him, yet may he have the other.

Marques. He will ask but her good will, and all her friends. 105

Zweno. Might I advise thee, let them both alone.

Manvile. Yea, that’s the course, and thereon will I stand,
Such idle love henceforth I will detest.

Valingford. The fox will eat no grapes and why?

Mountney. I know full well, because they hang too high[3]. 110

[1] proper: proprest; OED: no entry.
[2] spite: an annoying matter or affair; OED.
[3] “The fox…high” is a reference to the Aesop fable “The Fox and the Grapes.” See appendix.

What's up with the airlines?

"American cancels 850 more flights" http://www.cnn.com/2008/TRAVEL/04/09/american.airlines.ap/index.html

According to CNN, American Airlines cancelled 850 more flights today, which makes the running total 1,350 total flights canceled if added to the 500 put through the gauntlet Tuesday. The average plane holds about 200 people - so that's 270,000 flightless people. And with the way the rest of the airline industry is running it's becoming quite evident the near future impossibility of being able to fly anywhere. This rampant canceling of flights coupled with rocketing gas prices and customer complaints ("Airline Complaints Soared in 2007," http://s7y.us/1889) gives travelers less and less plausible ability to travel by plane.

But then what's left? The price of gas practically eliminates the option of driving. I can't drive through town without thinking about how I'm going to pay for it, and I've heard many a friend complain that they feel like they're working to pay for gas. Hardly makes traveling even a possibility. Trains are great but less accessible and practial than planes or automobiles. So...our options are to walk...or stay home.

Great.