[105] For the spelling cf., Vol. ii. pp. 139 (l. 14), 179 (l. 12). "Diety" for "deity" is not uncommon in print as well as MS.; cf., Saltonstall's translation of Ovid's "Ars Amoris," 1639, p. 14:-- "Oft pray'd she to the gods, but all in vaine, To appease their _Dieties_ with blood of beasts thus slaine." [106] In the MS. these lines are scored through. [107] The juxtaposition of this anagram with the preceding motto (which did not appear in the Appendix to Vol. ii.) strongly confirms my interpretation of La B. as _la bussa_; for the anagram is a kind of paraphrase on the motto, and should be read doubly in this way: Natanièle Field, il fabro, Nella fideltà finiro la Bussa. I, Nathaniel Field, the author will finish the work (_terminat auctor opus_) faithfully (i.e., at the time appointed, _terminat hora diem_). --F.G. Fleay. ["Terminat hora" &c. or some similar tag, is frequently found at the end of old plays. I cannot see that Mr. Fleay's interpretation is strongly confirmed,--or affected at all,--by the presence of the motto.] [108] See Henslowe's Diary, ed. Collier, p. 220:--"Lent unto Thomas Downton the 4 of maye 1602 to bye a boocke of harye Cheattell and Mr. Smyth called the Love partes frenship the some of" ... ... [109] _King John_, i. 2.--"And now instead of bullets _wrapt in fire_." [110] Another form of the apologetical expression "save-reverence." [111] i.e. cheated, cozened. [112] An echo from "King John," I. 2:-- "And now instead of _bullets wrapt in fire_ To make a shaking fever of your walls," &c. [113] A common proverbial expression. The dish is the wooden "clap-dish" on which beggars clattered to attract attention. [114] I should prefer "true heart his loyalty"--for the metre's sake. [115] 4to. staffe. [116] 4to. strayne. [117] 4to. his passions. [118] "A corrupt oath, the origin of which is obscure and not worth inquiring."--Nares. [119] The author certainly had in his mind Falstaff's puns on the names of the recruits, Mouldy, Shadow, &c. (ii. _Henry IV_. iii. 2). [120] An extemporal play by the famous Richard Tarleton. The "plat" is preserved at Dulwich College. See Collier's "Hist. of Dramatic Poetry," iii. 394 (first edition). [121] So the 4to, but I should prefer "So I have discharg'd myselfe of these hot-shots." The term "hot-shot" seems to have been originally applied to sharp-shooters. [122] i.e., maid: an East-Anglian usage of the word "mother." See Forby's "Vocabulary of East Anglia." "Mauther" is the commoner form (found in Ben Jonson and others), but "mother" occurs in Chettle and Day's _Blind Beggar_ and elsewhere. [123] I find this expression of feminine impatience in Dekker's _Honest Whore_ (Dramatic Works, ii. 26):--"_Marry muffe_, sir, are you growne so dainty!" [124] Let me understand you. The expression is of constant occurrence. [125] A term of contempt like "pilchard" and "poor John." "Haberdine" was the name for an inferior kind of cod used for salting.