"Ah dear Lord and sweet _Saint Charity_!" Again, in "The Downfall of Robert, Earl of Huntington," 1601-- "Therefore, sweet master, for _Saint Charity_." --Note on _Hamlet_, act iv., sc. 5. [Dr Bailey supposes, which is very probable, that this abbreviated or corrupt form of _Jesus_ arose from] the letters I H S being anciently all that was set down to denote that sacred name on altars, the covers of books, &c. It occurs also in the following passage of Erasmus's "Praise of Folie," by Chaloner, 1549:--"Lyke as many great lordes there be who set so muche by theim, as scant they can eate theyr meate, or byde a minute without theim, cherisshyng them (_by iysse_) a little better than thei are wont to dooe these frounyng philosophers," &c. Sig. G 2. Again, in "Euphues and his England," 1582, p. 5:--"Unto whome he replyed, shoaring up his eyes, '_by Jis_,' soune, I accompt the cheere good which mainteineth health, and the servauntes honest whome I finde faythfull." [275] i.e., _she went_. "For all _i-yede_ out at one ere, That in that other she did lere." --_Romaunt of the Rose._ The word is also used by Spenser and Fairfax. [276] [See a note _supra_.] [277] Baret, in his "Alvearie," explains _rave_, "to talke like a madde bodie." [278] I refuse, deny the charge. [279] [Among the honest sort?] [280] [Original, _sooner_.] [281] [This should form the commencement of a new scene, but it is not so marked.] [282] So the edition of 1575. See note, _supra_. [283] [Ado. See Nares, edit. 1859, p. 576.] [284] Reward. It is a word used by Spenser, Shakspeare, and the chief of our ancient writers. [285] At the back of her house. [286] God's, not the boy Cock's. THE FIFTH ACT. THE FIRST SCENE. MASTER BAILY, DOCTOR RAT. BAILY. I can perceive none other, I speak it from my heart, But either ye are all in the fault, or else in the greatest part. DOCTOR RAT. If it be counted his fault, besides all his griefs, When a poor man is spoiled, and beaten among thieves, Then I confess my fault herein at this season; But I hope you will not judge so much against reason. BAILY. And methinks by your own tale, of all that ye name, If any played the thief, you were the very same: The women they did nothing, as your words made probation, But stoutly withstood your forcible invasion. If that a thief at your window to enter should begin, Would you hold forth your hand, and help to pull him in? Or would[287] you keep him out? I pray you answer me. DOCTOR RAT. Marry, keep him out: and a good cause why. But I am no thief, sir, but an honest learned clerk.