[345] [Drink.] [346] [Tom seems to have gone out and returned, as observed above.] [347] A term of endearment. A commoner form is _white boy_. [348] [Nichol had previously addressed the Collier as _Master Lick-hole_; but as the Collier is not on the stage, it is clear that he here applies the same bye-name, _rhythmi causâ_, to Hance.] [349] [The gallows.] [350] [The song is divided between the three, each singing two lines, and the division is marked; but the name of the singer in each case is not given.] [351] [_To bring a noble to nine-pence_, was a proverbial expression for the idle dissipation of money.] [352] [It appears from what is afterwards said in the piece, that they do not see Newfangle, who has probably retired to the back of the stage.] [353] [Five and Six, a game at cards or dice.] [354] [_i.e._, Destitute of money.] [355] [The 4to of 1587 reads, _thou shall have_.] [356] [The 4to of 1568 has _way_.] [357] [The 4to of 1568 has _the every_.] [358] [Nearer.] [359] [The 4to of 1568 has, as before, _the every_.] [360] [Leash.] [361] This song is divided by a paragraph-mark between Virtuous Life and the other speakers; but the names are not given, and the mode of distribution is consequently uncertain. END OF VOL. III. * * * * * +--------------------------------------------------------------+ | | | Transcriber notes: | | | | P.60. 'Royster.' needs to be 'Roister.', changed. | | P.76. 'Alfyace.' needs to be 'Alyface.', changed. | | P.144. 'Royster' needs to be 'Roister' changed. | | P.266. 'sprit' needs to be 'spirit', changed. | | Fixed various punctuation. | | | +--------------------------------------------------------------+ End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 3, by Various