[289] _Pomanders_ were balls of perfume formerly worn by the higher ranks of people. Dr Gray, in his "Notes on Shakespeare," vol. i. p. 269, says "that a _pomander_ was a little ball made of perfumes, and worn in the pocket, or about the neck, to prevent infection in times of plague." From the above receipt, it appears they were moulded in different shapes, and not wholly confined to that of balls; and the like direction is given in another receipt for making _pomanders_ printed in Markham's "English Housewife," p. 151, edit. 1631. [290] _Non bene olet, qui semper bene olet_. [291] Probably some character notorious in the University of Cambridge at the time when this play was written or represented.--_Steevens_. [292] Turquois. [293] [Sharpen.] [294] [Edits., _musing_.] [295] [Primary.] [296] [The wine so called.] [297] Finer, more gaudily dressed. So in "Wily Beguiled"-- "Come, nurse, gather: A crown of roses shall adorn my head, I'll _prank_ myself with flowers of the prime; And thus I'll spend away my primrose time." And in Middleton's "Chast Mayd in Cheapside," 1630 [Dyces "Middleton," iv. 59]-- "I hope to see thee, wench, within these few yeeres Circled with children, _pranking_ up a girl, And putting jewels in their little eares, Fine sport, i'faith." [298] i.e., Whisper, or become silent. As in Nash's "Pierce Penilesse, his Supplication to the Divell," 1592, p. 15: "But _whist_, these are the workes of darknesse, and may not be talkt of in the daytime." [The word is perfectly common.] [299] While he is speaking, Crapula, from the effects of over-eating, is continually coughing, which is expressed in the old copies by the words _tiff toff, tiff toff_, within brackets. Though it might not be necessary to insert them, their omission ought to be mentioned. --_Collier_. [300] i.e., Glutton; one whose paunch is distended by food. See a note on "King Henry IV., Part I," v. 304, edit. 1778.--_Steevens_. [301] i.e., Whisper. [302] [Visus fancies himself Polyphemus searching for Outis--i.e., Ulysses, who had blinded him.] [303] [Edits., _Both_.] [304] [Row.] [305] [Nearest.] [306] [Edits., _ambrosian_.] [307 [Fiddle.] [308] A voiding knife was a long one used by our indelicate ancestors to sweep bones, &c., from the table into the _voider_ or basket, in which broken meat was carried from the table.--_Steevens_. [309] Reward. [310] [Edits., _him_.] [311] [Edits., _sprites_.] [312] The edition of 1657 reads-- "A greater soldier than the god of _Mars_." --_Collier_. [The edition of 1607 also has _Mars_.] [313] i.e., Hamstring him.--_Steevens_.