[259] [Edits, give this and next two lines, down to _return_, to Ronca.] [260: There was an opinion pretty current among Christians that the Mahometans were in expectation of their prophet's return; and what gave occasion to that was the 16th sign of the resurrection, the coming of the Mohdi or director; concerning whom Mahomet prophesied that the world should not have an end till one of his own family should govern the Arabians, whose name should be the same with his own name, and whose father's name should also be the same with his father's name, and who should fill the earth with righteousness. Sale's "Preliminary Discourse to the Koran," 4º, edit. 82. [261] [Edits., _gorgon_.] [262] [Edits., _Upon_.] [263] Terms of astrology meaning, be they inhabited by the best and most fortunate planets.--_Pegge._ [264] A book of astronomy, in use among such as erect figures to cast men's nativities, by which is shown how all the planets are placed every day and hour of the year. [265] _i.e._, Juggling or deceiving. [266] So in Jeffrey of Monmouth's History, 1718, p. 264, Merlin changes _Uther, Ulfin_, and _himself_, into the shapes of _Gorlois_, _Jordan of Tintagel_, and _Bricet_, by which means _Uther_ obtains the possession of _Igerna_, the wife of Gorlois.--_Pegge._ [267] People of rank and condition generally wore chains of gold at this time. Hence Trincalo says that, when he was a gentleman, he would "Wear a gold chain at every quarter sessions." --_Pegge._ Many instances of this fashion are to be met with in these volumes. The Lord Mayor and Aldermen of London wear chains of gold on public days at this time. [268] Belonging to a sundial.--_Johnson's Dictionary._ [269] Azimuths, called also vertical circles, are great circles intersecting each other in the zenith and nadir, and cutting the horizon at right angles, in all the points thereof.--_Chambers's Dictionary._ [270] An Arabic word, written variously by various authors, and signifies a circle drawn parallel to the horizon. It is generally used in the plural, and means a series of parallel circles, drawn through the several degrees of the meridian.--_Johnson's Dictionary._ [271] See Bishop Wilkins's "Voyage to the Moon," p. 110.--_Pegge._ ACT II., SCENE I. TRINCALO, ARMELLINA. TRIN. He that saith I am not in love, he lies _de cap-a-pie;_ for I am idle, choicely neat in my clothes, valiant, and extreme witty. My meditations are loaded with metaphors, songs, and sonnets; not a cur shakes his tail but I sigh out a passion:[272] thus do I to my mistress; but, alas! I kiss the dog, and she kicks me. I never see a young wanton filly, but say I, there goes Armellina; nor a lusty strong ass, but I remember myself, and sit down to consider what a goodly race of mules would inherit, if she were willing: only I want utterance--and that's a main mark of love too. ARM. Trincalo, Trincalo!