[55] Tim means to ask, is it _four_ or _six shilling beer_, supposing that such was the beverage, to which the Captain replies scornfully, _Four or six! 'Tis rich Canary_, &c. This was omitted by Mr Reed.--_Collier._ [56] [Former edits., _Pox on you heilding. Heildom_ is a _health_, and the lieutenant means to say that Tim should propose one.] [57] [See Dyce's Middleton, i. 66.] [58] This battle was fought at Weisenberg, near Prague, 18th November 1620, and was fatally decisive against the Elector Palatine who, in consequence of it, not only lost his new kingdom of Bohemia, but also was deprived by the Emperor of his hereditary dominions. [59] [In the former edits, this passage stands, "_jeers ye puffs really of_."] [60] Tim, who has hidden or _ensconced_ himself, looks out, and not the Captain, as Mr Reed made it, by misplacing the stage direction.--_Collier._ [61] A _sconce_ is a petty fortification. The verb _to ensconce_ occurs more than once in Shakespeare. See note on "The Merry Wives of Windsor," act ii. sc. 2.--_Steevens._ [This note amounts to nothing, as the word _ensconce_ is very common, and all that is here intended is that Tim, frightened at the Ancient, had hidden himself behind a chest of drawers (a very petty fortification!) or some other article of furniture.] [62] _i.e._, Whether. It is frequently so [spelled] in ancient writers. See Ben Jonson's "New Inn," act v. sc. 2., and Mr Whalley's note, [Gifford's edit., v. 428.] [63] From a passage in "Ram Alley," [x. 313], it has already appeared there were two taverns at this time with the same sign. [64] [Former edits., _he_.] ACT III., SCENE I. _Enter +John+ and the +Maid+._ +John.+ But, sirrah, canst tell what my mistress means to do with her suitors? +Maid.+ Nay, nay, I know not; but there is one of them, I am sure, worth looking after. +John.+ Which is he, I prythee? +Maid.+ O John, Master Randall, John. +John.+ The Welshman? +Maid.+ The witty man, the pretty man, the singing-man. He has the daintiest ditty, so full of pith, so full of spirit, as they say. +John.+ Ditties! they are the old ends of ballads.[65] +Maid.+ Old ends! I am sure they are new beginnings with me. +John.+ Here comes my mistress. _Enter +Widow+ and +Jarvis+._ +Wid.+ Who was that knocked at the gate? +Jar.+ Why, your Welsh wooer. +Maid.+ Alas! the sight on's eyes is enough to singe my little maidenhead. I shall never be able to endure him. [_Exit +Maid+._ _Enter +Randall+._ +Ran.+ _When high King Henry rul'd this land,[66] The couple of her name, Besides hur queen was tearly lov'd, A fair and princely--widows._