[152] [This song is not noticed in Mr Halliwell's "Early Naval Ballads," 1841.] [153] [Staunch.] [154] [In 1641 appeared a tract entitled "The Brothers of the Blade answerable to the Sisters of the Scabbard," &c., but the phrase was, no doubt, older.] [155] [Old copy, _yet_.] [156] [An allusion to the well-known practice of chalking up scores at taverns. See Hazlitt's "Proverbs," 1869, p. 386.] [157] [Housewife. Perhaps it had already, however, become in vogue in a contemptuous sense.] [158] [An obvious imitation of Shakespeare's Dogberry.] [159] [The island of Bermuda was formerly supposed to be enchanted, and was sometimes called by the sailors the Isle of Devils. This is a curious passage: the writer had perhaps in his recollection the speech of Ariel in the "Tempest," act i. sc. 2. The old copy has _Barmondes_. See Hunter's "New Illustrations of Shakespeare," i. 149.] [160] [Without weapons.] [161] [Old copy, _Sought_.] [162] [Old copy, _mine_.] [163] [Mares.] [164] [The names of rooms in the tavern.] [165] [Perhaps a portion of the garden reserved for lady-guests.] [166] [Light skirt. Compare Halliwell in _v._] [167] [An indelicate equivoque.] [168] [Probably the same as _demaynes_, possessions. See Halliwell in _v._] [169] [Entertainment.] [170] [The Spring Garden.] [171] [Dispersed.] [172] [_i.e._, To the life.] [173] [Cowardice.] [174] [A word formed from _staniel_, a base kind of hawk, and thence used figuratively as a term of contempt.] [175] [Nares quotes this passage only for the word; compare Halliwell, _v._ Stichall.] [176] [Wiseacre.] [177] [Alimony.] [178] [_i.e._, More calf.] [179] [A play is intended on the words _Seville_ and _civil_.] [180] [Property.] [181] [Perhaps we should read _lo, infinitely_ as spoken aside, and possibly the author wrote _infinite lie_.] [182] [An adaptation of the often-quoted _Amantium iræ_, &c.] [183] [Old copy, _adventurers_.] * * * * * FOOTNOTES: THE PARSON'S WEDDING [184] "Sidney Papers," vi. 373.--_Gilchrist._ [185] No. 8383. [186] Carew's Poems, [edit. Hazlitt, pp. 103-4.] [187] "Life of Lord Clarendon," p. 116. [188] P. 41, edit. 1719. The stanza which relates particularly to his authorship is the following:-- "But who says he was not A man of much plot May repent the false accusation; Having plotted and penn'd Six plays, to attend The Farce of his negotiation." --_Collier._ [189] Query; Lysons says 1684.--_Gilchrist._ [190] [Both these plays were printed in 12^o, 1641, with verses prefixed by H. Bennet, afterwards the celebrated Earl of Arlington, Robert Waring, and William Cartwright.]