I. i. 4. _Patents_; the plural is always used in A, cf. _Richard II._ II. i. 202; II. iii. 130. I. i. 14. Contrast Holinshed:--‘He, _i.e._ Arden, was contented to wink at her filthy disorder,’ and _Wardmote Book_:--‘All which things the said Ardern did well know and wilfully did permit and suffer the same.’ He was afraid to offend Lord North, ‘father-in-law unto Alice Ardern,’ whose servant Mosbie had been. This North was the father of the translator of Plutarch. I. i. 15. _Pass_; so Bullen for _past_, A, B, C. I. i. 25. _Botcher_, is not ‘butcher,’ but a mender of old clothes. I. i. 48. _Jealous_: spelt _jelyouse_, and pronounced so throughout the play. I. i. 60. The reference is to Ovid’s _Elegy_, ‘Ad Auroram ne properet.’--_Amor._ i. 13. I. i. 61. Most editions reject _often_. If we retain it the line is an Alexandrine. Cf. i. 153, 167, 238, 479; III. v. 73, etc. I. i. 105. _Flower-de-luce._ ‘An inn, formerly situated in Abbey Street, nearly opposite Arden’s house.’ C. E. Donne, _An Essay on the Tragedy of Arden of Faversham_, 1873. I. i. 117. _thy house of force_, _i.e._ ‘fortified house.’ I. i. 135. _narrow_: so all editors; but the _marrow-prying_ of A may be correct. _Blab_ is either a verb with _and_ omitted after it, or a noun, the subject of _hinder_. I. i. 154. An allusion to verses or inscriptions on tapestry hangings. I. i. 159. Cf. ‘I’ll write to him a very taunting letter.’--_As You Like It_, III. v. 134. I. i. 167. ‘It was popularly supposed that a virgin might save a criminal from the gallows by offering to marry him.--See note to my edition of Marston, III. 190-1.’--Bullen. I. i. 172. Perhaps _worth_ should be omitted. I. i. 174. _Bolton_ is ‘Boughton, looking down on Canterbury.’--Donne. I. i. 247. The name ‘Clarke’ is apparently our author’s invention, like the name and character of Franklin. The painter’s name was William Blackburn. I. i. 266. _Leave_; Tyrrell reads _love_. I. i. 278. _makes_: this singular with a plural subject is frequent in our play; cf. _Enters_ in the stage directions with a plural, and I. 151, 437, 502; II. i. 1; III. i. 43 and 83; V. 38, etc. Consult Mr. Verity’s note on _Edward II._, I. iv. 362, Temple Dramatists. I. i. 312. The statute in question was 37 Edward III. c. 9. I. i. 314. ‘The making of Spanish needles was first taught in England by Elias Crowse a Germane about the eight yeere of Queene Elizabeth, and in Queen Marie’s time there was a Negro made fine Spanish needles in Cheapeside, but would never teach his art to any.’ Quoted by Bullen from _Stowe_, edition 1631, p. 1038. I. i. 314. ‘Then Mosby having at his girdle a pressing iron of 14 pound weight stroke him on the head with the same so that he fell down and gave a great groan.’--Holinshed. Cf V. i. 241. I. i. 323. _Velvet drudge_: an allusion to Mosbie’s tailoring.