"Hath Romeo slain himself? Say thou but 'I,' And that bare vowel 'I' shall poison more Than the death-darting eye of cockatrice; I am not I, if there be such an I." (_Romeo and Juliet_, iii. 2, 45, etc.) Line 262. _In spight of ... pye._--Alluding to the common belief in the pie, or magpie, as a bird of ill-omen. Line 266. _Phibbus._--The same spelling as in _Midsummer Night's Dream_, i. 2, 37. Line 270. _Baskett dagger._--Doubtless a weapon resembling the basket-_sword_, which had a hilt specially designed to protect the hand from injury. Cf. 2 _Henry IV._ ii. 4, 141. Line 275. _Footinge_, step, tread; cf. _Merchant of Venice_, v. 24. Line 279.--_Late-mouse._--A facetious spelling of Latmus, the "mount of oblivion." Line 281. _Shift_ originally meant simply change, substitution of one thing for another. Cf. _Timon of Athens_, i. 1, 84--"Fortune, in her shift and change of mood." Wotton writes--"My going to Oxford was not merely for shift of air." From this arose the later sense of a change of clothing, in which the word is here used; and which has now become further limited, _shift_ amongst the lower classes being equivalent to an under-garment. Line 282. _Cantle._--A corner, angle, small point. Cf. 1 _Henry IV._ iii. 1, 100; _Antony and Cleopatra_, iii. 10, 6. See also under _cantle_ in N. E. D. Line 283. _Portmantle._--The older and commoner form of _portmanteau_, occurring, for example, in Howell's _Familiar Letters_ (1623). Early instances of _portmanteau_ are, however, to be found. Line 296. _Ile bee a diar,_ etc.--The joke is on the double meaning of _diar_; there seems to be no special significance in the choice of the colour orange-tawny. Line 300. _Codshead_ = stupid-head, foolish fellow. Cf. in 1607, Drewill's _Arraignm_. in Harl. Misc. (Malh.) iii. 56:--"Lloyd (threatning he) woulde trye acquaintance with the other codsheade." Also, in 1594, Carew Huarte's _Exam. Wits_, i. (1596), 2:--"His (Cicero's) sonne ... prooued but a cods-head." Line 301. _O eyes, noe eyes._--The common tag from Hieronymo, in Kyd's _Spanish Tragedy_, Act iii.: "O eyes! No eyes, but fountains fraught with tears; O life! No life, but lively form of death." The line was a frequent subject of ridicule amongst contemporary writers; cf. _Every Man in his Humour_, i. 5, 58, etc. Line 316. _Fennell._--Foeniculum vulgare, considered as an inflammatory herb, and used as an emblem of flattery. Cf. _Hamlet_, iv. 5, 180. Line 320. _Thou._--MS. has _though_. Line 327. _Weasand._--This word is generally used as a noun, and itself means wind-pipe. Cf. _Tempest_, iii. 2, 99. Line 328. _Thy face more faire, etc._--According to some legends, Gorgon or Medusa was a beautiful maiden before Athenè, in anger, changed her hair into serpents, thereby rendering her so hideous that all who saw her became petrified. Possibly, however, the allusion here is merely facetious.