IV.i.19 (384,6) [Here,--good my glass] To understand how the princess has her glass so ready at hand in a casual conversation, it must be remembered that in those days it was the fashion among the French ladies to wear a looking-glass,' as Mr. Bayle coarsely represents it, _on their bellies_; that is, to have a small mirrour set in gold hanging at the girdle, by which they occasionally viewed their faces or adjusted their hair. IV.i.35 (385,8) [that my heart means no ill] [W: tho'] _That my heart means no ill_, is the same with _to whom my heart means no ill_; the common phrase suppresses the particle, as _I mean him_ [not _to_ him] _no harm_. IV.i.41 (386,9) [a member of the commonwealth] Here, I believe, is a kind of jest intended; a member of the _common_-wealth is put for one of the _common_ people, one of the meanest. IV.i.49 (386,1) [An' your waist, mistress, were as slender as my wit, One o' these maids girdles for your waist should be fit] [W: my waste ... your wit ... my waste] This conjecture is ingenious enough, but not well considered. It is plain that the ladies girdles would not fit the princess. For when she has referred the clown to _the thickest and the tallest_, he turns immediately to her with the blunt apology, _truth is truth_; and again tells her, _you are the thickest here_. If any alteration is to be made, I should propose, _An' your waist, mistress, were as slender as_ your _wit_. This would point the reply; but perhaps he mentions the slenderness of his own wit to excuse his bluntness. IV.i.59 (387,3) [Break the neck of the wax] Still alluding to the capon. IV.i.65 (388,5) [_king_ Cophetua] This story is again alluded to in Henry IV. _Let king Cophetua know the truth thereof._ But of this king and beggar, the story, then doubtless well known, is, I am afraid, lost. Zenelophon has not appearance of a female name, but since I know not the true none, it is idle to guess. IV.i.99 (389,7) [ere while] Just now; a little while ago. So Raleigh, _Here lies Hobbinol our shepherd_, while e'er. IV.i.108 (390,9) [Come, lords, away] Perhaps the Princess said rather, --_Come_, ladies, _away_. The rest of the scene deserves no care.