[427] Cf. the first scene in Plaut. _Miles_. Instead of the blue spider, etc., Thersites kills Cotswold Lions, fights against a snail, as Horribilicribrifax against a cat, and Sir Thopas (in _Endymion_) against the 'monster' Ovis. [428] _Pouldre blanche_: a powder compounded of Ginger, Cinnamon, and Nutmegs (Cotgrave). Cf. _Blaunche laund_ in the _Story of Fulk Fitz Warine_; the Lady of Blanchland in the poem on _Carle off Carlile_ in Percy's _Folio Ms._ 3, 279, etc. [429] Cf. Plaut. _Miles_, I. i, 26. [430] Northern dialect for 'bush.' [431] In the series of the 'blue spider' and the 'gozeling.' Cf. "the King of Cockneys on _Childermas-day_," Brand's _Pop. Ant._ 1, 536, etc. [432] by the holy blood? (Hazlitt: _quasi_ semblety, semblance.) [433] Cf. _Custrel_ in _Phil. Soc. Dict., Coustillier_ in Cotgr. [434] Here follows a farcical scene, doubtlessly inserted for the applause of the galleries. The musicians are supposed to kneel in mock reverence (v. 90), while M. indulges in practical jokes upon R. [435] A picture of such a 'fool's feather,' added to the 'comb' in Douce's _Illustrations_, II. Plate 4, 1 (cf. ib. p. 322). [436] E., _famulae_, but the maids are not on the stage; v. 107 (his men) shows that the musicians are meant. [437] _Cantent_ refers apparently to the _Seconde Song_ at the end of the play. [438] E. has '?'. [439] gave. Cf. _The Lytell Geste of Robyn Hode_: "Take him a gray courser," etc. [440] Cf. 'allowe,' V. i, 12; 'chieve,' 'gree,' etc. (C. changes: 'loue'). [441] promised. [442] affianced; cf. IV. i, 17; IV iii, 41; V. ii, 6. [443] C., 'ioly'; cf. ioily, II. iii, 53. [444] Custance's quick answer need not be carried back to Parmenio (as by Cooper). [445] II. i. A night has passed between the first and the second acts [note the 'last day' in v. 46]. The following monologue is distinctly in the spirit of the Roman comedy. The signature at the bottom of this page in the E. copy is C v. [446] E., 'his,' and no dashes, but a comma after 'woundes.' [447] _Twangillos_ in Halliwell, _Twango_ in Flügel's _Dict._ [448] An onomatopoetic melody, song; cf. _Romeo_, IV. v, 108, 129. [449] flute. [450] Cf. Skelton against Garnesche: "Ye wolde be callyd a maker And make mocke lyke Jake Raker" (Dyce: "an imaginary person whose name had become proverbial" for bad verses). [451] Note 'pastance,' indicating the original pronunciation in the rhyme, III. iii, 151; V. ii, 23; where the word is not required for the rhyme we find 'pastime,' V. v, 20, etc. So in Henry VIII's famous song, _Pastime with good companye_, we have the word rhyming with 'daliance,' 'daunce.' [452] From time to time. _Prompt. Parv. Gen. Ed._ [453] 'shoke' in Shakespeare; 'chid' cf. II. iii, 4. [454] unsuccessful. [455] Cf. _Hickscorner_ (Dodsley, 1, 168): "If any of us three be mayor of London I wis I will ride to Rome on my thumb."