[492] Cf. Sherwood: _Roger bon temps_, a mad rascall, a merry greek. [493] See p. 187. [494] Cf. I. ii, 181; I. iv, 4; II. iii, 10, etc. [495] by God's Armes! [496] swoon. [497] Cf. I. iii, 11, 14. [498] Heywood, _Prov._ 1, ch. 4 (17); Camden's _Prov._, 271. [499] H. makes the rhyme 'carriage.' [500] voice? or rather courage. [501] Cf. Palsgr. p. 664: set the plyghtes in order. [502] gallant; cf. I. ii, 124, and the _Fourth Song_, v. 7. [503] A. has 'should.' [504] Cf. Palsgr. 589: I jette with facyon and countenaunce to set forthe my selfe. _Je braggue_, etc. [505] E. has no punctuation after 'mastershyp' or 'lord'; A. has a period after the former. [506] impudent fellow! [507] never. [508] Cf. Halliwell: to keep the term 'master' out of sight, to be wanting in proper respect [M. makes good his carelessness in the next verses!] [509] Cf. 'chose,' I. iv, 15. [510] In a 'treyce'; the French way of counting in games; cf. _ambs ace_, _syce ace_, etc. [511] This seems to refer to the '_Fourth Song_' at the end of the play. [512] As early as the _Promptorium Parvulorum_: Gawde or jape = _Nuga_. [513] C., 'have us.' [514] E., 'sernice.' [515] The ambiguous letter finds a pre-Shakespearian parallel in the satirical poem on _Women_ printed from _Add. Ms._ 17492, fol. 18, in Flügel's _Lesebuch_, p. 39; and in the poem printed in Ebert's _Jahrbuch_, 14, 214. [516] Cf. III. v, 77, where R. should have written or inserted 'yᵉˡ,' thus obviating the necessity of resorting to bad grammar--'they' for 'them.' [517] See Appendix _H_ under 'Arber.' [518] Cf. IV. vii, 48; an oath in Skelton's _Magnif._ 685 (and _Bowge_, 398). Calais was lost to the English January 20, 1558. [519] Cf. v. 110, 122; II. iii, 17, etc. [520] = Gog's. R.'s oaths, gain force with his misfortune. [521] Cf. I. ii, 146. [522] make; cf. I. iv, 18. [523] Palæstrio (_Miles Glor._ 1244): _Nam tu te vilem feceris_ ..._Sine ultro veniat, quæsitet, desideret, exspectet._ [524] Cf. Tindale, 1462 [_Prol. Jonas_]: "the heathen Ninivites though they were blinded with lusts a good"; _Two G. of V._, IV. iv, 170: "weep agood." [525] Cf. III. ii, 52. [526] sooner. [527] Cf. 'cousin,' III. i, 4. [528] swindling. [529] robbing; Palsgr. 465: I bribe, I pull, I pyll! _Ie bribe (Romane), je derebbe ..._ He bribeth and he polleth. [530] So in E.; A., C., and H. give the words "Nay ... still" to _Mery_ unnecessarily. [531] R. had received his copy back from Custance! [532] Omitted in A. [533] head; cf. _G. G. N._, p. 250; _Hickscorner,_ p. 168, etc. [534] H. gives this line to R. [535] by all means; cf. I. ii, 175; IV, iii, 41, etc. [536] whether. [537] welfare; cf. _Prol._ 10. [538] Cf. 'spouse,' etc., I. v, 9; IV. iii, 41. E. has comma between 'wife' and 'Espoused'. [539] Cf. V. iv, 28; 'cheek' here like 'eyes,' 'teeth.' [540] F., 'supect.' [541] Taken from Plautus, _Mil. Glor._ I. 1. [542] Cf. IV. i, 17. [543] Note the 'thee' and 'you.' [544] Cf. I. i, 49.