[162] Apprehend, take in. [163] Signifying that the actor could extemporise as he chose. _Ad lib., ad libitum_ would now be the direction. [164] The Muses. [165] A corrupt passage is here supplemented by four lines from the Alleyn manuscript. [166] An interesting reminder of the exigencies of Elizabethan stage technique. The scenes represent different localities, but as Sacripant dies at the end of a scene, his body remains on the stage until removed by the best means possible. [167] Silly-minded. [168] Amiss, fault. [169] In spite of, notwithstanding. [170] Orlando is adapting his language to his disguise. [171] Splendid. [172] "A kinde of Cipres stuffe or silke." Minsheu, _Guide into the Tongues,_ 1617. [173] Outstripped. [174] Hunting-dogs. [175] A coarse woolen cloth. [176] For _alamort_: dejected. [177] Pearls. [178] Cliffs. [179] Rarer. [180] Made that woman blush. That, etc. [181] Pocket. [182] Pass by, outstrip. [183] Be you assured. [184] The magical five-rayed star used as a defence against demons. [185] Care not for. [186] Guests. [187] Confounded. [188] In Bacon's day Brasenose College was not in existence. [189] Bargain. [190] Edward could not have fought before Damascus. [191] Swaggering. [192] Equivalent to "'swounds," "God's wounds." [193] Tied by love. [194] A glass which reflects magically distant or future events and scenes. [195] Leathern wine-jugs. [196] "After Bacon and Edward had walked a few paces about (or perhaps towards the back of) the stage, the audience were to suppose that the scene was changed to the interior of Bacon's cell."--DYCE. [197] "Perhaps the curtain which concealed the upper stage ... was withdrawn, discovering Margaret and Bungay standing there, and when the representation in the glass was supposed to be over, the curtain was drawn back again."--DYCE. [198] An allusion to the proverb, "Early up and never the nearer." [199] Breviary, portable prayer-book. [200] Bullies. [201] Skeltonical verse. [202] A term of endearment. [203] Loose shoes. [204] The allusion is to Alexander Barclay's English version (1509) of Sebastian Brant's _Narrenschiff_. [205] "An expression borrowed from the author whose style is here imitated-- "_Construas hoc,_ _Domine_ Dawcocke! 'Ware the Hauke, Skelton."--DYCE. [206] A prison in the old north gate of Oxford, so named after one of the moods of the third syllogistic figure. [207] A dance resembling the waltz or polka. [208] Overturned; literal transference from the Latin. [209] Nourishing to cattle, productive. [210] Laden. [211] Trismegistus. [212] Porphyry. [213] An atom compared with. [214] Possibly the reference is to Lutetia (Paris) rather than Utrecht, which was not yet a university town. [215] Love-kindling looks.