=2. 1 .3 Via.= This exclamation is quite common among the dramatists and is explained by Nares as derived from the Italian exclamation _via!_ ‘away, on!’ with a quibble on the literal of L. _via_, a way. The _Century Dictionary_ agrees substantially with this derivation. Abundant examples of its use are given by the authorities quoted, to which may be added _Merry Devil of Edmonton_ 1. 2. 5, and Marston, _Dutch Courtezan_, _Wks._ 2. 20: O, yes, come, _via_!--away, boy--on! =2. 1. 5 With Aqua-vitae.= Perhaps used with especial reference to line 1, where he has just called money a bawd Compare: O, ay, as a bawd with aqua-vitae. --Marston, _The Malcontent_, _Wks_. 1. 294. ‘Her face is full of those red pimples with drinking Aquauite, the common drinke of all bawdes.’--Dekker, _Whore of Babylon_, _Wks._ 2. 246. =2. 1. 17. See variants.= Line 15 shows that the original reading is correct. =2. 1. 19 it shall be good in law.= See note 1. 2. 22. =2. 1. 20 Wood-cock.= A cant term for a simpleton or dupe. =2. 1. 21 th’ Exchange.= This was the first Royal Exchange, founded by Sir Thomas Gresham in 1566, opened by Queen Elizabeth in 1570-1, and destroyed in the great fire of 1666 (Wh-C.). Howes (1631) says that it was ‘plenteously stored with all kinds of rich wares and fine commodities,’ and Paul Hentzner (p. 40) speaks of it with enthusiasm. It was a favorite lounging-place, especially in the evening. Wheatley quotes Hayman, _Quodlibet_, 1628, p. 6: Though little coin thy purseless pockets line, Yet with great company thou’rt taken up; For often with Duke Humfray thou dost dine, And often with Sir Thomas Gresham sup. ‘We are told in _London_ and _Country Carbonadoed_, 1632, that at the exchange there were usually more coaches attendant than at church doors.’ Cf. also _Bart. Fair_, _Wks._ 4. 357: ‘I challenge all Cheapside to shew such another: Moor-fields, Pimlico-path, Or the Exchange, in a summer evening.’ Also _Ev. Man in_, _Wks._ 1. 39. =2. 1. 30 do you doubt his eares?= Ingine’s speech is capable of a double interpretation. Pug has already spoken of the ‘liberal ears’ of his asinine master. =2. 1. 41 a string of’s purse.= Purses, of course, used to be hung at the girdle. A thief was called a cut-purse. See the amusing scene in _Bart. Fair_, _Wks._ 5. 406. =2. 1. 53, 4 at the Pan, Not, at the skirts.= ‘_Pan_ is not easily distinguished from _skirt_. Both words seem to refer to the outer parts, or extremities. Possibly Meercraft means--on a broader scale, on a more extended front.’--G. ‘The pan is evidently the deepest part of the swamp, which continues to hold water when the _skirts_ dry up, like the hole in the middle of the tray under a joint when roasting, which collects all the dripping. Meercraft proposed to grapple with the main difficulty at once.’--C.