‘On Wednesday at the Bermudas Court, Sir Edwin Sandys fell foul of the Earl of Warwick. The Lord Cavendish seconded Sandys and the Earl told the Lord, “By his favour he believed he lied.” Hereupon, it is said, they rode out yesterday, and, as it is thought, gone beyond sea to fight.--_Leigh to Rev. Joseph Mede_, July 18, 1623.’ (Quoted Wh-C. 1. 169.) So in _Underwoods_, _Wks._ 8. 348: turn pirates here at land, Have their Bermudas and their Streights i’ the Strand. _Bart. Fair_, _Wks._ 4. 407: “The Streights, or the Bermudas, where the quarrelling lesson is read.” It is evident from the present passage and the above quotations that ruffians like Everill kept regular quarters in the ‘Bermudas’, where they might be consulted with reference to the settlement of affairs of honor. =2. 1. 151 puts off man, and kinde.= ‘I. e., human nature.’--G. Cf. _Catiline_, _Wks._ 4. 212: --so much, that kind May seek itself there, and not find. =2. 1. 162 French-masques.= ‘Masks do not appear as ordinary articles of female costume in England previous to the reign of Queen Elizabeth.... French masks are alluded to by Ben Jonson in _The Devil is an Ass_. They were probably the half masks called in France ‘loups,’ whence the English term ‘loo masks.’ Loo masks and whole as wind do blow, And Miss abroad’s disposed to go. _Mundus Muliebris_, 1690. --Planché _Cycl. of Costume_ 1. 365. ‘Black masks were frequently worn by ladies in public in the time of Shakespeare, particularly, and perhaps universally at the theatres.’--Nares. =2. 1. 163 Cut-works.= A very early sort of lace deriving its name from the mode of its manufacture, the fine cloth on which the pattern was worked being cut away, leaving the design perfect. It is supposed to have been identical with what was known as Greek work, and made by the nuns of Italy in the twelfth century. It was introduced into England during the reign of Queen Elizabeth, and continued in fashion during those of James I. and Charles I. Later it fell under the ban of the Puritans, and after that period is rarely heard of. (Abridged from Planché, _Cycl._) =2. 1. 168 ff. nor turne the key=, etc. Gifford points out that the source of this passage is Plautus, _Aulularia_ [ll. 90-100]: Caue quemquam alienum in aedis intromiseris. Quod quispiam ignem quaerat, extingui uolo, Ne causae quid sit quod te quispiam quaeritet. Nam si ignis uiuet, tu extinguere extempulo, Tum aquam aufugisse dicito, si quis petet. Cultrum, securim, pistillum, mortarium, Quae utenda uasa semper uicini rogant, Fures uenisse atque abstulisse dicito. Profecto in aedis meas me absente neminem Volo intromitti, atque etiam hoc praedico tibi, Si Bona Fortuna ueniat, ne intromiseris. Jonson had already made use of a part of this passage: