[84] _Lavolta_,] i. e. _the waltz_. This dance, originally imported from Italy, was a great favourite with our ancestors. [85] This scene is exquisitely written. It must, however, be confessed, that Charomonte's justification of himself is less complete than might be expected from one who had so good a cause to defend.--GIFFORD. [86] _March-pane_,] a cake composed of sugar and almonds. [87] _Parted_,] i. e. _gifted_ or _endowed with parts_. It seems to have been the opinion of Massinger and his fellow dramatists, that no play could succeed without the admission of some kind of farcical interlude among the graver scenes. If the dramas of our author be intimately considered, few will be found without some extraneous mummery of this description; and, indeed, nothing but a persuasion of the nature which I have just mentioned could give birth to the poor mockery before us. As a trick, it is so gross and palpable, that the duke could not have been deceived by it for a moment; (to do him justice, he frequently hints his suspicions;) and as a piece of humour, it is so low, and even disagreeable, that I cannot avoid regretting a proper regard for his characters had not prevented the author from adopting it on the present occasion.--GIFFORD. [88] _Courtship_,] i. e. _the grace and elegance of a court_. ACT V. SCENE I. _The same. An upper Chamber in_ CHAROMONTE'_s House_. _Enter_ SANAZARRO.