p. 129 _Gad-bee in his Brain_. As we now say ‘a bee in his bonnet’. For ’.ad-bee’ cf. Holland’s _Pliny_ (1601) I, 318. ‘The bigger kind of bees ... and this vermin is called _Oestrus_ (i.e. the gad-bee or horse fly).’ cf. _The Lucky Chance_, ii, II: ‘The Gad-Bee’s in his Quonundrum’ and note on that passage infra. For the idea compare ‘brize-stung’ (= crazed). p. 142 _Cockt_. Set his hat jauntily. A very frequent phrase. p. 146 _Slashes_. Bumpers. From the idea of vigour contained in ‘slash’. The word is extremely rare in this sense and perhaps only found here. But cf. Scottish (Lothian) ‘slash’ = a great quantity of broth or any other sorbile food. p. 148 _what the Devil made me a ship-board_? cf. Géronte’s reiterated complaint ‘Que diable allait-il faire dans cette galère?’--_Les Fourberies de Scapin_ (1671), ii, VII; and the phrase in Cyrano de Bergerac’s _Le Pédant Joué_ (1654): ‘Ha! que diable, que diable aller faire en cette galère?... Aller sans dessein dans une galère!... Dans la galère d’un Turc!’--Act ii, IV. In France this phrase is proverbial. p. 156 _glout thy Eyes_. Scowl; frown. Glout (without ‘thy Eyes’. is very common in this sense. cf. Note (p. 201), Vol. II, p. 433. p. 160 _an Antick_. A fantastic measure. This is a favourite word with Mrs. Behn. p. 165 _Aquinius his Case_. This is, I take it, some confused allusion to the great Dominican Doctor, S. Thomas Aquinas, who was regarded as being the supreme Master of scholasticism and casuistry. Casuistry must be taken in its true and original meaning--the balancing and deciding of individual cases. p. 175 _Bantring and Shamming_. Banter = to chaff or make fun of, at this time a new slang word. It is almost certain that the verb, which came into use about 1670, was a full decade earlier than the noun. In 1688 the substantive ‘Banter’ was up-to-date slang. For the verb _vide_ D’Urfey’s _Madam Fickle_ (1676), Act v, I, where Zechiel cries to his brother: ‘Banter him, banter him, Toby. ‘Tis a conceited old Scarab, and will yield us excellent sport--go play upon him a little--exercise thy Wit.’ cf. Swift, _Apology_ (1710), _Talke of a Tub_: ‘Where wit hath any mixture of raillery, ‘tis but calling it banter, and the work is done. This polite word of theirs was first borrowed from the bullies in Whitefriars, then fell among the footmen, and at last retired to the pedants.’ For ‘shamming’ cf. Wycherley’s _The Plain Dealer_ (1674), iii, I, where the Lawyer says to Manly: ‘You ... shammed me all night long.’ ’.hammed!’ cries Manley, ‘prithee what barbarous law-term is that?’ ’.hamming ...’ answers the lawyer, ‘’.is all our way of wit, Sir.’ And Freeman explains ‘Shamming is telling you an insipid dull lie with a dull face, which the sly wag the author only laughs at himself; and making himself believe ‘tis a good jest, puts the sham only upon himself.’