[53] Established. [54] Cf. _King John_, i. 2:-- "And now instead of _bullets wrapt in fire_." [55] Scene: the market-place. [56] The modern editors give "Poor villains, such as," &c.; but the reading of the 4to. is quite intelligible. [57] Cf. Shylock's "Still have I borne it with a patient shrug." [58] Dyce quotes from Barnabe Barnes' _Divils Charter_, 1607, "For I must _have a saying to_ those bottels." [59] Pieces of silver. Cf. _Ant. and Cleo._:-- "Realms and islands were As _plates_ dropt from his pocket." [60] Old ed. "_Itha._" [61] A cant word still in use. [62] Old ed. "_Ith._" [63] An allegorical character in the old moralities. Cf. _1 Henry IV._ ii. 4:--"That reverend _vice_, that grey _iniquity_, that _vanity_ in years." In the _Devil is an Ass_, "Lady Vanity" is coupled with "Iniquity." [64] Old ed. "Mater." [65] Stop our conversation. [66] I have followed Dyce's suggestion in adding this word. [67] An important part in Barabas' get-up was his large nose. In William Rowley's _Search for Money_, 1609, there is an allusion to the "artificial Jew of Malta's nose." [68] In _Titus Andronicus_ Aaron gives a somewhat similar catalogue of villainies. [69] Use. [70] Heartily. [71] The scene shifts to the front of Barabas' house. [72] Dyce's correction for the old copy's "vow to love him." [73] Affianced. "Accordailles, the betrothing or _making sure_ of a man and woman together."--_Cotgrave._ [74] The word "he" was inserted by Cunningham for the sake of the metre. [75] A piece of money marked on one side with a cross. [76] Old ed. "thee." [77] Bellamira displays herself on a balcony. Cf. a stage-direction in Brome's _Covent Garden Weeded_:--"Enter Dorcas above on a Bellconie. Gabriel gazes at her. Dorcas is habited like a curtizan of Venice." [78] Scene: a street. [79] Old ed.-- "_Enter Lodow. reading._ "_Math._ What dares the villain," &c. The challenge was "feign'd from Lodowick." [80] On the upper-stage, a raised platform. [81] Bold. [82] Here and elsewhere, for the sake of the metre, Dyce prints "Lodovico." Perhaps he is right, for the name may have been contracted into "Lod." or "Lodo." in the MS. from which the play was printed. [83] Dyce compares _3 Henry VI._ ii. 5:-- "_These arms of mine_ shall be thy winding sheet; My heart, sweet boy, _shall be thy supulchre_." [84] Cf. _Two Gentlemen of Verona_, iii. 2:-- "Say that upon the altar of her beauty You sacrifice your tears." [85] "Impartial" is occasionally used by old writers in the sense of "unkindly." Cf. Prologue to Peele's _Arraignment of Paris_:-- "Th' _unpartial_ daughters of Necessity Bin aiders in her suit." So in William Smith's _Chloris_(Sonnet 11):-- "No, it was not Nature's ornament But wingèd love's _unpartial_ cruel wound." [86] Scene: a room in Barabas' house. [87] "Kept in expectation, having their hopes flattered."--_Dyce._ [88] Old ed. "Jaynes."