[1.34] #leese# or lese, _i.e._ lose. [1.35] #expectation# “execution” in the early eds. [1.36] #disease# inconvenience. [1.37] #two flight-shot# _i.e._ two bow-shots. [1.38] #cast beyond the moon# a proverbial expression for anything extravagant or out of reach. [1.39] #patience perforce# “patience perforce,” a phrase when some evil must be endured.--_Halliwell_. [1.40] #like the angel’s hand, Hast stayed me from a bloody sacrifice# alluding to Gen. xxii. 10, 11. [1.41] #uncivil kern# “kern” signified in general any uncivilised person: used especially of the Irish. [1.42] #one denier# a penny. [1.43] #resolve# satisfy. [1.44] #rebato# a species of ruff for the neck: the wire would be used to stiffen it. [1.45] #manors# a quibble on “manners” and “manors.” [1.46] During this and some following speeches Wendoll evidently remains unseen. [1.47] #kept this coil# _i.e._ made this trouble. [1.48] #gotten those perfect tongues# _i.e._ acquired those tongues perfectly (French, German and Italian). [1.49] #atoned# reconciled. [1.50] #once more# meaning probably ‘Kiss me once more.’ [1.51] #filled# ‘filled’ is equivalent perhaps to ‘filled in,’ _i.e._ on the tomb. THE FAIR MAID OF THE WEST FOOTNOTES. [2.01] _Elizabethan Literature_, p. 284. [2.02] #(Prologue)# Only spoken at court-performances of the play. [2.03] #Roughman# “Ruffman” in the old edition, in which, also, “Fawcett” is spelled “Forset.” [2.04] #mutes personated# _i.e. mutæ personæ_. [2.05] #my lord# the Earl of Essex. [2.06] #the fleet’s bound for the Islands# the so-called “Island Voyage” (1597) was against the Azores and Spanish East and West Indies. [2.07] #Cales# Cadiz. [2.08] #carracks# large vessels: the word is of Spanish etymology. [2.09] #bush# _i.e._ the ivy-bush, hung up outside taverns. [2.10] #adamant# magnet. [2.11] #Graves wine# _i.e._ from the Graves district of Gascony, so called from the pebbly character of the soil, and to-day celebrated for its red, but more especially for its white wines. [2.12] #snick-up# a term of contempt, as much as to say, “Go and be hanged.” [2.13] #roaring# blustering. [2.14] #Bettrice# the name, perhaps, of some ballad heroine. [2.15] #dumb show# “intended to denote the departure of the General (the Earl of Essex) and his followers.”--_Collier_. [2.16] #your years# _i.e._ term of apprenticeship. [2.17] #corn grew to be at a high rate# we learn from Stow that in 1596 wheat was six, seven, and eight shillings per bushel; the dearth continued and increased in 1597.--_Collier_. [2.18] #the Mermaid# a room in the tavern. [2.19] #ruddocks# gold coins. [2.20] #be-tall# a quibble on the German _bezahlen_, to pay. [2.21] #Fayal# in the Azores. [2.22] #atone# reconcile. [2.23] #Mary Ambree# a famous English heroine, with whom Long Meg is sometimes associated. [2.24] #untruss that point# untie that lace.