[3.57] #green rushes# with which floors were usually covered by way of carpet. [3.58] #fear# ? sin. [3.59] #presently# immediately. THE WISE-WOMAN OF HOGSDON FOOTNOTES. [4.01] #bale# pair. [4.02] #twenty marks# a mark was worth 13_s_. 4_d_. [4.03] #cross# coins bearing a cross on the reverse, hence various quibbles. [4.04] #Gracious Street# _i.e._ Gracechurch Street. [4.05] “&c.,” here and elsewhere, means that the actor may add more to the same effect, if he please. [4.06] #to intend# _i.e._ attend to. [4.07] #fancy# love. [4.08] #say nay, and take them# “maids say nay, and take it,” was a proverbial saying. [4.09] #conceit# idea. [4.10] #I’ll be with thee to bring...# in this phrase--of which Dyce says that no satisfactory explanation has been given--“to bring,” has apparently the force of “wholly” or “thoroughly.” [4.11] #little whiting-mop# young whiting. [4.12] #a Sir John# a priest. [4.13] #queasy# squeamish. [4.14] #fore-speaking# bewitching; or, possibly, prophesying.--_Halliwell_. [4.15] #’recting a figure# the practice of astrology. [4.16] #Erra Pater# usually the name of a certain mythical astrologer of the “Wandering Jew” type; sometimes, however, as here, applied to an almanac. [4.17] #Statute of Winchester# the celebrated Statute passed in 1285: to what clause in the Statute reference is made is not clear. [4.18] #cutting Dick# a bully of the time: “cutting” often has the sense of “swaggering.” [4.19] #sad# serious. [4.20] #be with you# _i.e._ God be with you. [4.21] #the Counter# there were two prisons of this name, one in Wood Street, the other in the Poultry. [274.1] #tasted her# tested her disposition. [4.23] #Jack Drum’s entertainment# “Tom or John Drum’s Entertainment, a phrase signifying ill-treatment, or turning an unwelcome guest out of doors.”--_Halliwell_. [4.24] #Sir Boniface# “sir” was applied to all University men who had taken their B.A. degree. [4.25] #nidgets# idiots. [4.26] #no bones# _i.e._ no difficulties. [4.27] #ready with a wet finger# _i.e._ with as much ease as any light substance is caught up by moistening one’s finger. [4.28] #catched a clap# met with a mischance. [4.29] #common gossips# sponsors. [4.30] #tell# count over. [4.31] #pocas palabras# “few words.” [4.32] #murrey# a dark red colour.--_Halliwell_. [4.33] #play at hoodman-blind# blind man’s buff. [4.34] #in a woe# sorrowful. [4.35] #bobbed# tricked. [4.36] #fitters# pieces. [4.37] #a toy# whim. [4.38] #choke-pear ... popering# a pear brought from Poperingues in Flanders; the choke-pear was a coarse variety. [4.39] #cope# chop or exchange. [290.1] #the woman killed with kindness# an obvious allusion to Heywood’s own masterpiece. [4.41] #Bristowe stone# more usually called a “Bristol diamond.” [4.42] #branched# figured. [4.43] #limit# _i.e._ appoint.