[4.44] #I was, sir, of Peterhouse# there is a tradition that Heywood himself was a Fellow of Peterhouse, Cambridge. [4.45] #I proceeded in Oxford# _i.e._ to his degree, his college, as he tells us, being Brazenose. [4.46] #Genes# Genoese. [4.47] #Lusty Juventus# there is an old interlude entitled _Lusty Juventus_, printed about the year 1560. [4.48] #St. George’s Fields ... Tuttle, Finsbury# he mentions three well-known duelling resorts. [4.49] #Stafford law# “he has had a trial in Stafford Court” was a way of saying “he has been beaten or ill-treated,” _Cotgrave_. Florio uses the expression “Stafford-law”=_braccesca licenza_. [4.50] #apply thou# defend yourself. [4.51] _i.e._ much good may it do you! [4.52] #beso las manus# kiss the hands. [4.53] #Sir Pandarus# Pandarus was the prince of go-betweens; hence the word “pander.” [4.54] #colour# excuse. [4.55] #brock# a term of contempt; a brock is a badger. [4.56] #Cheap Cross# at Cheapside, with a statue of the Virgin on it. It was removed in 1643, by Puritan influence, on account of the reverence which it received from Catholics. [4.57] #take me with you# _i.e._ let me understand. [4.58] #jack# crafty fellow. [4.59] It is to be understood that the occupants of the various inner rooms see and hear all that transpires between Young Chartley and Luce without being themselves seen or heard. [4.60] Is not a speech lost here? [4.61] _i.e._ on pain of losing his blessing. THE RAPE OF LUCRECE FOOTNOTES. [5.01] #makes legs# bows. [5.02] #balm# the consecrated oil used at coronations. Shakespeare has the expression: “’Tis not the balm, the sceptre and the ball.” [5.03] #be countant# _i.e._ held accountant. [5.04] #estates# nobles. [5.05] #humorously# oddly. [5.06] #mome# blockhead. [5.07] #laugh, Democritus# the laughing philosopher of Abdera: Perpetuo risu pulmonem agitare solebat Democritus.--_Juvenal_, x., 33-4. [5.08] #curst# shrewish. [5.09] “Rome” was pronounced like “room.” [5.10] #generously# of such noble blood. [5.11] #he was: by power divine# the old editions miss the point by reading “he was by power divine.” [5.12] #coach-naves# wheels, properly part of the axle. [5.13] #timeless# untimely. This passage is corrupt. [5.14] #sparkled# scattered. [5.15] #trifurk# three-forked. [5.16] #rubs# obstacles: originally a term used at the game of bowls. [5.17] #ballater# maker of ballads [5.18] #sansing bell# _i.e._ sanctus bell. [5.19] #moe# more; _i.e._ others. [5.20] #lose# waste. [5.21] #the water that God Mercury makes# _i.e._ a cosmetic lotion containing mercury. [5.22] #being taken with the manner# caught in the act. Cowel says, “manner or mainour denotes the thing that a thief taketh or stealeth.” [5.23] #doom# decree. [5.24] #prevent# forestall. [5.25] #buckle# contend. [5.26] #traversed# thoroughly examined.