[p. 381] Hugh Peters. This divine, who had been chaplain to Sir Thomas Fairfax, was notorious for his fanatical and ranting sermons. Having openly advocated and preached the death of Charles I, he was, at the Restoration, excluded from the general amnesty, tried for high treason, and executed 16 October, 1660.
[p. 382] Scobel. Henry Scobell, clerk to the Long Parliament. His name appeared as the licenser of various newsbooks, and he superintended the publication of Severall Proceedings in Parliament, No. 1, 25 Sept.-9 Oct., 1649. Scobell died in 1660, his will being proved 29 Sept. of that year.
Act IV: Scene ii
[p. 394] Vails. Avails; profits. Money given to servants: ‘tips’.
Act IV: Scene iii
[p. 398] Cushion-Dance. A merry old English round action dance common in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.
[p. 398] Nickers. Or knickers, marbles generally made of baked clay. cf. Duffet’s farce, The Mock Tempest (1675), Act iv, I:—
Enter Hypolito playing with Nickers.
Hyp. Anan, Anan, forsooth— you, Sir, don’t you stir the Nickers. I’l play out my game presently.
Act IV: Scene iv