[p. 402] Joan Sanderson. The air to which the Cushion Dance was usually performed. It may be found in Playford’s Dancing Master, 1686. Sometimes the dance itself was known as Joan Sanderson.
Act V: Scene i
[p. 406] The Tall Irishman. Oliver Cromwell’s porter, yclept Daniel, was a giant. This fellow, through poring over mystical divinity, lost his wits: he preached, prophesied, and raved until finally he was incarcerated in Bedlam, where, after a while, his liberty was allowed him. A famous item amongst his books was a large Bible presented by Neil Gwynne. D’Urfey in his Prologue to Sir Barnaby Whigg (1681), has: ‘Like Oliver’s porter, but not so devout.’ There is a rare, if not unique, portrait of Daniel in the Print Room, British Museum. The reputed portrait in Pierce Tempest’s Cryes of the City of London (No. 71. Un insensé pour la Religion. M. Lauron del. P. Tempest ex.) is not that of a remarkably tall man.
[p. 410] Enter Hewson with Guards. 5 December, 1659, Hewson did actually suppress a rising of London prentices, two or three of whom were killed and some score wounded. This made him very unpopular.
Act V: Scene iia
[p. 412] Lord Capel. Arthur, Lord Capel, Baron Hadham, a gallant royalist leader, was, after the surrender of Colchester, treacherously imprisoned. He escaped, but was betrayed, and beheaded 9 March, 1649.
[p. 412] Brown Bushel. A sea captain. Originally inclined to the Parliament, he became a royalist. In 1643 he was taken prisoner, but after being exchanged lived quietly and retired till 1648, when he was seized as a deserter, and after three years captivity, tried, and executed 29 April, 1651.
[p. 413] Earl of Holland. Henry Rich, Earl of Holland (1590-1649), a staunch royalist, was executed 9 March, 1649, in company with Lord Capel and the Duke of Hamilton.
[p. 413] Judas. The piece of plate dubb’d Judas would be gilded, cf. Middleton’s Chaste Maid in Cheapside, (4to, 1630), iii, 2.
3rd Gossip. Two great ’postle-spoons, one of them gilt.