[ [87] "Kept in expectation, having their hopes flattered."—Dyce.

[ [88] Old ed. "Jaynes."

[ [89] Dyce's correction: old ed. "sinne."

[ [90] So the old ed. Cunningham boldly reads "Governor," which is certainly the word we should have expected.

[ [91] Dyce and the other editors give "When duck you?" I take "when" to be an abrupt exclamation denoting impatience, in which sense the word is often found (see Dyce's Shakespeare Glossary).

[ [92] Scene: a room in Barabas' house.

[ [93] I.e. portendeth.

[ [94] Old ed. "life."

[ [95] Old ed. "least."

[ [96] A very old proverb; it is found in Chaucer's Squieres Tale, John Heywood's Proverbs, Comedy of Errors, &c.