[ [97] Old ed. "plot."
[ [98] I.e. in abundance. Dyce compares Beaumont and Fletcher's Knight of the Burning Pestle, ii. 2:— "Here's money and gold by th' eye, my boy."
[ [99] Briefly.
[ [100] The juice of ebony (variously written "hebon" or "hebenon") was thought to be a strong poison. Cf. Hamlet, i. 5:—
"Upon my secure hour thy uncle stole With juice of cursed hebenon in a vial."
[ [101] Scene: the Senate-house.
[ [102] Old ed. "Bashaws." (I have kept the spelling "Basso" throughout.)
[ [103] Scene: a room in the convent.—The stage direction in the 4to. is "Enter two Friars and Abigail."
[ [104] Scene: a street.
[ [105] I.e. compared to.