[ [124] So modern editors. Old ed. "steed."
[ [125] Dyce observes that "realm" was often written "ream." Marlowe was not much addicted to quibbling.
[ [126] A musical term.
[ [127] Scene: a room in Barabas' house.
[ [128] "Tottered" and "tattered" are used indifferently by old writers.
[ [129] Cf. a somewhat similar description of a ruffian in Arden of Feversham:—
"A lean-faced writhen knave, Hawk-nosed and very hollow-eyed, With mighty furrows in his stormy brows; Long hair down his shoulders curled; His chin was bare, but on his upper lip A mutchado which he wound about his ear."
[ [130] A word formed from "catso."
[ [131] Swindling.
[ [132] Scene: the balcony of Bellamira's house.