386. wood, mad. It was common to bind and starve madmen, and to treat them cruelly. Even Malvolio was to be put 'in a dark room and bound'; Tw. Nt. iii. 4. 147. Cf. As You Like It, iii. 2. 421.
392. a party is an adverb, meaning 'partly,' or 'in some measure.' Cf. P. Plowman, B. xv. 17; Hampole, Prick of Conscience, 2334.
394. or, ere, before; not 'or.' be, been.
398. 'Spence, or (according to the original French form of the word) despense, was the closet or room in convents and large houses where the victuals, wine, and plate were locked up; and the person who had the charge of it was called the spencer, or the despencer. Hence originated two common family names.'—Wright. The spence, however, like the spencer, owed its name to the O.F. verb despendre, to spend; as explained in my Etym. Dict. s. v. spend. See the Glossary. Lodge retains the name of Adam Spencer; whence Adam in Shakespeare.
411. 'Upon such an agreement.'
413. 'All as I may prosper'; as I hope to thrive.
414. After wil supply lose; see the footnote. 'I will hold covenant with thee, if thou wilt loose me.'
430. wher I go, whether shall I go. Wher is a contracted form of whether, like or for other. Girde of, strike off.
433. that this, &c., that this is a thing not to be denied, a sure thing.