[66], [84]. great in faction: active in promoting leagues.
[66], [86-87]. Be a duke . . . field. A play, of course, on the original meaning of Duke, as Dux or leader.
[67], [108]. the Hermean rod: the caduceus or rod of Hermes, with which he parted two fighting serpents, whereupon they embraced and stuck to the rod.
[69], [144-47]. and as this . . . pride. An allusion to the myth of the giant Typhoeus who, according to one version, was created by Hera alone, in anger at the birth of Pallas from the head of Zeus. He was killed by Zeus with a flash of lighting, and was buried in Tartarus under Mt. Etna.
[69], [154]. make scapes to please advantage: commit escapades, and thereby give points against themselves.
[69], [155-56]. women . . . candels: women who make the worst accomplices to men.
[70], [157]. their women: their waiting-women.
[71], [187-88]. as far as an unkle may. Guise is uncle to the lady Beaupre. Cf. [note] on ii, 2, 18.
[74], [243-44]. Come . . . courted. These words are whispered by Monsieur to Pero. The rest of his speech is spoken aloud as if in disgust at the rejection of advances made by him to Pero.