[131], [9]. before he be revenged: before vengeance is taken on him. The reading of A, engaged, is perhaps (as Dilke suggests) preferable.
[133], [27-28]. what . . . D'Amboys: what bugbear, such as this, is not afraid to visit D'Amboys, even in his sleep?
[134], [45]. Will . . . here? D'Ambois's sword fails to pierce the privy coat worn by the murderer. Cf. [v, 2, 57].
[134], [52]. That . . . resembled: That was a successful artifice, and a skilful impersonation.
[135], [65]. enforce the spot: emphasize the stain on your honour.
[136], [82]. Then . . . fact: then these teachers of divinity deal with figments, not with realities.
[136], [83-84]. Man . . . servant: Man consists of two attached friends, the body and the mind, of which the latter is swayed by the former, as a lover by his mistress.
[136], [90-93]. And if Vespasian . . . groomes. Cf. Suetonius, Life of Vespasian, Ch. 24. Hic, quum super urgentem valetudinem creberrimo frigidæ aquæ usu etiam intestina vitiasset, nec eo minus muneribus imperatoriis ex consuetudine fungeretur, ut etiam legationes audiret cubans, alvo repente usque ad defectionem soluta, Imperatorem, ait, stantem mori oportere. Dumque consurgit, ac nititur, inter manus sublevantium exstinctus est.
[137], [100-108]. And haste . . . dwellers. An adaptation of Seneca, Her. Oet. 1518-1526: