[340] Steales = stales, handles or sticks of a rake, etc.
[341] Quintal.
[342] Menage, here, means manage, control.
“He the rightful owner of that steede,
He well could menage and subdue his pride.”
(Spenser, F. Q., II, iv, 2.)
[343] Slubber is a variant of slabber, to do a thing carelessly. “Slubber not business for my sake.” (Shakes., Mer. of Ven., ii, 8.)
[344] Fr. for sausage.
[345] Stoups = a vessel or receptacle; cf. Holy-water stoup.
[346] The chief eunuch, who looks after the harem.