[208] Affianced.
[209] Spur-royal was a gold coin worth fifteen shillings.
[210] Nobles.
[211] Embroidered (Fr. pourfiler).
[212] To make a horse tread the ring was an equestrian feat. The ring was the circular piece of ground on which the horse displayed his agility. See note on Middleton, vol. i. p. 190.
[213] Stockado, stoccata,—a thrust in fencing.
[214] Grin or snarl.
[215] “Couleur de Roy was in the old time Purple; but now is the bright Tawnie which wee also tearme Coulour de Roy.”—Cotgrave.
[216] A counterfeit coin.
[217] A reminiscence of Virgil:—