[86] “So in King Henry VIII.:—
‘Let the music knock it.’”—Dilke.
[87] A quick lively dance.
[88] “The exclamation was too fashionable in the time of Marston for those who had nothing else to say; and is ridiculed by Ben Jonson in the character of Orange in Every Man out of his Humour, as ‘O Lord, sir,’ is by Shakespeare in All’s Well that Ends Well. Orange is thus described:—‘’Tis as dry an Orange as ever grew: nothing but salutation; and, O God, sir; and, it please you to say so, sir.’”—Dilke.
[89] Lover, suitor.
[90] Regal, noble.—In the address “To those that seem judicial observers” prefixed to the Scourge of Villainy, Marston ridicules Ben Jonson (under the name of Torquatus) for introducing “new-minted epithets, as real, intrinsecate, Delphic.”
[91] “Lanthorn and candle-light”—the bellman’s cry.
[92] Loops or straps (fastened to the girdle) in which the rapier was suspended.
[93] Throne, chair of dignity.
[94] “Let music sound!” is printed as a stage-direction in the old copies.