[145] “Abricot, the abricot or apricocke plum.”—Cotgrave.
[146] Eds. 1. and 3. “have thy broth.”
[147] Old eds. “Baldus.”—Lælius Balbus was a noted informer in the days of Tiberius. When he was banished (A.D. 37) there was great rejoicing because “truci eloquentia habebatur, promptus adversum insontes” (Tacitus, Ann. vi. 48).
[148] Quy. “light”?
[149] “The allusion is to the story of Bel and the Dragon in the Apocrypha.”—Dilke.
[150] Eds. 1. and 3. “false.”
[151] Eds. 1. and 3. “head.”
[152] Eds. 1. and 3. “follow him second.... Serv’d his,” &c.
[153] Old eds. “Hercules.”
[154] Eds. 1. and 3. “workes.”