[162] i.e. A lordship, Ital. Signoria; Fr. Seigneurie.
[163] i.e. Bond, contract.
[164] What pretty fancies you have.
[165] Savin, an irritant poison, has long been in popular use to induce abortion in women.
[166] Also spelt popering. A particular species of pear.
[167] This is obscure, but it probably refers to the Italian music phrase largo.
[168] Articles of millinery: veils and headdresses.
[169] The simile is from legal documents in which one superfluous letter might nullify a deed.
[170] A flatulent swelling of the abdomen.
[171] Too narrowly dispute the reason of an accident favourable to myself.