[172] i.e. Surrender myself to justice.
[173] Play upon the word "bill," which meant in one sense a stout staff with an iron blade at one end, like a partizan.
[174] i.e. Countenance.
[175] i.e. Arrested.
[176] Clear up the doubt conveyed in your question.
[177] Shakespeare uses this word in two senses, as "pressing business" and "extremity."
[178] i.e. A subject for dissection.
[179] This is addressed to the common headsman.
[180] With a skull in his hand. That it is the skull of his mistress is evident from the whole of the scene. He makes use of it afterwards in Act iii.—Collier.
[181] Luxury was the ancient term for incontinence.