[ [30] Foyne, or foin, signifies to push or thrust with the sword, instead of striking.

[ [31] Harl. MS. 69.

[ [32] Hall, in Life of Henry VIII.

[ [33] Arte of Rhetorike by Tho. Wilson, fol. 67.

[ [34] Fynes Moryson's Itinerary, published A. D. 1617.

[ [35] Coursing, I presume, he means.

[ [36] I here omit a long train of royal reasoning in confutation of the assertions of the learned men his majesty alludes to in this passage.

[ [37] Biograph. Brit. p. 1236.

[ [38] No. 17, D. iii.

[ [39] Crowd is an ancient name for the violin.