In the First Folio, cue is written Q.; in the later folios it is spelt kew.
III, 4, 27.
PAGEANT.
The flattering index of a direful pageant.
IV, 4, 85.
Pageants are dumb-shows, and the poet, no doubt, alluded to one of these shows, the index of which promised a happier conclusion. The pageants then displayed on public occasions were generally preceded by a brief account of the order in which the characters were to walk. These indexes were distributed among the spectators that they might understand the meaning of such allegorical stuff as was usually exhibited.
PLAY.
The beholders of this tragic play.
IV, 4, 68.
SCENE.