[2.] Compare the "royal cautery" in 'The Flying Doctor'.
[3.] Sbrigani and Nérine are merely the conventional rogues of the stage. Compare Mascarille, Scapin.
[4.] Compare act ii. scene xii.
[5.] The Neapolitans had no great reputation for sincerity.
[6.] Mode de la cour pour la campagne.
[7.] Consul in the south equalled échevin in the north. Both words are obsolete in this sense.
[8.] Ma croix de par Dieu, "my Christ-cross-row," or "Criss-cross-row," in old and provincial English.
[9.] Translation:
The Two Physicians.
Good day, good day, good day!
Yield not yourself a prey
To melancholy sway.
We'll make you laugh, I trow,
With songs harmonious, gay.
Unto us your cure is dear,
For that alone we're here.
Good day, good day, good day!