[II, ii, 301]. for poore and worthlesse I—I for me, like other irregularities in pronominal inflection, was not infrequent in Elizabethan times. Cf. Abbott, S. G., § 205.
[II, ii, 326]. Curtius-like—like Marcus Curtius, legendary hero of ancient Rome. See Livy, vii, 6.
[II, ii, final s. d.] while the Act is playing—i. e., while the interlude music is played, at the close of the Act.
[III, i, 18]. relish—a trace or tinge of some quality, a suggestion.—In [III, i, 20]: a flavor; or, if read with the Q.’s punctuation, a verb: give a relish. It appears preferable, however, to take the passage as punctuated by G., S., which makes relish a noun.
[III, i, 29]. take me with you—understand me.
[III, i, 37]. sudden—adv. for suddenly. The -ly suffix was frequently omitted in Elizabethan times.
[III, i, 45]. Such as are faire, etc.—the connection goes back to [l. 42], Bellapert taking up again the thread of her remark which Novall’s objection and her summary answer thereto had broken in upon.
[III, i, 120]. Christian—probably used here in the colloq. sense of: a human being, as distinguished from a brute; a “decent” or “respectable” person. Cf. Shakespeare, Twelfth Night, I, iii, 89: “Methinks ... I have no more wit than a Christian, or an ordinary man has.”
[III, i, 122]. The entertaiment of your visitation—i. e., the entertainment which your visit received.
[III, i, 123]. on [old spelling for one]—i. e., a visitation.