[III, i, 193]. horne-mad—the word was originally applied to horned beasts, in the sense: “enraged so as to horn any one;” hence of persons: “stark mad,” “mad with rage,” “furious.” By word-play it acquires its sense in the present passage. “mad with rage at having been made a cuckold.”
[III, i, 202]. yellow—this color was regarded as a token or symbol of jealousy.
[III, i, 211]. Carted—carried in a cart through the streets, by way of punishment or public exposure (especially as the punishment of a bawd).
[III, i, 261]. in distance—within reach, in striking distance.
[III, i, 331]. as it would tire—as appears to be used for as if; in reality the if is implied in the (conditional) subjunctive.—Abbott, S. G., § 107.
[III, i, 331]. a beadle—it was one of the duties of a beadle to whip petty offenders.
[III, i, 352]. So I not heard them—Abbott explains this construction, not uncommon in the Elizabethan period, as an omission of the auxiliary verb “do” (S. G. § 305). But here the main verb is heard, whereas, according to his explanation, grammar would require hear. May not the construction be better taken as a simple, though to our ears cumbrous, inversion of, So I heard them not?
[III, i, 366]. cause—affair, business—so also in [III, i, 377].
[III, i, 388]. Calenture—a disease incident to sailors within the tropics; a burning fever.
[III, i, 428–9]. flegme ... choller—in the old physiologies the predominance of the “humour, phlegm,” was held to cause constitutional indolence or apathy,—the predominance of “choler” to cause irascibility.