[239] See Hazlitt's "Handbook," art. Jack. Only a second part is at present known.
[240] It is well known that in our old inns the various rooms had separate names.
[241] The usual burden of a song.
[242] This points to the custom of the landlord, when he joined any guests at a table, contributing a free jug or bottle.
[243] This saying arose from the duty on wool, levied to defray the cost of rebuilding the bridge (Knight's "London," i. 79). Nancy alludes to a dance so called.
[244] A well-known and often-quoted dance. See the poem by N. Breton, in "England's Helicon," 1600, repr. Collier, p. 222.
[245] Although Budget promises to await Ditty's return, he appears to retire to the back of the stage.
[246] Old copy, hast thou.
[247] Ale.