[102] Their entrance is not mentioned in the 4o.—Collier.
[103] i.e., Ideal ones, like the Utopian schemes of government.—Steevens.
[104] See note to "The Heir," [xi. 535.]
[105] This elegant song was the production of our great poet Shakespeare. It is printed in his collection of sonnets, entitled "The Passionate Pilgrim." The reader may likewise see it in "Percy's Reliques of Antient Poetry," vol. i. p. 259.
[106] The same phrase occurs in Shakespeare's "Winter's Tale," act i. sc. 2, where Leontes says to Mamillius—
"Mine honest friend,
Will you take eggs for money?"
Dr Johnson says that it seems to be a proverbial expression used when a man sees himself wronged and makes no resistance; and Mr Smith is of opinion that it means Will you put up affronts? In the present instance it seems intended to express the speaker's fears that he shall receive nothing in return for his money.
[107] These lines seem intended as a parody on the beginning of the old song called "The Spanish Lady's Love." See Percy's "Reliques," vol. ii. p. 233. An English Flag means the Ancient; a name which was formerly used as synonymous to Ensign.
[108] i.e., Wine of Alicant. [But Sim means to dissuade them from bloodshed, as there is red wine already in the house.]
[109] [See Nares, edit. 1859, in v. Bayard meant originally a bay horse, and afterward any kind or colour.]