[83] i.e., Shy, coy. See note to "Cymbeline," act i. sc. 7, edit. 1778.—Steevens.
[84] i.e., Be even with him. The phrase occurs in Shakespeare's "Much Ado about Nothing," act i. sc. 1. See note thereon.—Stevens.
[85] Jump is the word in the 4o, though altered in the edit. of 1780 without notice to eke. Moll only repeats the term used by the Ancient just before—
"How all things jump in a just equivalency."
—Collier.
[86] [Old copy gives this speech to Moll.]
[ACT IV., SCENE I.]
Enter Sue, Tim, Captain, and Mistress Coote.
Tim. Ha, ha, ha, grandmother! I'll tell thee the best jest.