[158] Another false quantity.
[159] The designation in the quartos is "the Clown."
[160] Makes Canopus look dark.
[161] Fiddler is undoubtedly played by Tom, the clown who had before played Angelica. See the next speech.
[162] Apprehend, take in.
[163] Signifying that the actor could extemporise as he chose. Ad lib., ad libitum would now be the direction.
[164] The Muses.
[165] A corrupt passage is here supplemented by four lines from the Alleyn manuscript.
[166] An interesting reminder of the exigencies of Elizabethan stage technique. The scenes represent different localities, but as Sacripant dies at the end of a scene, his body remains on the stage until removed by the best means possible.
[167] Silly-minded.