[188] In Bacon's day Brasenose College was not in existence.
[189] Bargain.
[190] Edward could not have fought before Damascus.
[191] Swaggering.
[192] Equivalent to "'swounds," "God's wounds."
[193] Tied by love.
[194] A glass which reflects magically distant or future events and scenes.
[195] Leathern wine-jugs.
[196] "After Bacon and Edward had walked a few paces about (or perhaps towards the back of) the stage, the audience were to suppose that the scene was changed to the interior of Bacon's cell."—Dyce.
[197] "Perhaps the curtain which concealed the upper stage ... was withdrawn, discovering Margaret and Bungay standing there, and when the representation in the glass was supposed to be over, the curtain was drawn back again."—Dyce.