[227] Beyond all measure.

[228] These are discovered in the upper stage just as Margaret and Friar Bungay were discovered in Act. II. [scene 3].

[229] Venture.

[230] A bout.

[231] Dyce suggests that Greene here meant "scholars." Gayley suggests that Bacon may have taken the glass.

[232] Britons.

[233] Mutton is a cant term for a prostitute.

[234] Welt and guard are synonymous: without facing or ornament, as these are against the statute.

[235] A pack.

[236] "The 'curtana' or 'pointless sword' of mercy; the 'pointed sword' of justice; the 'golden rod' of equity."—Gayley.