[778] “Illustrations of Shakespeare,” p. 405.

[779] Rub is still a term at the game, expressive of the movement of the balls. Cf. “King Lear” (ii. 2), and “Love’s Labour’s Lost” (iv. 1), where Boyet, speaking of the game, says: “I fear too much rubbing.”

[780] Halliwell-Phillipps’ “Handbook Index to Shakespeare,” p. 43.

[781] Staunton’s “Shakespeare,” vol. iii. p. 592.

[782] See Brand’s “Pop. Antiq.,” vol. ii. p. 409.

[783] She means, “Do you intend to make a mockery of me among these companions?”

[784] “Illustrations of Shakspeare,” p. 20.

[785] Gifford’s note on Jonson’s Works, vol. ii. p. 3.

[786] Ibid., vol. vii. p. 283.

[787] See Douce’s “Illustrations of Shakespeare,” p. 35.