[36] Yes, yes, yes; I can do that very well.
[37] Slatterns, sluts.
[38] O, I understand you; I must pay for half-a-dozen cans; here, boy, take this shilling, tap this once freely.
[39] Cant term for a beggar.
[40] Conger-eel.
[41] Take cover.
[42] Spent; panting with exhaustion.
[43] Stupid.
[44] I’ll tell you what, Hans; this ship that is come from Candia, is quite full, by God’s sacrament, of sugar, civet, almonds, cambric, and all things; a thousand, thousand things. Take it, Hans, take it for your master. There are the bills of lading. Your master, Simon Eyre, shall have a good bargain. What say you, Hans?
[45] My dear brother Firk, bring Master Eyre to the sign of the Swan; there shall you find this skipper and me. What say you, brother Firk? Do it, Hodge.—[There were at this time two inns with the sign of the Swan in London, one at Dowgate, the other in Old Fish Street.]