[195] Foolish.

[196] i.e. A person,—thus spelt to mark the servant’s mispronunciation.

[197] From Seneca’s Oedipus.

[198] Ital. Good courage.

[199] “Slid” according to Halliwell is a north country oath.

[200] A corruption of “mazzard,” the head.

[201] i.e. In bowing.

[202] An allusion, no doubt, to Shakespeare’s comedy.

[203] Dyce points out the inconsistency, that Candido has just returned from the Senate House, although it appears from the intermediate Scenes that since he left home a night has elapsed.

[204] A quibble. A master’s was one of the three degrees in fencing, for each of which a “prize” was publicly played.