[295] A common dish in the brothels of the time.
[296] A corruption of Pedro Ximenes, a sweet Spanish wine, so called from the grape of that name.
[297] A sweet Portuguese wine from the neighbourhood of Lisbon.
[298] i.e. Aleatico, a red Italian muscatel wine with a rich aromatic flavour.
[299] The saker and basilisk were both pieces of ordnance.
[300] A play upon “pop-guns.”
[301] It was a common custom to kneel when drinking a health, especially the health of a superior.
[302] The price was here probably indicated by displaying the fingers.
[303] On Shrove Tuesday the authorities made a search for brothel-keepers, and on the same day the London apprentices went about wrecking houses of ill-fame.
[304] It was in a blue gown that strumpets had to do penance.