[305] Meaning Bridewell, where loose women were whipped.
[306] An allusion to the carting of prostitutes, who were at the same time pelted by the populace with rotten eggs.
[307] Breaking chalk, grinding in mills, raising sand and gravel and making of lime were among the employments assigned to vagrants and others committed to Bridewell.—Reed.
[308] This and the subsequent allusions to the Bridewell of Milan, of course, really have reference to the London Bridewell. In the reign of Henry VIII. princes were lodged there, and it was there that Cardinal Campeius had his first audience of the king. After Henry’s death, Edward VI. gave the palace to the citizens. It was moreover endowed with land belonging to the Savoy to the amount of 700 marks a year and the bedding and furniture of this hospital were bestowed upon it.
[309] i.e. Skeletons.
[310] Atoms.
[311] Slang term for a small copper coin.
[312] The amount of the hangman’s fee.
[313] A cittern or lute was part of the appointments of a barber’s shop of the period.