[334] An allusion to the coxcomb, the invariable ornament to the fool’s cap, which Virtue wears on her head. See description, [Scene III].
[335] The description corresponds rather to Henry IV. of Germany, who died in 1106.
[336] Frederick I. called Barbarossa, Emperor of Germany, i.e. Allemagne (Almaine), the grandson of Henry IV.
[337] Alexander III.
[338] Louis I. called Le Débonnaire, son of Charlemagne, d. 840.
[339] Bajazet I. called Yilderim, i.e. Lightning, because of the rapidity of his movement in the field of war, first Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, who was humiliated by Timur (Tamburlaine). Compare Marlowe’s Tamburlaine the Great.
[340] Viriathus, a shepherd who became a famous Lusitanian chief in the 2nd century B.C., and long warred successfully against the Romans in Spain.
[341] Primislaus, a country labourer, who became first Duke of Bohemia, having married the daughter of Croc who founded the city of Prague.
[342] Gregory VII. (1013-1085).
[343] Fortune here turns and addresses the four deposed kings again.