“The soldier does it every day,
Eight to the week, for sixpence pay.”—Gifford.
[433] Coach, Fr. Carrosse.
[434] Barking Church stood at the bottom of Seething Lane. It was destroyed in the great fire.—Gifford.
[435] Crony, friend.
[436] Abbreviation for “Mine ingle,” as above.
[437] Or “neif,” i.e. fist.
[438] The allusion is to Master Peter Fabel, who, as the prologue to the old comedy says, “was called, for his sleights and his magic, “The merry Devil of Edmonton.”—Gifford.
[439] Frank alludes to the marriage portion which he had just received with Susan.—Gifford.
[440] Cockchafer, beetle.
[441] The dog is of course supposed invisible. Frank thanks Susan for telling him of the threatened arrival of Carter and Old Thorney which would lead to discovery.