FINIS.
FOOTNOTES:
[1] 4tos. Will.
[2] References to the lapwing's subtlety are very common. Cf. Shakesp., Measure for Measure, i. 4, 32, &c.
[3] An old game at cards; it is supposed to have resembled cribbage.
[4] "To make ready," meaning "to dress," is a very common expression in old authors.
[5] An obvious reference to Queen Elizabeth.
[6] So Elbow:—"My wife, Sir, whom I detest before heaven and your honour," &c. (M. for M., II. 1).
[7] Ovid, Metamorph. I. 1.
[8] People who walk with mincing steps. I have not met the word elsewhere. (Cf. dancitive, p. 31.)