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.)