[135] Cf. Day's Ile of Guls, ii. 2:—
"But forresters, like images, set forth
The tyrannie of greatness without pittie."
Everybody remembers Jaques' moralising in As You Like It, ii. 1.
[136] Cf. Day's Humour out of Breath, I. 2:—"Deceive the watry subjects."
[137] To "kill with kindness" was a proverbial saying.
[138] A falconer's term: to flap the wings when preparing for flight.
[139] A giant who was conquered by Sir Bevis of Southampton. See notes of the commentators on 2 Henry VI., ii. 3: "Therefore, Peter, have at thee with a downright blow, as Bevis of Southampton fell upon Ascapart."
[140] i.e., a vain boaster. "Puckfist" is the fungus commonly known as "puff-ball."
[141] "Carbonade. A carbonado, a rasher on the coals."—COTGRAVE.
[142] Cf. Antony and Cleopatra, i. 3:—