A Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 4

by Unknown

[253] Not marked in old ed.

[254] See note [85] in vol. II.

[255] I suspect that we should read "my humour," and that the rest of the speech should be given to Flavia.

[256] The small bowl—the "Jack"—at which the players aimed in the game of bowls.

[257] Old ed. "Scil."

[258] Old ed. "Sernulus."

[259] An allusion to the Sententiae Pueriles of Dionysius Cato, a famous old school-book.

[260] Not marked in old ed.

[261] Old ed. "minited."

[262] The first words of a charming song printed in Bateson's Madrigals, 1604. Here is the song as I find it printed in the excellent collection of Rare Poems (1883) edited by my honoured friend, Mr. W.J. Linton:—