[76] Folly. Thus Spenser, in his Sonnets,
“Fondess it were for any, being free,
To covet fetters, though they golden be.”
[77] Old editions read, Take heede: for life wordly, &c.
[78] Hinder me.
[79] [I do not understand the allusion. The sense seems to be, I will beat you, come what may—I will put prudence in my purse or pocket.]
[80] [Originals have colpheg you.] I believe we should read, colaphize—i.e., box or buffet. Colaphiser, Fr. See Cotgrave’s “Dictionary.”—Steevens.
[81] i.e., Loose companion. So Spenser—
“Might not be found a ranker franion.”
Again—