“A faire franion fit for such a pheere.”—S.
Again, in “The First Part of King Edward IV.,” sign. C, p. 5: “Hees a franke franion, a merrie companion, and loves a wench well.”
[82] See Note to “Gammer Gurton’s Needle,” vol. iii., p. 198.
[83] [Stephano spelled backwards.]
[84] Read Κρητιξω. Vide Erasm. Adag. The Cretans were famous for double-dealing. Cretizare, however, is a word employ’d by lexicographers, instead of mentiri.—Steevens.
[85] Crack-rope was a common term of contempt in old plays.
“You codshed, you cracke-rope, you chattering pye.”
—Apius and Virginia, sign. B.
Again in that very rare play, “The Two Italian Gentlemen”—
“Then let him be led through every streete in the town,