[135] Destroy. See "King Lear," act iii., scene 2.—Cooper.

[136] Head.

[137] [It seems a question, whether this line does not belong to Ralph Roister.]

[138] Welfare. Udall uses the word in this sense in his letter to the Cornish men.—Cooper.

[139] In seriousness.

[140] In jest.

[141] Disliked or resented. See "Antony and Cleopatra," act iii., scene 4.—Cooper.

[142] So in "The Maid's Metamorphosis," 1600; "In vain, I fear, I beat my brains about." These expressions have the same signification as the "Cudgel thy brains no more about it," of the First Gravedigger in "Hamlet."—Cooper.

[143] A pitiful, worthless fellow. See "Winter's Tale," act ii., sc. 3.—Cooper.

[144] No matter.