"England ne'er would thrive,
Till all the whores were burnt alive."
—See Holinshed, vol. 9., 754, Ed. 1807.—O. G.
[257] [Thee is not in the old copy.]
[258] i.e., Rat. So in one of the Chester Whitsun plays—
"Here is a rotten, there a mouse."—S.
[259] Not thy equal, but thy mistress.
[260] i.e., Rank strumpet from the stews.—S.
[261] Fygh—First edition.
[262] i.e., Hodmandod.—S.