[341] [The leathern drinking vessel, generally called a jack.]
[342] [The Flemings or Dutch (for the two seem to have been pretty generally confounded) had a great reputation here, like the Danes afterwards, for habits of excessive drinking.]
[343] [Salisbury plain was formerly one of the resorts of foot-pads, who infested the place in small bodies, and waylaid travellers.]
[344] [The entrances and exits in this piece are so imperfectly marked, that it is often difficult to be sure about them. It seems to be Tom Tosspot who goes out now; but if so, he soon returns, though his re-entry is not recorded.]
[345] [Drink.]
[346] [Tom seems to have gone out and returned, as observed above.]
[347] A term of endearment. A commoner form is white boy.
[348] [Nichol had previously addressed the Collier as Master Lick-hole; but as the Collier is not on the stage, it is clear that he here applies the same bye-name, rhythmi causâ, to Hance.]
[349] [The gallows.]
[350] [The song is divided between the three, each singing two lines, and the division is marked; but the name of the singer in each case is not given.]