[415] [A common proverb.]

[416] [In the last edition of Nares, the present passage is cited for this rare word. The sense is obviously winced.]

[417] He means to say, beso los manos.

[418] [Old copies, but pistol-proof.]

[ACT V.]

Enter Erastus and Perseda.

Erastus.

Perseda, these days are our days of joy:
What could I more desire than thee to wife?
And that I have: or than to govern Rhodes?
And that I do, thanks to great Soliman.

Perseda.

And thanks to gracious heav'ns, that so
Brought Soliman from worse to better;
For though I never told it thee till now,
His heart was purpos'd once to do thee wrong.