[250] [Old copy, might.]
[251] [Old copy, might.]
[252] Old copy, tormented.
[253] [Old copy, unmask'd.]
[254] Old copy, our.
[255] i.e., A pack of cards; the expression was very common; deck, five lines lower, was often used for pack.
[256] [Old copy, from.]
[257] The wimple is generally explained as a covering for the neck, or for the neck and shoulders; but Shakespeare ("Love's Labour's Lost," act iii. se. 1) seems to use it as a covering for the eyes also, when he calls Cupid "This wimpled, whining, purblind, wayward boy." Steevens in his note states that "the wimple was a hood or veil, which fell over the face." The passage in our text, and what follows it, supports this description of the wimple.
[258] This is the only part of female dress mentioned in this speech that seems to require a note. The "vardingale (or farthingale) of vain boast" is peculiarly appropriate, since a farthingale consisted of a very wide, expanded skirt, puffed out to show off the attire, and distort the figure of a lady. In modern times it bears a different name.
[259] [Good-bye.]