[279] [i.e., Over.]
[280] [Old copy, of.]
[281] Formerly considered an antidote for poison. Sir Thomas Brown was not prepared to contradict it: he says, that "Lapis Lasuli hath in it a purgative faculty, we know: that Bezoar is antidotal, Lapis Judaicus diuretical, Coral antipileptical, we will not deny."—"Vulgar Errors," edit. 1658, p. 104. He also (p. 205) calls it the Bezoar nut, "for, being broken, it discovereth a kernel of a leguminous smell and taste, bitter, like a lupine, and will swell and sprout if set in the ground." Harts-horn shavings were also considered a preservative against poison.
[282] [From what follows presently it may be inferred that the king temporarily retires, although his exit or withdrawal is not marked.]
[283] The old word for convent: Covent-Garden, therefore, is still properly called.
[284] The grate of a vintner was no doubt what is often termed in old writers the red lattice, lettice, or chequers, painted at the doors of vintners, and still preserved at almost every public-house. See note 24 to "The Miseries of Enforced Marriage."
[285] The 4to reads—
"In the highway
That joineth to the power."
[286] Robin Hood advises his uncle to insist upon his plea of privilegium clericale, or benefit of clergy—
"Stand to your clergy, uncle; save your life."