[Blue coats were worn by beadles. See Dyce's Middleton, i. 485.]
[418] Both the old copies name this country Catita, but the change is probably right.—Collier.
[419] See note to "The Parson's Wedding," act v. sc. 2.
[420] Here the Captain most likely jumped from the table, and made his escape; but we are left to infer it.—Collier.
[421] The metre of this line was spoiled by the omission of the article in it, arising from a non-attention to the old copy.—Collier.
[422] Till now it ran "Why may not I, a fool, get a wise child, as a wise man get fools," according to the corrupt reading of the copy of 1636.—Collier.
[423] [Old copies, now will.]
[424] In the statute of 4 James I., cap. 5, sect. 4, is a penalty on any person continuing drinking or tippling in inns, victualling-houses, or ale-houses, &c.
[425] [Lawyers are still called gentlemen of the long-robe.]
[426] [Edits., Femini.]