[500] A common term of abuse at that period, derived from the clowns or fools, and in reference to their dress.
[501] i.e., By our Ladykin.
[502] Walgrave, abstracted, does not perceive that Pisaro has gone out, for which Harvey laughs at him, Many Pisaros here! In the same sense, in act v., Laurentia says, Many Balsaros I.
[503] Meaning Mathea.
[504] Gibberish is no doubt derived from gibber, and it means idle nonsense. Whether gibber comes from geber, as Dr Johnson contends, must remain in doubt.
[505] [Old copies, we.]
[506] "The blind eats many a fly," was proverbial, and, according to Henslowe's Diary, formed the title of a play by Thomas Heywood, under date of November 1602. [See Hazlitt's "Proverbs," 1869, p. 359.]
ACT III., SCENE I.
Enter Frisco.