[287] All people then wore bands.—Pegge.
[288] i.e., Bottles out of which liquid perfumes were anciently cast or thrown.—Steevens. They are mentioned in "Lingua," [ix. 419.]
[289] See note to the "Antiquary," [act iv. sc. 1, vol. xiii.]
[290] These, and what follows are terms of falconry; flags, in particular, are the second and baser order of feathers in the hawk's wing (Chambers's "Dictionary").—Pegge.
[291] The sear is the yellow part between the beak and the eyes of the hawk.—Pegge.
[292] They usually carried the keys of their cabinets there.—Pegge.
[293] The first 4o inserts the name of Cricca for that of Trincalo, which is decidedly wrong.—Collier.
[294] An instrument chiefly used for taking the altitude of the pole, the sun, or stars, at sea.
[295] A name given to such instruments as are used for observing and determining the distances, magnitudes, and places of the heavenly bodies.
[296] A term to express the points or horns of the moon, or other luminary.