I. i. 266. Leave; Tyrrell reads love.
I. i. 278. makes: this singular with a plural subject is frequent in our play; cf. Enters in the stage directions with a plural, and I. 151, 437, 502; II. i. 1; III. i. 43 and 83; V. 38, etc. Consult Mr. Verity’s note on Edward II., I. iv. 362, Temple Dramatists.
I. i. 312. The statute in question was 37 Edward III. c. 9.
I. i. 314. ‘The making of Spanish needles was first taught in England by Elias Crowse a Germane about the eight yeere of Queene Elizabeth, and in Queen Marie’s time there was a Negro made fine Spanish needles in Cheapeside, but would never teach his art to any.’ Quoted by Bullen from Stowe, edition 1631, p. 1038.
I. i. 314. ‘Then Mosby having at his girdle a pressing iron of 14 pound weight stroke him on the head with the same so that he fell down and gave a great groan.’—Holinshed. Cf V. i. 241.
I. i. 323. Velvet drudge: an allusion to Mosbie’s tailoring.
I. i. 426. Populous: ‘perhaps used in the sense of thick, compact.’—Bullen. Webster quotes this passage and explains, ‘suitable to common people: hence common, inferior, vulgar.’ Delius proposes palpable.
I. i. 466. His in state, i.e. ‘his legally.’
I. i. 472. Cf. ‘To wring the widow from her customed right.’—2 Henry VI., V. i. 188.
I. i. 537. Tyrrell begins Act II. here.