Representative English Comedies, v. 1. From the beginnings to Shakespeare

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[373] diabolicae staturae; see Guy of Warwick, v. 9945, etc.

[374] Brutus, of the British, Welsh or Arthurian story, hence generally a hero [Murray].

[375] 'Alie' = Hali, Haly, Holy? or Alye = affinis = of the neighbouring country?

[376] Cf. Plaut. Miles, 777; Achilles, ib. 1054.

[377] Tertius e caelo cecidit Cato, Juven. Sat. 2, 40.

[378] Cf. Plaut. Miles, 65.

[379] Cf. "a prince of highe parage," Chester Plays, 1, 157.

[380] Cf. Caxton's "faytes of armes" (Prol. Eneydos), the M. L. "facta guerrae, armorum."

[381] E., 'They' (not 'That,' as A. reads).

[382] love; cf. III. iv, 99. Baby-talk? or the language of the Dutch 'minions'? Hazlitt says: a colloquialism still in use. But the dictionaries are silent.