[822] Alexander "plainly shewed the ill will he bare unto Aristotle, for that Callisthenes had bene brought up with him, being his kinsman, and the son of Hero, Aristotle's neece." For the charges against the philosopher Callisthenes, see North's Plutarch, Nutt, IV., 359-363.
[823] Bl. rulers, the quartos 'rules.'
[824] The following six questions and answers Lyly selects from nine in an interview of Alexander with ten wise men of India. North's Plutarch, Nutt, IV., 372-373.
[825] Alexander really spoke thus to Parmenio, but under very different circumstances. North's Plutarch, Nutt, IV., 332-333.
[826] Bl. thrall.
[827] Neither the quartos nor Bl. mark this entrance. In the Garrick copy of C. a contemporary of Lyly, W. Neile, noted it in ink. If Diogenes enters here, he goes to the farther side of the stage. The philosophers at once cross to him. Possibly he comes on at any time during the preceding dialogue, and going quietly to his part of the stage, waits till the philosophers see him and cross.
[828] See Lives of Philosophers, 1696, 401.
[829] "You pretend to be better than you are, for you do not at heart object to counterfeiting," or, possibly, "Since you do not gain money by counterfeiting, you live falsely, for you have no adequate means of support."
[830] Mad.
[831] Editors, following Bl., have made the second act begin here, but would Diogenes go out only to come on at once? Bl. printed 'Diogenes, Psyllus,' etc. To the stage direction M. adds 'And Citizens.'