[I.9] ——impawn our person,] To engage and to pawn were in our author’s time synonymous.
[I.10] ——gloze] Expound, explain.
[I.11] ——imbare their crooked titles] i.e., to lay open, to display to view.
[I.12] In allusion to the battle of Crecy, fought 25th August, 1346.
[I.13] So hath your highness;] i.e., your highness hath indeed what they think and know you have.
[I.14] They of those marches,] The marches are the borders, the confines. Hence the Lords Marchers, i.e., the lords presidents of the marches, &c.
[I.15] ——in few.] i.e., in short, brief.
[I.16] ——a nimble galliard won;] A galliard was an ancient dance. The word is now obsolete.
[I.17] ——let me bring thee to Staines.] i.e., let me attend, or accompany thee.
[I.18] ——Arthur’s bosom,] Dame Quickly, in her usual blundering way, mistakes Arthur for Abraham.