[V.1] To have me fold up, &c.] Dost thou desire to have me put thee to death.
[V.2] ——a squire of low degree.] That is, I will bring thee to the ground.
[V.3] ——astonished him.] That is, you have stunned him with the blow.
[V.4] ——gleeking] i.e., scoffing, sneering. Gleek was a game at cards.
[V.5] ——English condition.] Condition is temper, disposition of mind.
[V.6] ——Doth fortune play the huswife] That is, the jilt.
[V.7] The dresses of Queen Isabella, her ladies, and the Princess Katharine, are taken from Montfaucon Monarchie Françoise.
[V.8] ——wherefore we are met!] i.e., Peace, for which we are here met, be to this meeting.
[V.9] The fatal balls of murdering basilisks:] It was anciently supposed that this serpent could destroy the object of its vengeance by merely looking at it.