Thorough. Through. Cf. M.N.D. ii. 1. 3, 5, W.T. iii. 2. 172, J.C. iii. 1. 136, v. 1. 110, etc.
16. [The very pin,] etc. The allusion is to archery. The clout (cf. L. L. L. iv. 1. 136), or white mark at which the arrows were aimed, was fastened by a black pin in the centre. Cf. Marlowe, Tamburlane, 1590:—
"For kings are clouts that every man shoots at,
Our crown the pin that thousands seek to cleave."
17. [Butt-shaft.] A kind of arrow used for shooting at butts; formed without a barb, so as to be easily extracted (Nares).
20. [Prince of cats.] Tybert is the name of the cat in Reynard the Fox. Steevens quotes Dekker, Satiromastix, 1602: "tho' you were Tybert, the long-tail'd prince of cats;" and Have with You, etc.: "not Tibalt, prince of cats." Tibert, Tybert, and Tybalt are forms of the ancient name Thibault. Cf. iii. 1. 77 below.
20. [Captain of compliments.] A complete master of etiquette. Cf. L. L. L. i. 1. 169:—
"A man of compliments, whom right and wrong
Have chose as umpire of their mutiny."