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Page 158, line 26; statute lace]; i. e. lace prescribed by the statute or Act of Apparel," before mentioned. Page 158, line 27; durance]. A kind of durable stuff, made with thread or silk, so called. It is frequently alluded to, often with a play upon the word, as in the text.

Page 158, line 27; full of long paines]. Breeches formed of stripes, with small panes or squares of silk or velvet.

Page 159, line 24; Hee that walkes from six to six in Pauls]. "It was the fashion of those times [James I.] and did so continue till these [the interregnum], for the principal gentry, lords, courtiers, and men of all professions, not merely mechanicks, to meet in St. Paul's church by eleven, and walk in the middle isle till twelve, and after dinner, from three to six; during which time some discoursed of business, others of news."-Osborne's Traditional Memoires, &c. 12mo.

1658.

Page 159, line 25; but a quoites cast, &c.] The game of quoits seems to have derived its origin from the ancient discus. See a description of it in Strutt's Sports and Pastimes, p. 76, ed. Hone.

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Page 161, line 9; he sets up a tenters]. A Tenter is a stretcher or trier of cloth used by dyers and clothiers, &c."-JACOB.

Page 161, line 19; like Tamberlaine, with his blache and bloudy flag]. An allusion to the cruel and bombastical character of the hero of Marlow's play of Tamburlaine the Greate, printed in 1590, but acted anterior to 1587. Middleton alludes to this character in Father Hubburds Tales, 1604, "the ordnance playing like so many Tamburlaines."-Dyce's Middleton, v. 588.

Page 162, line 6; a Psalme of Mercy]. It was formerly the practice to sing a psalm or hymn at the

execution of criminals. Tom Brown, in "An Elegy on that most orthodox and Pains-taking Divine, Mr. Samuel Smith, Ordinary of Newgate, &c. 1698, has the following lines:—

"While Newgate is a mansion for good fellows, And Sternhold's rhimes are murder' d at the gallows."

Page 163, line 4; Paris Garden]. On Bankside, Southwark; commonly called the Bear Garden. It was originally the site of a house and grounds belonging to Robert de Paris, in the time of Richard II. This place of vulgar resort was of an hexagonal shape, built with stone and brick, and roofed with rushes; the locality is still pointed out by a court bearing the name of "Bear-Garden Court."

Page 163, line 21; up Holeborne and so to Tyburne]. Holborn was the old road from Newgate and the Tower to the gallows at Tyburn. See the curious quotations given in Mr. Cunningham's Hand-Book of London, p. 230, ed. 1850. "Holeburne" seems to have been the original name of this locality, and not "Oldborne," as generally stated. See an article upon this subject in the Gentleman's Magazine for May, 1856, p. 486.

Page 167, line 10; the lawes of the Duello]. An allusion to Selden's pamphlet, entitled The Duello, or Single Combat, &c., first printed in quarto, 1610; reprinted in his works.

Page 169, line 5; descant on any plaine song]. “To run division, or variety with the voice, upon a musical ground, [or plain song] in true measure. Transferred by metaphor to paraphrasing ingeniously upon any affective subject."-Blount's Glossographia.

Page 171, line 1; NEWES FROM ANY WHENCE]. The idea of these little sketches was taken from the news pamphlets," which were much in vogue before

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the establishment of regular newspapers. Thus we have Newes from the North, 1579; Newes from Spain and Holland, 1593; Newes from Gravesend, 1604; Newes out of Germany, 1612; Good Newes from Florence, 1614, &c.

Page 175, line 28; SIR T. R.] Sir Thomas Roe. He obtained great reputation as a traveller to Turkey, Persia, and other parts of the east, whither he had been sent in the capacity of Ambassador, and on his return published accounts of what he had observed. He represented Oxford in parliament in 1640, and Charles I. soon afterwards created him a privy councillor and Chancellor of the Order of the Garter. He died in 1644.

Page 176, line 20; Christmasse Lords]. The Lords of Misrule, or Masters of the revels at Christmas time. "These lordes, beginning their rule on Alhollen eve, continued the same till the morrow after the feast of the Purification, commonly called Candlemas day. In all which space there were fine and subtile disguisings, maskes, and mummeries."-Stow's London.

Page 177, line 24; J. D.] These are the initials of the celebrated Dr. John Donne. The "Newes from the verie countrie" is printed in his Poems, ed. 1669, p. 395.

Page 178, line 9; dance the matachine]. The matachin seems to be a remnant of the pyrrhica saltatio of the ancients. Douce says, "It was well known in France and Italy by the name of the dance of fools or matachins, who were habited in short jackets, with gilt-paper helmets, long streamers tied to their shoulders, and bells to their legs. They carried in their hands a sword and buckler, with which they made a clashing noise, and performed various quick and sprightly evolutions."-Illustrations of Shakespeare,

ii. 435. See also Nares's Glossary. Jean Tabourot, in his curious work on dancing, entitled Orchesographie, 1589, 4to. p. 97, gives a description of the postures of this dance, and also a specimen of the music.

Page 182, line 11; W. S.] Wye Saltonstall?

Page 183, line 1; FORREN NEwes of the YeeRE 1616]. This date is changed with each edition, but the news remains the same in all.

Page 188, line 2; a hang'd chamber]; i. e. a chamber hung with tapestry. In The Mirrour of Madnes, 1576, the house of the opulent man is described as "hanged wyth clothe of tyssue, arrace, and golde." The reader will recollect the description of Imogen's chamber in Cymbeline:

"Her bed-chamber was hanged

With tapestry of silk and silver; the story Proud Cleopatra, when she met her Roman." Page 188, line 7; chambering]. Wantonness, intriguing.

Page 188, line 8; playing at tables]. "The old name for backgammon; so called also in French, and in Latin, tabularum lusus."-NARES.

Page 188, line 23; B. R.] Benjamin Rudyerd. He was of the Middle Temple, and probably well acquainted with Overbury. His poems, in conjunction with those of the Earl of Pembroke, were printed in 1660.

Page 191, line 6; a foole at the upper end of the table, &c.] To sit at the table above or below the salt was a mark of distinction in opulent families. The salt was contained in a massive silver utensil, called a saler, now corrupted into cellar, which was placed in the middle of the table; persons of distinction sat nearest the head of the table, or above the salt, and inferior relations or dependants below it.

Page 193, line 1; NEWES FROM THE CHURCH]. In the sixth edition this is subscribed "Jo. Ruddiard." Perhaps John Rudyerd, the elder brother of Sir Benjamin Rudyerd, the lawyer and poet? He matriculated at Oxford, in 1587.

"It was

Page 227, line 17; the last great frost]. owing to a severe frost that the French obtained easy access into Holland, which led to its subsequent subjugation, and present annexation to France."-Park.

Page 258, line 8; The Count of Gondemore]. Diego Sarmiento de Acuña, created Count Gondomar by Philip III. He was despatched to England as Ambassador in 1613, and resided five years in this country. A curious account of his early life may be found in the Nobiliario genealogico de los Reyes y Titulos de España of Lopez de Haro, folio, Madrid, 1622, vol. i. pp. 236-238. He died in 1625 at Bommel in Guelderland; sent, as was supposed, to propose the surrender of the Palatine, and conciliate matters; and bring on a peace between his master and our pacific Court.

THE END.

CHISWICK PRESS :

C. WHITTINGHAM, TOOKS COURT, CHANCERY LANE.

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