See "Othello," Act. iv. sc. 3.
[298] That is, according to my judgment. See "Lear," Act i. sc. 4.--
_Halliwell_.
[299] To split, or burst. Generally spelt _rive_.
[300] Both tender and delicate. [Here, as pointed out in a note to
Heywood's "Four P.P." _supra_, the word _nice_ is to be pronounced
_nich_.]
[301] Beaten.
[302] [Query same as _spwyn_, to burst or break out. See Way's edit, of
the "Promptorium," v. _Spwyn_.]
[303] Compare "Troilus and Cressida," i. 2.
[304] Burial. From the Latin.
[305] i.e., By.
[306] [Original reads _trembled_.]
[307] [This account, if founded on fact, is a curious illustration of
the scholastic discipline of that period. We know that Udall the
dramatist was remarkable for his severity to his pupils at Eton.]
[308] Impress. Compare "Much Ado about Nothing," iv. 1.--Halliwell.
[309] [Query, the schoolmaster, so called from inflicting on the pupil
with a cane _cuts_ on the hand.]
[310] Bet. See "Taming of the Shrew"--
"Now, by Saint Jamy,
I _hold_ you a penny."--_Halliwell_.
[311] Jakes. Compare "Lear," ii. 2.--_Halliwell_.
[312] [Detail, or circumlocution.]
[313] At once.
[314] Compare "Comedy of Errors," Act ii, sc. 1.--Halliwell.
[315] Blamed, scolded. See "Merry Wives of Windsor," i. 4. The older
meaning of the term is _ruined_, but Elizabethan writers generally
employ it in the sense here mentioned.--_Halliwell_.
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