297. appear] Old eds. “appeares.”
298. yon place] “Saint Paul’s Cross.” Marg. Note.
299. [mists] This and the other words in brackets were supplied by Nichols.
301. where] i. e. whereas.
302. Have] Old eds. “Hath.”
304. The Speech] “Anthony Munday, who in his edition of Stow’s Survey, published in 1618, has given another version of the present story, and printed ‘the Speech according as it was delivered to mee,’ says it was spoken by ‘one man in behalf of all the rest;’ who, of course, was either some hired actor, or, very probably, [?] Thomas Middleton himself.” Nichols.
305. where] i. e. whereas.
306. have] Old ed. “hath.”
307. enginer] An old and common form of—engineer.
309. [The City’s, &c.] What I have here placed between brackets is superfluous: Nichols omits it.
311. Tho. Middleton] The occurrence of this signature here seems to indicate that the following portion of the tract was not the composition of Middleton.
312. The Prince, &c.] “Camden’s MS. volume, in Harl. MSS. 5176, whence other extracts are given between crotchets in the following pages.” Nichols.
313. vierge] i. e. rod.
314. sewer] Whose office was to set on and remove the dishes, taste them, &c.: see Steevens’s note on Shakespeare’s Macbeth, act i. sc. 7, and Richardson’s Dict. in v.
315. Inns of Court] “At the Middle Temple the charges incurred on this occasion were defrayed by a contribution of thirty shillings from each Bencher; every Student of seven years’ standing fifteen shillings; and all other Gentlemen in Commons ten shillings apiece. Dugdale’s Origines Juridiciales, p. 150.” Nichols.
316. Brocke] Properly Brooke, according to Nichols.
317. Peere] Properly Beare, according to Nichols.
318. Master Littleton] “The great Sir Edward Littleton.” Nichols.
319. on Psalm, &c.] “The Discourse is in the Bishop’s ‘xcvi. Sermons,’ the eighth on the occasion.” Nichols,—who inserted the above bracketed passage.
321. say] Is commonly explained—“a thin sort of silk,”—“a species of silk, or rather satin.”—Malone (note on Shakespeare’s Henry Sixth, Part Second, act iv. sc. 7,) remarks, “it appears from Minsheu’s Dict., 1617, that say was a kind of serge.” Cotgrave has “Seyette, serge, or sey.”
322. their oath] “Of ‘this ancient exhortation or well-wishing, which,’ says Camden, ‘is commonly called, but improperly, an oathe,’ see some curious particulars in vol. ii. p. 337 [of Prog. of King James]. It was read, continues Camden, first to the Lord Maltravers, by the Earl of Arundel his father, in the character of Earl Marshal, and then to the other Knights either by the Earl or by the Lord Chamberlain, who then went with the Dean to read the same to the Lord Percy, who had been forced to withdraw himself from indisposition.” Nichols.
323. arson] i. e. saddle-bow.
324. pectoral] i. e. breast-piece.
325. paty] Properly, patée.
327. noble] A gold coin worth 6s. 8d.
328. Bertie] Old ed. “Bartue.”
329. these being created, &c.] This concluding sentence is omitted by Nichols, who, instead of it, gives the following from Camden’s MS. volume in Harl. MSS. 5176:
“On the 7th of November about five of the clock in the afternoon, they mett in the Counsell-chamber, where they and the Lords appoynted to carry their ornaments and the assistants putt on their roabes, the Earles and Viscounts their surcotes of crimson velvett with close sleeves, having short flappes hanging upon their shoulders, then their hoods and afterward their mantles and roabes, fastned upon the shoulder and pucking out the capuchio to hang over behinde, with their cappes of estate and coronetts, or rather circuletts for the Viscounts. They passed from thence over the Tarras [Terrace] into the Privie Gallery, the Heralds, Kings of Armes, Garter carying the Patent, the Lord Compton in his Parliament roabes, carying the Mantle, the Lord Wentworth the Capp of estate and Circulet, the Lord Chancellour Lord Ellesmere in his surcote and hood with his sword by his syde in a usuall hatt, assisted by the Earle of Montgomery and Viscount Villers, with their cappes of estat on. At the Gallory-dore, the Lord Chamberlaine mett them, and placing himself after the Kings of Armes, presented them to the King, who satt there with the Queen and the Prince. Garter presented the Patent to the Lord Chamberlaine, he to the King; the King delivered the same to Sir Ralph Winwood the Secretary, who [read the same]; at the words fecimus et creavimus the Roabes were delivered to the King, who delivered the same to the Assistants, who invested him therwith, and the like with the Capp of estate and the Circulett theruppon, and then the Earles Assistants putt on their cappes of estate. When the Patent was fully read, and he thus created Viscount Brackley, the trumpetts and drummes standing without sounded.
“Then was brought in the Lord Knolles, the Lord Carew carying the Mantle, the Lord Davers the Capp of Estate, assisted by the Earle of Suffolk Lord Treasurer and Viscount Lisle, and in like manner created Viscount Wallingford.
“Afterward Sir Philipp Stanhop was brought in his surcote of scarlett, the Lord Denny carying his Roabe, the Lord Compton and the Lord Norris assisting him, and was created Lord Stanhop of Shelford. Then they retourned that way they came to the Counsell-chamber, first, Viscount Brackley, then Viscount Wallingford and the Lord Stanhop, in such order as they went, the trumpetts and drummes sounding.”
332. coronel] Frequently used for (and the Spanish of) colonel.
333. appear] Old ed. “appeares.”
334. Allhollontide] A corruption of All-hallows-tide.
337. prevent] i. e. anticipate.
338. are] Old ed. “is.”
339. luzerns] Generally said to be Russian animals valued for their fur; but, I apprehend, Middleton used the word in the sense of lynxes. “A Luzarne. Loup cervier,” says Cotgrave, who explains the French term, “a kind of white Wolfe,” or “the spotted Linx, or Ounce, or a kind therof.” See, too, Minsheu in vv. Luzarne and Furre.
340. bitter, estridge] i. e. bittern, ostrich.
341. Crismas] Or Christmas.—“At the end of this [pageant,—Heywood’s Londini Artium et Scientiarum Scaturigo, &c. 1632] is a panegyric on Maister Gerard Christmas, for bringing the pageants and figures to such great perfection both in symmetry and substance, being before but unshapen monsters, made only of slight wicker and paper. This man designed Aldersgate, and carved the equestrian statue of James I. there, and the old piece of Northumberland house.” Biog. Dram., vol. iii. p. 118.
342. Hight] i. e. called.
343. feel] Old ed. “feels.”
344. word] i. e. motto.
346. To raise, &c.] “The rhymster[!] here seems to allude to a repair the New Standard had undergone, and perhaps also to the repair of St. Paul’s Cathedral.” Nichols. Compare vol. iv. p. 421.
349. pegmes] i. e. machines, erections: see Facciolati, Lex. in v. pegma.
350. rise] i. e. rose.
351. prince of prophets] “David.” Marg. note in old ed.
353. approves] i. e. proves.
355. tralucent] i. e. translucent.
356. enginous] i. e. inventive: see Gifford’s note on B. Jonson’s Works, vol. ii. p. 281.
357. which] Old ed. “with.”
358. afford] Old ed. “affords.”
359. strike] Old ed. “strikes.”
361. make] Old ed. “makes.”
362. bring] Old ed. “brings.”
364. showers] Old ed. “flowers.”
365. unvalued] i. e. invaluable. Old ed. “vnvaleed.”
366. are] Old ed. “is.”
367. Death’s pageants, &c.] King James having died in 1625.
370. sit] Old ed. “sits.”
371. meritorious] i. e. merited.
372. murmuring] Old ed. “murmurings.”
373. sith] i.e. since.
374. need] Old ed. “needs.”
375. grow] Old ed. “growes.”
376. fond] i. e. silly, idle.
378. An] Old ed. “And.”
379. Give] Old ed. “Giues.”
380. gain] Old ed. “gaines.”
381. live] Old ed. “liues.”
382. do] Old ed. “doth.”
383. sith] i. e. since.
384. see ... hear] Old ed. “sees ... heares.”
385. differ] Old ed. “differeth.”
386. core] Old ed. “crue.”
387. are] Old ed. “is.”
388. Begin] Old ed. “Begins.”
389. Do] Old ed. “Doth.”
390. sith] i. e. since.
391. do] Old ed. “doth.”
392. tune] Old ed. “tunes.”
393. plot] i. e. scheme, form,—pattern.
394. Sith] i. e. Since.
395. Where] i. e. Whether.
396. covet] Old ed. “covets.”
397. flow] Old ed. “flowes.”
398. Three] Old ed. “Their.”
399. corrupt] Old ed. “corrupts.”
400. are] Old ed. “is.”
401. spring] Old ed. “springs.”
402. live] Old ed. “liues.”
403. rife] i. e. common, prevalent.
404. are] Old ed. “is.”
405. fair] i. e. fairness, beauty. The word was formerly in common use as a substantive.
406. think] Old ed. “thinkes.”
407. have] Old ed. “hath.”
408. bring] Old ed. “brings.”
409. say] Old ed. “sayes.”
410. die] Old ed. “dies.”
411. see] Old ed. “sees.”
412. ne’er the near] i. e. never the nearer.
413. stand] Old ed. “stands.”
414. come] Old ed. “comes.”
415. risse] i. e. risen.
416. Plough] Old ed. “Plowes.”
417. jesses] i. e. the short leather straps round the hawk’s legs, having little rings to which the falconer’s leash was fastened.
418. shew] Old ed. “shewes.”
419. bound] Old ed. “bounds.”
420. wave] Old ed. “waves.”
421. again] i. e. against.
422. remorse] i. e. pity.
423. steven] i. e. voice, sound.
424. chambers] i. e. ordnance: compare p. 190.
425. remorse] i. e. pity.
426. Do] Old ed. “Doth.”
427. scorn] Old ed. “skorns.”
428. flow ... ebb] Old ed. “flowes” ... “ebbes.”
429. far-fet] i. e. far-fetch’d.
430. bonner] So written for the rhyme.
431. shadow] Old ed. “shadowes.”
432. soul] Old ed. “soules.”
433. swaddled] To be pronounced as a trisyllable.
434. Sith] i. e. since.
435. Are] Old ed. “Is.”
436. Sith] i. e. since.
437. Disgesting] i. e. Digesting—a form common in our old writers.
438. sith] i. e. since.
439. Sith] i. e. since.
441. table-book] i. e. memorandum-book.
442. seely] i. e. silly, simple—harmless.
443. Do] Old ed. “Doth.”
444. alline] i. e. ally.
445. remorse] i. e. pity.
446. cognizance] i. e. badge.
447. hope] Old ed. “hopes.”
448. clifts] i. e. cliffs.
449. prompt] Old ed. “prompts.”
450. wrath-] Old ed. “wraths-.”
451. nigrum] This word, the meaning of which is obvious, occurs in the “Defiance to Envy” prefixed to the next poem in this vol.;
452. burst] i. e. broken.
453. far-fet] i. e. far-fetched.
454. Sith] i. e. since.
455. think] Old ed. “thinkes.”
456. Do] Old ed. “Doth.”
458. Eschip] A familiar corruption of East-cheap, where, as Stow says, was a “flesh-market of butchers.”
460. Sith] i. e. since.
461. moul] i. e. mould.
462. fire-durst] Qy. “fire-dust”?
463. bin] i. e. been.
464. team] Old ed. “teene”—a word of common occurrence in our earliest poetry, but doubtless a misprint here: compare p. 369, l. 4, and p. 430, l. 19; and be it observed, that in the passage last referred to the old ed. has “teeme.”