ches, or formed by the termination of several alleys, leading to a
bridge. It is one of these spaces that is represented in the second act.

(B) "Black Monday" is Easter Monday, and was so called on this occasion.
In the 34th of Edward III. (1360), the 14th April, and the morrow after
Easter Day, King Edward, with his host, lay before the City of Paris,
which day was full dark of mist and hail, and so bitter cold that many
men died on their horse's backs with the cold.--_Stowe_.

FOOTNOTES:

[Footnote 43: _Khanzir_, Arab, a hog. A cape on the coast of Syria is
named _Ras el Khanzir;_ i.e., hog's-head.]

[Footnote 44: _--for the heavens_; This expression is simply "a pretty
oath." It occurs in Ben Jonson and Decker.]

[Footnote 45: _--sand-blind, high-gravel blind_,; Having an imperfect
sight, as if there was sand in the eye.--Gravel-blind, a coinage of
Launcelot's, is the exaggeration of _sand-blind_.]

[Footnote 46: _I will try_ conclusions; Experiments.]

[Footnote 47: _--turn down indirectly to the Jew's house_.; This
perplexed direction is given to puzzle the enquirer.]

[Footnote 48: _--now will I raise the waters.; Id est_, make him weep.]

[Footnote 49: --we talk of young master Launcelot. _Gobbo_. Of
Launcelot, an't please your mastership. _Id est, plain_ Launcelot, and
not, as you term him, _master_ Launcelot.]

[Footnote 50: _--phill horse_,; The horse in the shafts of a cart or
waggon. The term is best understood in the Midland Counties.]

[Footnote 51: _--the suit is impertinent_; Launcelot is a blunderer, as
well as one who can _"play upon a word;"_ here he means _pertinent_.]

[Footnote 52: _--a livery more_ guarded; More ornamented.]

[Footnote 53: _--a fairer table_; Table is the palm of the hand.]

[Footnote 54: _--I shall have good fortune_!; The palm which offers to
swear that the owner shall have good fortune, is a fair table to be
proud of.]

[Footnote 55: _--here's a simple line of life_!; In allusion to the
lines on the palm of his hand.]

[Footnote 56: _--in peril of my life with the edge of a feather-bed_,; A
cant phrase to signify the danger of marrying.]

[Footnote 57: _--something too_ liberal:--; Gross or coarse.]

[Footnote 58: _--hood mine eyes_; Alluding to the manner of covering a
hawk's eyes.]

[Footnote 59: _--sad ostent;_ Grave appearance--show of staid and
serious behaviour. _Ostent_ is a word very commonly used for _show_
among the old dramatic writers.]

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