]
[267] [Old copy, _when_.]
[268] See "Henry IV.," Part I., act ii. sc 1, respecting "burning
cressets." In a note, Steevens quotes the above line in explanation of
Shakespeare.
[269] [The concluding portion of the speech is supposed to be overheard
by Fraud and the others.]
[270] The ordinary cry of the apprentices of London, when they wished to
raise their fellows to take their part in any commotion. It is mentioned
in many old writers.
[271] A trouchman was an interpreter [literally, a truceman]: "For he
that is the Trouchman of a Straungers tongue may well declare his
meaning, but yet shall marre the grace of his Tale" (G. Whetstone's
"Heptameron," 1582).
[272] [Old copy, _trunke_.]
[273] [This is to be pronounced as a trisyllable.]
[274] [In the old copy this line is printed thus--
"Quid tibi cum domini mox servient miseri nobis; discede."]
[275] [In the old copy this line is divided between Policy and Pomp
improperly.]
[276] [Might my advice be heard.]
[277] [Old copy, _wished_.]
[278] [Old copy, _we_.]
[279] [Old copy, _Ne. Fra., Nemo_ being retained by error.]
[280] [The entrance of Diligence is marked here in old copy; but he was
already on the stage.
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