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- i8o Notes [Act III
What should we talk of dainties then,
Of better meat than 's fit for men ?
These are but vain ; that 's only good
Which God hath bless'd and sent for food.
But could youth last and love still breed,
Had joys no date and age no need,
Then these delights my mind might move
To live with thee and be thy love.
23. Whenas I sat in Pabylon. This line is from the old version
of the 137th Psalm: —
" When we did sit in Babylon,
The rivers round about,
Then, in remembrance of Sion,
The tears for grief burst out."
For whenas = when, see C. of E. iv. 4. 140, Sonn. 49. 3, etc.
24. Vagram. Cf. Much Ado, iii. 3. 26: "all vagrom men."
Johnson changes the word to " vagrant."
44. Doublet and hose. Equivalent to the modern " coat and
breeches." Cf. A. Y. L. ii. 4. 6, iii. 2. 206, 232, iv. i. 206, etc.
Here in your doublet and hose means only thus dressed, or without
a cloak.
56. So wide of his own respect. " So indifferent to his own repu-
tation."
95. Gallia. Here = Wales (Fr. Galles, ox pays des Galles).
99. Machiavel? For the allusion to the great Italian, cf.
I Hen. VI. V. 4. 74 and 3 Hen. VI. iii. 2. 193.
103. Give me thy hand, terrestrial ; so. These words are from
the quarto ; first inserted in the text by Theobald.
114. Sot. Fool (Fr. sot) ; as elsewhere in S. Cf. Temp. iii. 2.
loi, C. of E. ii. 2. 196, T. N, i. 5. 129, v. i. 202, etc.
115. Vlouting-stog. Flouting-stock, laughing-stock. Cf, iv. 5.
82 below.
118. Scall. Evans's word for ^<r«/a^ (= scabby, scurvy). Cf.
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