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- 1 72 Notes [Act 11
63. Lay at Windsor. "That is, resided there" (Malone).
See on ii. i. 177 above.
66. Coach after coach. See p. 10 above.
67. Rushlitig. Rustling. So alligant in the next line = elegant.
77. Pensioners. Gentlemen in the personal service of the sov-
ereign. Cf.M. N. D. ii. I. 10. In both places there is an allusion
\ to Queen Elizabeth's band of military courtiers called pensioners.
They were the handsomest and tallest young men of good family
^ that could be found.
87. Wot. Know ; used only in the present tense and the parti-
ciple wotting, for which see W. T. iii. 2. 77.
90. Frampold. Quarrelsome. The word is a rare one, but
Steevens cites examples of it from Nash, Middleton, and others.
103. Charms. That is, love-charms, or magic influences.
114. Of all loves. For love's sake; as in M. N. D. ii. 2. 154:
"Speak, of all loves! " In 0th. iii. i. 13, the ist quarto has "of
all loves," the folios " for love's sake."
118. Take all, pay all. This was a proverbial expression.
126. Nay-word. Watchword; as in v. 2. 5 below. See also
r. N. ii. 3. 146.
135. Punk. " A vessel of the small craft, employed as a carrier
(and so called) for merchants." There is a play on this sense and
the common one (= harlot).
136. Fights ! A technical term for "cloths hung round the ship
to conceal the men from the enemy" (Johnson). Steevens quotes
The Fair Maid of the West, 1615 : —
" Then now up with your fights, and let your ensigns,
Blest with St. George's cross, play with the winds."
146. And hath sent your worship, etc. As Malone notes, it was
a common custom, in the poet's time, to send presents of wine from
one room to another, either in token of friendship, or (as here)
by way of introduction to acquaintance. Cf. Merry Passages and
Feasts (Harl. MSS. 6395) : " Ben : Johnson was at a taverne, and
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