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- iS6 Notes [Act I
For do/^om = ball of thread, see T. of S. iv. 3. 138. It will be
noted that the book was printed by Thomas Creede, who printed
the 1st quarto of M. IV. See p. 10 above.
203. Michaelmas. As All-hallowmas is almost five weeks after
Michaelmas, Theobald changed this to " Martlemas." He says :
"The simplest creatures (nay, even naturals) generally are very
precise in the knowledge of festivals, and marking how the seasons
run." This is true ; but the blunder here may nevertheless be
intentional.
212. Motiotis. Proposals. Cf. 54 above.
217. Simple though I stand here. A common phrase of the
time, of which many examples might be given ; as from The
Returne from Parnassusy 1606: "I am Stercutio, his father, sir,
simple as I stand here."
228. Parcel of the mouth. That is, part of it ; as in the phrase
"part and parcel." This sense of parcel is common in S. Cf.
2 Hen. IV. iii. 2. 159 : " Ere break the smallest parcel of this vow,"
etc. ; Cor. iv. 5. 231 : "A parcel of their feast."
249. Contempt. The folios have " content ; " but Theobald was
probably right in seeing here a blundering use of the familiar prov-
erb. As Steevens points out, we have a similar misuse of contempt
in L. L. L.\. I. 191 : " Sir, the contempts thereof [that is, of the
letter] are as touching me."
251. Fall. Used by Evans iox fault.
267. Attends. Waits for; as in Rich. II. i. 3. 1 16: "Attending
but the signal to begin," etc.
271. Beholding. " Beholden " (Pope's reading, but a word never
used by S.). Cf. M. of V. i. 3. 106, A. Y. L. iv. i. 60, etc.
282. A master of fence. According to an old MS. in the British
Museum, there were three degrees in the "noble science of de-
fence," namely, a master's, a provost's, and a scholar's (Steevens).
A veney (also spelt venew, venue, etc.) was a thrust or hit in fenc-
ing. Cf. L. L. L. v. I. 62: "a quick venue of wit." Here the
dish of stewed prunes was the wager which was to be paid by him
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