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- Scene IV] Notes 163
Pope reads " cane-coloured," that is, yellowish like cane, which is
perhaps favoured by the " kane " (twice) in the quarto.
23. Softly-sprighted. Gentle-spirited. Cf. spright — spirit, in
V. and A. 181, R. of L. 121, Macb. iv. I. 127, etc. Spirit is often
a monosyllable in S.; as in M. N. D.\\. i. i. Ham. i. i. 161, etc.
24. As tall a man of his hands. As able-bodied a man. Cf.
W. T. V. 2. 178 : " thou art a tall fellow of thy hands." Tall was
often = stout, sturdy; as in ii. i. 225 and ii. 2. 10 below.
26, A warrener. A keeper of a warren, or enclosure for birds
or beasts, especially rabbits. S. has the word only here, and warren
only in Much ^Ido, ii. i. 322 : " a lodge in a warren."
36. Shent. Rated, scolded; as in T. N, iv. 2. 112: "I am
shent for speaking to you," etc.
40. Doubt. Suspect, fear ; as often. Cf. Ham. i. 2. 256 : " I
doubt some foul play," "etc.
42. And doiun, down, etc. " To deceive her master, she sings
as if at her work " (Sir John Hawkins).
44. Un .boitier vert. The folio has unboyteane vert. Daniel
reads " une boitine verde," taking the box to be a case for instru-
ments, etc., too large for the pocket ; but cf. what Caius says in 53.
49. Horn-mad, Mad as an angry bull ; mostly used of a cuck-
old. See iii. 5. 151 below, and cf. C t?/^. ii. i. 57 : —
^' Dromio of E. Why, mistress, sure my master is horn-mad.
Adriana. Horn-mad, thou villain !
Dromio of E. • I mean not cuckold-mad;
But, sure, he is stark mad."
50. Mafoi, etc. Printed thus in the folio : " maifoy, il fait for
ehandoy le man voi a le Court la grand affair es^^
57. Jack Rugby. Alluding to the contemptuous use oi Jack ; as
in 104 below. Cf. i Hen. IV. v. 4. 143 : " if I be not Jack Falstaff,
then am I a Jack," etc.
75. Phlegmatic. Mrs. Quickly is using a word that is too much
for her. She seems to have meant choleric.
85. I'll ne'er put my finger, etc. This was a proverbial phrase
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