216 NOTES. [PAGES 142-144. 11. 22, 3. pot-herbs, herbs for cooking purposes. 1. 26. the wood of nightingales, the wood especially frequented by nightingales. 11. 28, 9. all the music of the country, all the best songsters among the birds of the country. 1. 30. in season, as we talk of certain fruits, vegetables, etc., as being in season, i.e. abounding, at a particular time of the year, so the various birds that from time to time were in song are spoken of as being in season. P. 143, 1. 4. overtures, offers of marriage, proposals. 11. 8, 9. leased... lives, let on lease for a period extending over three ordinary lives, i.e. somewhere about three thousand years. 1. 10. in this building, in the building of such houses. 1. 14. timbrel, a kind of tambourine, or shallow drum, used as an accompaniment to dancing. 1. 20. a whole... Saturn, i.e. a period of twenty-nine years and a half. 1. 26. her interest, considerations of profit. P. 144, 1. 7. cubits, an old measure of length, the length from the elbow to the end of the middle finger. 1. 8. spikenard, an aromatic oil or balsam. 1. 9. spicy, spice-producing. 1. 10. the burnt offering, in the Jewish religion was an animal consumed on the altar as an offering to God. Toleration, 11. 29. Actuate, 127. 35. Adamant, 77. 35. Æolus, 14. 6. Brocade, 37. 13. C Canopy, 20. 30. Chamber-counsellor, 10. 28. Childermas-day, 15. 14. Chimerical, 23. 7. Chorus, Greek, 116. 3. Colly-molly-puff, 93. 8. Comedy, the Ancient, 115. 7. Commode, a, 48. 1; 120. 2. Comptroller, 90. 27. Coptic, 36. 21. Coquettes, 43. 3. Coronation chairs, 103. 22. Country-dance, 5. 26. Crotchet, 94. 6. D Death-watch, 17. 15. Delirious, 22. 16. Bowling-green, 57. 8. Dissenter, 80. 12. 217 R. Merry-thought, 16. 27. Methoughts, 11. 22. Musculi amatorii, 96. 22. N New Inn, 7. 22. Ramage de la Ville, 90. 10. Religio Medici, 124. 13. Rhinoceros, to play the, 96. 20. S Salamandrine, 100. 29. Sinciput, 95. 13. Smiglesians, 87. 35. Steenkirk, battle of, 106. 15. |