Act Iv: Scene Ii

p. 394 Vails. Avails; profits. Money given to servants: ‘tips’.

Act IV: Scene iii

p. 398 Cushion-Dance. A merry old English round action dance common in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.

p. 398 Nickers. Or knickers, marbles generally made of baked clay. cf. Duffet’s farce, The Mock Tempest (1675), Act iv, I:—

Enter Hypolito playing with Nickers.

Hyp. Anan, Anan, forsooth— you, Sir, don’t you stir the Nickers. I’l play out my game presently.