. Shakespeare's Twelfth night;. differentobjects, — (a) dishonor, (b) deceive, and (c) impose on. 112-113. set mine . . thoughts. The figure is based on thesport of bear-baiting, in which a bear was tied to a stake and worriedby dogs till it or the dogs were killed. 115. cypress: handkerchief of crepelike fabric worn as part ofthe mourning costume. 118. vulgar proof: common experience. 129. westward-ho! the cry of the Thames boatmen on theeastern side of the river to announce their destination and to attractpassengers. When only one bridge spanned the Thames, manyferry boats were in constant u
. Shakespeare's Twelfth night;. differentobjects, — (a) dishonor, (b) deceive, and (c) impose on. 112-113. set mine . . thoughts. The figure is based on thesport of bear-baiting, in which a bear was tied to a stake and worriedby dogs till it or the dogs were killed. 115. cypress: handkerchief of crepelike fabric worn as part ofthe mourning costume. 118. vulgar proof: common experience. 129. westward-ho! the cry of the Thames boatmen on theeastern side of the river to announce their destination and to attractpassengers. When only one bridge spanned the Thames, manyferry boats were in constant use. The corresponding cries were,Eastward-ho ! Northward-ho ! etc. scene n] NOTES 107 Scene II 11. Slight: by Gods light. 23-25. you are . . beard. The north side is of course the coolside. The Dutchman here mentioned is thought to have beenBarenz, who discovered Nova Zembla in 1596, the news of whichreached Holland in 1598. 40. thoust. Thou was used only to familiar friends and toservants, so was an insult to a A BED OF SHAKESPEARE S TIME 42. the bed of Ware in England: was 10 feet 9 inches square,was able to accommodate ten persons, and was at one time in theSaracens Head Inn in Ware. 48. some two thousand: some two thousand pounds, equal toabout fifty thousand dollars now. An English pound, consisting oftwenty shillings, is about $ in present values; but in Shake-speares time, when a shilling was the days wage for a skilled me-chanic, obviously a pound was of much greater relative value. 53. an answer: an acceptance of the the youngest wren of nine: hence the passages of grossness: great i the church: not an unusual place for a school then, sincepractically all teachers had taken at least minor orders. 108 TWELFTH NIGHT [act m 70. new map . . Indies: probably a map for one of the edi-tions of Hakluyts Voyages, then well known. See Mr. Cootesarticle in Transactions of the New Shakspere Society, 1877-1870,p. 88/. Scen
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