No More Learning

' In some cases it is practically equivalent to 'in
existence. ' Cf. _Sil. Wom. _, _Wks. _ 3. 382: 'Is the bull, bear,
and horse, in _rerum natura_ still? '

=3. 2. 12 a long vacation. = The long vacation in the Inns
of Court, which Jonson had in mind, lasts from Aug. 13 to Oct.
23. In _Staple of News_, _Wks. _ 5.
170, he makes a similar
thrust at the shop-keepers:

Alas I they have had a pitiful hard time on't,
A long vacation from their cozening.

=3. 2. 22 I bought Plutarch's liues. = T. North's famous
translation first appeared in 1579. New editions followed in
1595, 1603, 1610-12, and 1631.

=3. 2. 33 Buy him a Captaines place. = The City Train Bands
were a constant subject of ridicule for the dramatists. They are
especially well caricatured by Fletcher in _The Knight of the
Burning Pestle_, Act 5. In addition to the City Train Bands,
the Fraternity of Artillery, now called The Honorable Artillery
Company, formed a separate organization. The place of practice
was the Artillery Garden in Bunhill Fields (see note 3. 2. 41).