It is evident from the present passage and the above quotations that
ruffians like Everill kept regular quarters in the 'Bermudas', where
they might be consulted with
reference
to the settlement of affairs
of honor.
Ben Jonson - The Devil's Association
)
'On Wednesday at the Bermudas Court, Sir Edwin Sandys fell foul
of the Earl of Warwick. The Lord Cavendish seconded Sandys and
the Earl told the Lord, "By his favour he believed he lied."
Hereupon, it is said, they rode out yesterday, and, as it is
thought, gone beyond sea to fight.--_Leigh to Rev. Joseph Mede_,
July 18, 1623.' (Quoted Wh-C. 1. 169.) So in _Underwoods_,
_Wks._ 8. 348:
turn pirates here at land,
Have their Bermudas and their Streights i' the Strand.
_Bart. Fair_, _Wks._ 4. 407: "The Streights, or the Bermudas,
where the quarrelling lesson is read.
"
It is evident from the present passage and the above quotations that
ruffians like Everill kept regular quarters in the 'Bermudas', where
they might be consulted with
reference
to the settlement of affairs
of honor.
=2. 1. 151 puts off man, and kinde.= 'I. e., human nature.'--G. Cf.
_Catiline_, _Wks._ 4. 212:
--so much, that kind
May seek itself there, and not find.
=2. 1. 162 French-masques.= 'Masks do not appear as ordinary
articles of female costume in England previous to the reign of
Queen Elizabeth.
