The title Prince seems to be
gratuitous
on Jonson's part.
Ben Jonson - The Devil's Association
=1. 4. 96 Migniard.= 'Cotgrave has in his dictionary,
"_Mignard_--migniard, prettie, quaint, neat, feat, wanton, dainty,
delicate." In the _Staple of News_ [_Wks._ 5. 221] Jonson tries
to introduce the substantive _migniardise_, but happily without
success.'--G.
=1. 4. 101 Prince Quintilian.= The reputation of this famous
rhetorician (c 35-c 97 A. D.) is based on his great work entitled
_De Instiutione Oratoria Libri_ XII. The first English edition seems
to have been made in 1641, but many Continental editions had preceded
it.
The title Prince seems to be
gratuitous
on Jonson's part.
He is
mentioned again in _Timber_ (ed. Schelling, 57. 29 and 81. 4).
=1. 5. 2= Cf. _New Inn_, _Wks._ 5. 323:
'_Host._ What say you, sir? where are you, are you within?
(_Strikes_ LOVEL _on the breast_.)'
