64, and frequently in
Shakespeare
(see Schmidt).
Ben Jonson - The Devil's Association
Cf. also _Alch. _, _Wks. _ 4. 151; _Bart. Fair_, _Wks. _ 4. 357; and
this play 4. 4. 164. In _Underwoods_ 62 the same expression is used
as in this passage:
What a strong fort old Pimlico had been!
How it held out! how, last, 'twas taken in! --
_Take in_ in the sense of 'capture' is used again in _Every Man
in_, _Wks. _ 1.
64, and frequently in Shakespeare (see Schmidt).
The reference here, as Cunningham suggests, is to the Finsbury
sham fights. Hogsden was in the neighborhood of Finsbury, and
the battles were doubtless carried into its territory.
=3. 3. 173 Some Bristo-stone or Cornish counterfeit. = Cf.
Heywood, _Wks. _ 5. 317: 'This jewell, a plaine _Bristowe_ stone,
a counterfeit. ' See Gloss.
=3. 3. 184, 5 I know your Equiuocks:=
=You'are growne the better Fathers of 'hem o' late. = 'Satirically
reflecting on the Jesuits, the great patrons of _equivocation_. '--W.
