It is
possible
that the reference here is to the
Infanta Maria.
Ben Jonson - The Devil's Association
Lady Politick Would-be in the _Fox_
is of course addicted to the habit, and a good deal is said on the
subject in _Epicoene_. Dekker (_West-ward Hoe_, _Wks._ 2. 285) has
a passage quite similar in spirit to Jonson's satire.
=4. 2. 71 the very Infanta of the Giants!= Cf. Massinger and Field,
_Fatal Dowry_ 4. 1: 'O that I were the infanta queen of Europe!'
Pecunia in the _Staple of News_ is called the 'Infanta of the
mines.' Spanish terms were fashionable at this time. Cf. the use of
_Grandees_, 1. 3.
It is
possible
that the reference here is to the
Infanta Maria.
See Introduction, p. xviii.
=4. 3. 5, 6 It is the manner of Spaine, to imbrace onely, Neuer to
kisse.= Cf. Minsheu's _Pleasant and Delightfull Dialogues,_ pp. 51-2:
'_W._ I hold that the greatest cause of dissolutenesse in some women
in England is this custome of kissing publikely.... _G._ In Spaine
doe not men vse to kisse women? _I.
