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6. 73 Not beyond that rush. = Rushes took the place of
carpets in the days of Elizabeth. Shakespeare makes frequent
reference to the custom (see Schmidt). The following passage from
Dr. Bulleyne has often been quoted: 'Rushes that grow upon dry
groundes be good to strew in halles, chambers and galleries, to
walk upon, defending apparel, as traynes of gownes and kertles
from dust. ' Cf. also _Cyn. Rev. _ 2. 5; _Every Man out_ 3. 3.

=1. 6. 83 As wise as a Court Parliament.
= Jonson refers
here, I suppose, to the famous Courts or Parliaments of Love,
which were supposed to have existed during the Middle Ages (cf.
Skeat, _Chaucer's Works_ 7. lxxx).

Cunningham calls attention to the fact that Massinger's
_Parliament of Love_ was not produced until 1624. Jonson depicts
a sort of mock Parliament of Love in the _New Inn_, Act 4.

=1. 6. 88 And at all caracts. = 'I. e. , to the nicest point,
to the minutest circumstance. '--G. See Gloss. and cf. _Every Man
in_, _Wks. _ 1.