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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. _ Yes the husbands kisse their
wiues, but as if it were behinde seuen walls, where the very light
cannot see them. '

=4. 3. 33 f. Decayes the fore-teeth, that should guard the tongue;=
etc. Cf. _Timber_, ed. Schelling, 13. 24: 'It was excellently said of
that philosopher, that there was a wall or parapet of teeth set in
our mouth, to restrain the petulancy of our words; that the rashness
of talking should not only be retarded by the guard and watch of our
heart, but be fenced in and defended by certain strengths placed in
the mouth itself, and within the lips.