132: 'He's a leiger at Horn's
ordinary
(cant name
for a bawdy-house) yonder.
for a bawdy-house) yonder.
Ben Jonson - The Devil's Association
Wks.
_
3. 116 f. : 'Of all which _Lawes_, the _Highest_ in place, and the
_Highest_ in perdition is the _Cheating_ Law or the Art of winning
money by false dyce: Those that practise this studie call themselues
_Cheators_, / the dyce _Cheaters_, and the money which they purchase
[see note 3. 4. 31, 2. ] _Cheates_ [see 1. 7. 4 and Gloss. ]: borrowing the
tearme from our common Lawyers, with whome all such casuals as fall
to the Lord at the holding of his _Leetes_, as _Waifes_, _Strayes_, &
such like, are sayd to be _Escheated to the Lords vse_ and are called
_Cheates_. '
=5. 6. 64 Bawd-ledger. = Jonson speaks of a similar official in _Every
Man out_, _Wks. _ 2.
132: 'He's a leiger at Horn's ordinary (cant name
for a bawdy-house) yonder. ' See Gloss.
=5. 6. 68 to sindge your nayles off. = In the fool's song in _Twelfth
Night_ we have the exclamation to the devil: 'paire thy nayles dad'
(Furness's ed. , p. 273). The editor quotes Malone: 'The Devil was
supposed from choice to keep his nails unpared, and therefore to pare
them was an affront. So, in Camden's _Remaines_, 1615: "I will follow
mine owne minde, and mine old trade; who shall let me? the divel's
nailes are unparde. "'
Compare also _Henry V. _ 4. 4. 76: 'Bardolph and Nym had ten times
more valor than this roaring devil i' the old play, that every one
may pare his nails with a wooden dagger. '
=5.
3. 116 f. : 'Of all which _Lawes_, the _Highest_ in place, and the
_Highest_ in perdition is the _Cheating_ Law or the Art of winning
money by false dyce: Those that practise this studie call themselues
_Cheators_, / the dyce _Cheaters_, and the money which they purchase
[see note 3. 4. 31, 2. ] _Cheates_ [see 1. 7. 4 and Gloss. ]: borrowing the
tearme from our common Lawyers, with whome all such casuals as fall
to the Lord at the holding of his _Leetes_, as _Waifes_, _Strayes_, &
such like, are sayd to be _Escheated to the Lords vse_ and are called
_Cheates_. '
=5. 6. 64 Bawd-ledger. = Jonson speaks of a similar official in _Every
Man out_, _Wks. _ 2.
132: 'He's a leiger at Horn's ordinary (cant name
for a bawdy-house) yonder. ' See Gloss.
=5. 6. 68 to sindge your nayles off. = In the fool's song in _Twelfth
Night_ we have the exclamation to the devil: 'paire thy nayles dad'
(Furness's ed. , p. 273). The editor quotes Malone: 'The Devil was
supposed from choice to keep his nails unpared, and therefore to pare
them was an affront. So, in Camden's _Remaines_, 1615: "I will follow
mine owne minde, and mine old trade; who shall let me? the divel's
nailes are unparde. "'
Compare also _Henry V. _ 4. 4. 76: 'Bardolph and Nym had ten times
more valor than this roaring devil i' the old play, that every one
may pare his nails with a wooden dagger. '
=5.
