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211).

=4. 4. 232 The Moone. = I. e. , see that the moon and zodiacal sign are
propitious.

=4. 4. 235 Get their natiuities cast! = Astrology was a favorite
subject of satire. Cf. Massinger, _City Madam_ 2. 2; B. & Fl.
, _Rollo
Duke of Normandy_ 4. 2, etc.

=4. 5. 31, 2 his valour has At the tall board bin question'd. = _Tall
board_ is, I think, the same as _table-board_, a gaming-table. In
Dyce's edition of Webster's _Devil's Law Case_ (_Wks. _ 2. 38) we
read: 'shaking your elbow at the table-board. ' Dyce says in a note
that the old folio reads _Taule-board_. _Tables_ is derived from Lat.
_Tabularum lusus_ > Fr. _Tables_. The derivation, _table_ > _tavl_ >
_taul_ > _tall_, presents no etymological difficulties. A note from
Professor Joseph Wright of Oxford confirms me in my theory.

The passage seems to mean that Merecraft was accused of cheating,
and, his valor not rising to the occasion, his reputation for honesty
was left somewhat in doubt.