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.
Ben Jonson - The Devil's Association
442:
Ducit lembum dierectum nauis praedatoria.
In _Miles Gloriosus_ 4. 1. 986, we have precisely the same
application as in the English dramatists: 'Haec celox (a swift
sailing vessel) illiust, quae hinc agreditur, internuntia.'
=1. 6. 62 th' are right.= Whalley's interpretation is, of
course, correct. See variants.
=1. 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.
