To be abroad
chanting
some bawdy song,
And laugh, and measure thighs, then squeak, spring, itch,
Do all the tricks of a salt lady bitch!
Ben Jonson - The Devil's Association
Arab. _Al-mojabbana_: cheese-and-flour cake.
Xeres was famed for this dainty, which is named from Arabic
_jobn_ = "cheese."'
=4. 4. 147 Marquesse Muja.= Apparently a Spanish marquise,
occupying a position in society similar to that of Madame
Recamier.
=4. 4. 156 A Lady of spirit.= With this line and lines 165
f. cf. _U._ 32, _Wks._ 8.
356:
To be abroad
chanting
some bawdy song,
And laugh, and measure thighs, then squeak, spring, itch,
Do all the tricks of a salt lady bitch!
--For these with her young company she'll enter,
Where Pitts, or Wright, or Modet would not venture;
(Fol. reads 'venter')
And come by these degrees the style t'inherit
Of woman of fashion, and a lady of spirit.
=4. 4. 164 Pimlico.= See note 3. 3. 170.
=4. 4. 164 daunce the Saraband.= The origin of the saraband is in
doubt, being variously attributed to Spain and to the Moors. It
is found in Europe at the beginning of the sixteenth century, and
its immoral character is constantly referred to. Grove (_Dict. of
Music_ 3.
