= This seems to be
equivalent to the similar
expression
'squire of dames.
Ben Jonson - The Devil's Association
Ford, _Lover's Melancholy_, _Wks._
2. 80: 'A kind of cokes, which is, as the learned term [it], an
ass, a puppy, a widgeon, a dolt, a noddy, a----.' Cokes is the
name of a foolish coxcomb in _Bart. Fair_.
=2. 2. 116 your squires of honour.
= This seems to be
equivalent to the similar
expression
'squire of dames.
'
=2. 2. 119-125 For the variety at my times, ... I know, to
do my turnes, sweet Mistresse.= I. e., when for variety you turn
to me, I will be able to serve your needs. Pug, of course, from the
delicate nature of the subject, chooses to make use of somewhat
ambiguous phrases.
