Shakespeare's History of King Henry the Fourth Pt. 2
Shakespeare's History of King Henry the Fourth Pt. 2
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
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. . . The whitte spettle not knottie, signifieth health." Per- haps this last sentence is the key to the puzzle. 200. Well, I cannot last ever. The remainder of the speech is omitted in the folios. 209. Pound. Often plural with numerals. See Rich. II. p. 182. 212. To bear crosses. Another quibble from the venerable Chief- Justice. ACT I. SCENE III. »S7 He plays upon cross^ which often meant a coin stamped with a cross. Cf. A. y, Z. ii. 4. 12 : "I should bear no cross if I did bear you; for I th...ink you have no money in your purse." See also Z. Z. Z. i. 2. 36. 214. Fi7/tp me with a three-man beetle. Steevens says that it is a com- mon sport with the Warwickshire boys to put a toad on one end of a short board placed across a small log, and then to strike the other end with a bat, thus throwing the creature high in the air. This is called^//^- ing the toad. A three-man beetle is a heavy rammer with three handles used in driving piles, requiring three men to wield it. Such a beetle would evidently be suitable ior filliping a weight like Falstaflf's.
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