36 (return) [ happily: i.e. haply.]     

  

       37 (return) [ Officer: Old ed.       "Reader."]     

  

       38 (return) [ denies: i.e. refuses.]     

  

       39 (return) [ convertite: "i.e. convert, as in Shakespeare's KING JOHN, act v. sc. 1." STEEVENS (apud Dodsley's O. P.).]     

  

       40 (return) [ Then we'll take, &c.:       In the old ed. this line forms a portion of the preceding speech.]     

  

       41 (return) [ ecstasy: Equivalent here to—violent emotion. "The word was anciently used to signify some degree of alienation of mind." COLLIER (apud Dodsley's O. P.).]     

  

       42 (return) [ Exeunt three Jews: On their departure, the scene is supposed to be changed to a street near the house of Barabas.]     

  

       43 (return) [ reduce: If the right reading, is equivalent to—repair. But qy. "redress"?]     

  

       44 (return) [ fond: "i.e. foolish."       REED (apud Dodsley's O. P.).]     

  

       45 (return) [ portagues: Portuguese gold coins, so called.]     

  

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