"Grey grete-heded quenes With gold BY THE EIGHEN." 

       v. 167, ed. Wright (who has no note on the expression): and Beaumont and Fletcher's KNIGHT OF THE BURNING PESTLE, act ii. sc. 2; "here's money and gold BY TH' EYE, my boy." In Fletcher's BEGGARS' BUSH, act iii. sc. 1, we find, "Come, English beer, hostess, English beer BY THE BELLY!"]     

  

       114 (return) [ In few: i.e. in a few words, in short.]     

  

       115 (return) [ hebon: i.e. ebony, which was formerly supposed to be a deadly poison.]     

  

       116 (return) [ Enter FERNEZE, &c.:       The scene is the interior of the Council-house.]     

  

       117 (return) [ basso: Old ed.       "Bashaws" (the printer having added an S by mistake), and in the preceding stage-direction, and in the fifth speech of this scene, "Bashaw": but in an earlier scene (see p. 148, first col.) we have "bassoes" (and see our author's TAMBURLAINE, PASSIM).     

      (From p. 148, this play:      "Enter FERNEZE governor of Malta, KNIGHTS, and OFFICERS; met by CALYMATH, and BASSOES of the TURK.")] 

  

       118 (return) [ the resistless banks:       i.e. the banks not able to resist.]     

  

       119 (return) [ basilisks: See note ||, p. 25.     

      (note ||, p. 25, The First Part of Tamburlaine the Great:)      "basilisks: Pieces of ordnance so called. They were of immense size; see Douce's ILLUST. OF SHAKESPEARE, i. 425."] 

  

       120 (return) [ Enter FRIAR JACOMO,       &c.: Scene, the interior of the Nunnery.]     

  

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