The Jew of Malta by Christopher Marlowe (read along books .txt) 📕

has “save,” but from Barabas’s retort, “You would have had my goods,” the word is most likely a misprint. ↩

It would appear from the following scene that the body was stood up outside of the house. ↩

The scene is outside Barabas’s house. ↩

Succeed. ↩

The scene is a verandah of Bellamira’s house. ↩

Brave. ↩

The verse which criminals had to read to entitle them to “benefit of clergy,” and which was usually the first verse of the 51st Psalm. ↩

I.e. Looking on. ↩

Sermon. ↩

Mustachios. ↩

A derogatory expression often found in writers of this period. ↩

Hasty. ↩

A quibble upon “realm” and “kingdom”; realm, which was often written without the “l” being commonly pronounced ream. ↩

A musical term. ↩

Dyce suggests that the scene is a room in Barabas’s house, but as Barabas presently enquires of Pilia-Borsa when he shall see him at his house, their meeting probably takes place in the street. ↩

Tattered. ↩

Knavery (from cazzo). ↩

Swindling. ↩

Reckoning. ↩

The scene is a verandah or open porch of Bellamira’s house. ↩

I.e. On. ↩

A familiar Bacchanalian exhortation of doubtful origin. ↩

A corrupt passage. “Snickle” is a noose or slipknot, and the word is commonly applied to the hangman’s halter, and to snares set for hares and rabbits. Cunningham proposed to read “Snickle hard and fast.” ↩

Dainty, sweet. ↩

Judas is said to have hanged himself on an elder-tree. ↩

The scene is inside the council-house. ↩

The scene is outside the city walls, over which Barabas has been thrown in accordance with Ferneze’s orders. ↩

Old edition⁠—“truce.” Dyce printed “trench.” ↩

The scene is an open place in the city. ↩

Lower. ↩

I.e. Treat. ↩

The scene is here supposed to shift to the governor’s residence inside the citadel. ↩

The scene is outside the city walls. ↩

Cannons. ↩

The scene is a street in Malta. ↩

The stick which held the match used by gunners. ↩

Slaves. ↩

The scene is a hall in the citadel, with a gallery at the end. ↩

I.e. Intended. ↩

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The Jew of Malta
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