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III. i. 162. love's night is noon. Love seeking to conceal itself is plain as noonday.

III. ii. 29–31. sailed into the north . . . Dutchman's beard. This has been rather unnecessarily explained as a reference to the discovery of Northern Nova Zembla by the Dutchman Barentz in 1596.

III. ii. 50, 51. if thou thou'st him some thrice. The familiar second person singular might imply contempt. Sir Walter Raleigh, at his trial in 1603, was thus insulted by the Attorney General Coke: 'All that he did was at thy instigation, thou viper; for I thou thee, thou traitor.'

III. ii. 73, 74. the youngest wren of nine. Theobald has been followed by most modern editors, though after much doubt and discussion, in reading nine for the Folio mine. The wren lays nine or ten eggs at a time, and the ninth fledgling of the brood would be superlatively small.

III. ii. 88. the new map with the augmentation of the Indies. A new map, containing more detailed information about the East Indies than had previously been accessible, was published about 1599. The allusion is of some value in dating the play.

III. iii. 14, 15. I can no other answer make but thanks, And thanks, and ever thanks. Thanks, many times repeated, are the only return I can make for your benefits.

III. iv. 116. Carry his water to the wise-woman. I.e., let the local wise-woman diagnose his case.

III. iv. 414, 415. a couplet or two of most sage saws. Couplet is usually glossed 'couple,' but couplet seems suggested by Antonio's previous sententious couplets (lines 403–406).

IV. i. 14, 15. I am afraid this great lubber, the world, will prove a cockney. I am afraid that the world, stupid lout though it is, will prove affected and foppish.