_Non
nostrum est tantas componere lites_." "Robin Hood," I. p. liv.
[169] [Old copy, _meant_.]
[170] Little John's _exit_ is marked here in the old copy, but it does
not take place till afterwards: he first whispers Marian, as we are told
immediately, _John_ in the original standing for Little John.
[171] i.e., A collection or company, and not, as we now use the word,
a _kind_ "of fawning sycophants."
[172] i.e., Made a Justice of Peace of him, entitling him to the style
of _Worship_.
[173] [Old copy, _ran_.]
[174] i.e., "I shall _be even_ with you." So Pisaro in Haughton's
"Englishmen for my Money," says of his three daughters--
"Well, I shall find a tune _to meet_ with them."--Sig. E 2.
[175] Alluding to the challenges of the officers who are aiding and
assisting the Sheriff.
[176] Paris Garden (or as it is printed in the old copy, _Parish_
Garden), was a place where bears were baited and other animals kept.
Curtal was a common term for a small horse, and that which Banks owned,
and which acquired so much celebrity for its sagaciousness, is so called
by Webster--
"And some there are
Will keep a _curtal_ to show juggling tricks,
And give out 'tis a spirit.
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