{"id":"01KG8B0ANDTBP9JQ8N1B4QKFDA","cid":"bafkreifvgp7yalgmhsjupqipyizciopgs4vhkd57lv474hzzozduvytfnq","type":"file","properties":{"cid":"bafkreihchgxqh23b3m76mtx2c2pb3zfbem4ptlv2h72aeiefc5gix5a2ra","content_type":"image/jpeg","filename":"03_merry_wives_of_windsor_1905_page_0159.jpg","height":1778,"key":"pdf-page-1769806505251-l2jmzycwzjg","label":"03_merry_wives_of_windsor_1905_page_0159.jpg","page_number":159,"pdf_type":"born_digital","size":376854,"text":"Scene I] Notes 153\n\" Leave a casement of the great chamber window, where we play,\nopen, and the moon may shine in ; \" and R. and J. i. 5. 14 : \" You\nare looked for . . . in the great chamber.\"\n155. Mill-sixpences. Old English coin, first milled, or coined,\nin 1 561. The groat was fourpence ; and making seven groats in\nsixpences is of course an intentional blunder.\nEdward shovel-boards were the broad shillings of Edward VI.,\nwhich were generally used in playing the game of shovel-board or\nshove-board. Cf. 2 Hen. I V. ii. 4. 206 : \" Quoit him down . . .\nlike a shove-groat shilling.\" Nares remarks that the wisdom of\nSlender is shown by his paying \" two shillings and twopence \" for\na smooth or well-worn shilling ; but it is possible that these old\nshovel-boards commanded a premium on account of being in demand\nfor the game. We find allusions to their being carefully kept for\nthis purpose. An old shovel-board was long preserved at the Falcon\ninn at Stratford (I believe it is the one now shown in the house\nat New Place), which tradition says was used by S. himself.\n157. Yead. An old contraction of Yedward (see I Hen. IV.\ni. 2. 149) = Edward.\n161. Latten bilbo. Latten was a soft alloy of copper and zinc ;\nand bilbo was a name applied to a sword, from Bilboa in Spain, a\nplace famous for its blades. Cf. iii. 5. no below: \"like a good\nbilbo.\" Latten bilbo is a hit at Slender's cowardice, implying that\nhe was as weak and edgeless as a blade of latten ; with possibly the\nadded idea that he was as thin as a sword-blade.\n162. In thy labras. Literally, in thy lips; an expression like\n\"in thy teeth,\" \" in thy face,\" etc. The ist quarto reads here: —\n\" Pistol. Sir lohn, and Maister mine, I combat craue\nOf this same laten bilbo. I do retort the lie\nEuen in thy gorge, thy gorge, thy gorge.\"\nLabras is a corruption of labios, the Spanish for lips; perhaps sug-\ngested hypa labras, for which see Much Ado, iii. 5. 18.\n165. Be avised. Be advised = listen to reason. Cf. i. 4. 100\nbelow.","text_extracted_at":"2026-01-30T20:55:05.251Z","text_extracted_by":"pdf-processor","text_has_content":true,"text_source":"born_digital","uploaded":true,"width":1084},"relationships":[{"peer":"01KG89K4N3KNPAGDJAVRPVWBA4","predicate":"derived_from"},{"peer":"01KG89JREDR8WY5QQGYR5FZRDY","peer_type":"collection","predicate":"collection"}],"ver":2,"created_at":"2026-01-30T20:55:06.669Z","ts":"2026-01-30T20:55:09.426Z","edited_by":{"method":"manual","user_id":"01KFFH6ETXGRVD10WPNP3007D6"}}