“the sickness hot: the plague (being) virulent; refers to the year 1609.
4. punk: prostitute.
6. Coz’ners: tricksters, confidence-men.
10. figures: horoscope.
11. flies: familiar spirits.
12. Stone: the much sought after Philosopher’s Stone, which could turn everything into gold.
9. humours: for Jonson’s physiological–psychological theories, see note to Volpone, II, ii, 92 (page 467), and the general introduction, p.
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