MDMD(5) Chap 15 Notes

Eric Alan Weinstein E.A.Weinstein at qmw.ac.uk
Sat Aug 2 08:08:56 CDT 1997


158.6 `Jobates' OED has v. jobe to rebuke in a long and tediou
sharangue and n. jobation, after Job in Bible (hence capital noun for
verb), L17-L18

161.1 `Stock' cf MDMD(2)  51.7

161.11 `Lee Shore' a shore that the wind blows on


161.28'Nawabheit'?
 
162.1`Shuja-ud-Duala, the Nabob-Wazir of Oudh'  An Indian historical figure? 
More specific Details? (see also questions)

162.3 `Schwager' Gmn for brother-in-law

162.10 `Sobald das Geld in Kasten Klingt, [. . . ] Die Selle aus dem
Fegefeur springt' (roughly) As soon as the money clatters in the
chest, the soul jumps out of Purgatory. Is this a quote from some source?

164.10`the Painted Italian Whore' ---The Catholic Church?
Just an ordinary British Protestant rude name for that institution,
or attached to some patricular episode?


Eric Alan Weinstein
University of London
E.A.Weinstein at qmw.ac.uk








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