Note 208 — SCENE III.
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A bay-window is a [recess of a square or polygonal form, serving as a window, and is strictly distinct from a bow-window, the name of which indicates its character and shape; the two are often confounded.] The term frequently occurs in ancient writers. So in the "Second Part of Antonio and Melida," by Marston, act i. sc. 3—
"Three times I grasp'd at shades: And thrice deluded by erroneous sense, I forc'd my thoughts make stand; when, lo! I op'd A large bay-window, thorough which the night Struck terror to my soul."
Again, in "Cynthia's Revels," act iv. sc. 3: "In which time (retiring myself into a bay-window) the beauteous lady Annabel," &c.
And in "A Chast Mayd in Cheape-side," by Middleton, 1630, p. 62—
"In troth a match, wench: We are simply stock'd with cloth of tissue, cushions, To furnish out bay-windows."