Act 2 — ACT II.
Reading edition
Scene 3. Page 73.
Leon. And lozel, thou art worthy to be hang'd.
The derivation of lozel cited from Verstegan is arbitrary, and deduced from a mere resemblance of sound. The word has been apparently corrupted from the Saxon lorel, used by Chaucer for a worthless fellow. See Mr. Tyrwhitt's glossary. The corruption may have originated in the similitude of the letters r and z in ancient manuscripts.