Note 140 — ACT IV.
Reading edition
“Give me assay” = taste it before I drink. The assayer in courts and baronial halls was the officer who tasted the dishes before the banquet in order to make sure that no poison was concealed.
Reading edition
“Give me assay” = taste it before I drink. The assayer in courts and baronial halls was the officer who tasted the dishes before the banquet in order to make sure that no poison was concealed.