Note 213 — ACT II. SCENE I.
Reading edition
alcumy] Or alchemy—a sort of base mixed metal (supposed originally to have been formed by the alchemist). Compare vol. ii. p. 249, “here be the tavern beakers, and here peep out the fine alchemy knaves.”
Reading edition
alcumy] Or alchemy—a sort of base mixed metal (supposed originally to have been formed by the alchemist). Compare vol. ii. p. 249, “here be the tavern beakers, and here peep out the fine alchemy knaves.”