Note 961 — SCENE III.

grow thorough] An allusion to a proverbial saying;

“There is a nest of chickens which he doth brood

That will sure make his hayre growe through his hood.”

Heywood’s Dialogue, sig. G 2,—Workes, ed. 1598.

Ray gives “His hair grows through his hood—He is very poor, his hood is full of holes.” Proverbs, p. 57, ed. 1768.