the sickness hot: the plague (being) virulent; refers to the year 1609. 4. punk: prostitute. 6. Coz’ners: tricksters, confidence-men. 10. figures: horoscope. 11. flies: familiar spirits. 12. Stone: the much sought after Philosopher’s Stone, which could turn everything into gold. 9. humours: for Jonson’s physiological–psychological theories, see note to Volpone, II, ii, 92 (page 467), and the general introduction, p.
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