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As we now say 'a bee in his bonnet'. For 'Gad-bee' cf. Holland's Pliny I, 318. The Lucky Chance, ii, II: 'The Gad-Bee's in his Quonundrum' and note on that passage infra. p. 142 Cockt. Set his hat jauntily. A very frequent phrase. p. 146 Slashes. Bumpers. From the idea of vigour contained in 'slash'. The word is extremely rare in this sense and perhaps only found here. But cf.
So, that young Gentleman has nettled him, stung him to the quick: I hope he'll chain her up the Gad-Bee's in his Quonundrum in Charity I'll relieve him Come, my Lady Fulbank, the Night grows old upon our hands; to dancing, to jiggiting Come, shall I lead your Ladyship? L. Ful. Sir Cau. Ay, no doubt on't, a Pox on him for a young handsome Dog. Sir Feeb.
The conduct of the amour between Lady Fulbank and Gayman, founded as it is on Shirley's The Lady of Pleasure, has nothing in common with Otway's intrigue between Beaugard and Portia The Atheist which owes itself to Scarron's novel, The Invisible Mistress. p. 222 the Gad-Bee's in his Quonundrum. Gad-Bee, vide supra. Quonundrum or Conundrum. A whim; crotchet; maggot; conceit.
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