And put it in his pocket!]
In allusion to the usurper procuring the crown as a common pilferer or thief, and not by open villainy that carried danger with it.
[Footnote III.132: A king of shreds and patches.] This is said, pursuing the idea of the vice of kings. The vice being dressed as a fool, in a coat of partycoloured patches.
[Footnote III.133: Laps'd in time and passion,] That having suffered time to slip, and passion to cool, &c. It was supposed that nothing was more offensive to apparitions than the neglect to attach importance to their appearance, or to be inattentive to their admonitions.