Worn your eyes almost out: Though this line explains how hard Mistress Overdone has worked, it also may allude to the traditional image of the blind Cupid, often depicted on signs hung at the doors of brothels [20]. |
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To the right: "A bawdy-house" (at the bottom of the image, the label "fornices" indicates the brothel, while the "theatrum" is depicted behind it at the top of the image.) |