5673. _ribaud_, here used in the sense of 'a labouring man.' In the F. text
he is spoken of as carrying 'sas de charbon,' i. e. sacks of coal.
5683. It is quite possible that Shakespeare caught up the phrase 'who would
fardels bear,' &c., from this line in a black-letter edition of Chaucer.
His next line--'To grunt and sweat under a weary life'--resembles ll.
5675-6; and 'The undiscovered country' may be from ll. 5658-5664. And see
note to l. 5541. (But it is proper to add that Shakespearian scholars in
general do not accept this as a possibility.)