sixpence

n. sixpence a day: possibly alluding to the contemporarypension for an actor （可能指）当时一个演员所得酬金。
△Mid.4.2.21 (20): “O sweet Bully Bottom! Thushath he lost sixpence a day during his life: he couldnot have scaped sixpence a day. An the Duke had notgiven him sixpence a day for playing Pyramus,I'll behanged.”可爱的好家伙线团儿！ 他这一辈子再也拿不到一天六便十的酬金了，他本来一定可以一天拿到六便士的。要是公爵看了他演的皮拉摩斯不赏他 一天六便士，我愿意被绞死。