subs. (old cant).—Low spirits. Cf. MULLIGRUBS.
1592. J. LYLY, Mydas, v. 2. Melancholy is the creast of courtiers aimes, and now every base companion, being in his MUBLEFUBLES, says he is melancholy.
1654. GAYTON, Festivious Notes on … Don Quixote, 46. Whether Jupiter was not joviall, nor Sol in his MUBBLEFUBBLES, that is long clouded, or in a total eclipse. Ibid., 145. Our Mary Gutierez, when she was in the MUBBLEFUBLES, do you think I was mad for it?
[?]. Miscellanea Antiqua Anglicana, 55.
| And when your brayne, feeles any payne, | |
| With cares of state & troubles, | |
| We’el come in kindnesse to put your highnesse | |
| Out of yr MUMBLE FUBBLES. |
1847. HALLIWELL, A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, etc., s.v. MUBBLE-FUBBLES. … depressed in spirits without any serious cause. A cant term.
