FOOTNOTES:

[961] Nares’s “Glossary,” vol. i. p. 68.

[962] See Brand’s “Pop. Antiq.,” 1849, vol. iii. pp. 220-225; also, Harland and Wilkinson’s “Lancashire Folk-Lore,” 1867, p. 44.

[963] Dyce’s “Glossary,” p. 379.

[964] See Douce’s “Illustrations of Shakespeare,” pp. 65, 66.

[965] We may compare, too, what Coriolanus says (ii. 3): “I will, sir, flatter my sworn brother, the people.”

[966] Cf. “Romeo and Juliet,” i. 1; “As You Like It,” v. 2.

[967] See Singer’s “Shakespeare,” vol. viii. p. 204.

[968] See Douce’s “Illustrations of Shakespeare,” p. 133.

[969] See an article by Mr. Black, in Antiquary, 1881, vol. iii.

[970] See Henderson’s “Folk-Lore of the Northern Counties,” pp. 34, 35.

[971] Gifford’s note on “Massinger’s Works,” 1813, vol. i. p. 170; see Dyce’s “Glossary to Shakespeare,” pp. 269, 380.

[972] See Dyce, vol. iv. p. 395.

[973] Staunton’s “Shakespeare,” vol i. p. 257.

[974] “Guide into Tongues,” 1607.

[975] See Dyce’s “Glossary,” p. 343.

[976] Dyce’s “Glossary,” p. 402.

[977] Ibid., vol. vi. p. 45.

[978] Ibid., p. 43.

[979] “Glossary,” p. 497; see Nares’s “Glossary,” vol. ii. p. 952.

[980] “Encyclopædia Britannica,” 1879, vol. ix. p. 366; see Doran’s “History of Court Fools,” 1858.

[981] Nares’s “Glossary,” vol. i. p. 350.

[982] Nares’s “Glossary,” vol. i. p. 371.

[983] The verb “to gage,” or “to pledge,” occurs in “Merchant of Venice,” i. 1:

“but my chief care
Is, to come fairly off from the great debts
Wherein my time, something too prodigal,
Hath left me gaged.”

Cf. “1 Henry IV.,” i. 3.

[984] “Pop. Antiq.,” vol. ii. p. 127.

[985] “Glossary,” vol. ii. p. 858; see Dyce’s “Glossary,” p. 431.

[986] A Welsh hook was a sort of bill, hooked at the end, and with a long handle. See Dyce’s “Glossary,” p. 497; and Singer’s “Shakespeare,” vol. ix. p. 168.

[987] Brewer’s “Dictionary of Phrase and Fable,” p. 782.

[988] See Percy’s “Northumberland Household Book,” p. 49.

[989] See Singer’s “Shakespeare,” vol. vii. p. 350.

[990] “Shakespeare,” 1864, vol. i. p. 61.

[991] See page [312].

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