[Note to p. 27]: vide The Younger Brother, i, II (Vol. IV), Motteux’ Song: ‘Thence to the Rose where he takes his three Flasks,’ and the note on that passage.
Younger Brother text:
Then jogs to the Play-house, and chats with the Masks,
And thence to the Rose, where he takes his three Flasks.
Younger Brother note:
the Rose. This celebrated house stood in Russell Street, Covent Garden, and adjoined Drury Lane. There are innumerable references to it. The greater portion of the ‘Rose’ was demolished in 1776, when a new front was being built to the theatre.
[Note to p. 34]: For this old bridal custom see ante, Vol. III (p. 223), The Lucky Chance, ii, II: ‘we’ll toss the Stocking’; and the note on that passage.
Lucky Chance text:
Come, Gentlemen, one Bottle, and then—we’ll toss the Stocking.
Lucky Chance note: