Illustrations of Shakspeare, and of Ancient Manners: / with Dissertations on the Clowns and Fools of Shakspeare; on a Collection of Popular Tales Entitled Gesta Romanorum; and on the English Morris dance.

by Francis Douce

[87] In Tatham's play of The Scot's figgaries, 1652, 4to, the king's fool is described as habited in a long coat with a gold rope or chain about his neck.

[88] See the print of Archy engraved by Cecill and prefixed to his Jests, in which, unless Mr. Granger could have been certain with respect to what he has called "a parti-coloured tunic," there is nothing discriminative of the fool's dress. This portrait has been copied in Caulfield's above-cited work.

[89] The woman captain, Scene I.

[90] See Mr. Malone's Historical account of the English Stage.

[91] Parfait, Histoire du theatre François, II. pp. 27, 46, 62.

[92] See Mr. Steevens's note at the end of the second act of The taming of the shrew.

[93] Arte of English poesie, 69.

[94] See Mr. Steevens's note in King Lear, Act III. Scene 6.

[95] See Mr. Malone's note in All's well that ends well, Act I. Scene 3.