And as applied to the flower in the passage quoted above. He also uses it in another sense—
This Pink is one of Cupid's carriers;
Clap on more sail—pursue!
Merry Wives of Windsor, act ii, sc. 7.
where pink means a small country vessel often mentioned under that name by writers of the sixteenth century.
FOOTNOTES:
[210:1] It is very probable that this does not refer to the colour—"Pink = winking, half-shut."—Schmidt. And see Nares, s.v. Pinke eyne.
