FOOTNOTES:
[279:1] "Mrs. Somerville made for me a delicate outline sketch of what is called Othello's house in Venice, and a beautifully coloured copy of his shield surmounted by the Doge's cap, and bearing three Mulberries for device—proving the truth of the assertion that the Otelli del Moro were a noble Venetian folk, who came originally from the Morea, whose device was the Mulberry, the growth of that country, and showing how curious a jumble Shakespeare has made both of name and device in calling him a Moor, and embroidering his arms on his handkerchief as Strawberries."—F. Kemble's Records, vol. i. 145.
[281:1] It seems probable that the Romans only knew of the Wild Strawberry, of which both Virgil and Ovid speak—
"Qui legitis flores et humi nascentia fraga."—Ecl., ii.
"Contentique cibis nullo cogente creatis
Arbuteos fœtus montanaque fraga legebant."—Metam., i, 105.
[282:1] "Quæ neque confirmare argumentis neque refellere in animo est; ex ingenio suo quisque demat vel addat fidem."—Tacitus.
[282:2] The flowers of Fragaria lucida are slightly violet-scented, but I know of no Strawberry flower that can be said to "give most odorous smell."
"The wood nymphs oftentimes would busied be,
And pluck for him the blushing Strawberry,
Making from them a bracelet on a bent,
Which for a favour to this swain they sent."
Browne's Brit. Past., i, 2.