[87.] Thornbury, “Shakespeare’s England,” vol. i. p. 339.
[88.] Sir S. D. Scott, “The British Army: its Origin, Progress, and Equipment,” vol. ii. pp. 80, 81.
[89.] “The British Army: its Origin, Progress, and Equipment.” London, 1868, vol. ii. pp. 284–286.
[90.] Note here the use of the word “extravagant” in its primary signification, implying, of the ghost, its wandering beyond its proper sphere.
[91.] Apropos of ale-house signs, Shakespeare gives us the origin of “The Bear and Ragged Staff.” It is the crest of the Earls of Warwick.
Warwick. “Now, by my father’s badge, old Neville’s crest,
The rampant bear chain’d to the ragged staff.”
Henry VI. Part II. Act v. Sc. 1.
[92.] “The Compleat Gamester,” 1709.
[93.] “The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication,” i. 235.