[144:B] Ancient British Drama, vol. ii. p. 546. col. 1.
[144:C] Restituta, vol. iii. p. 258.
[144:D] The Works of Taylor, the Water Poet, 1630. p. 240.
[145:A] Vide Lords' Journals, vol. ii. p. 229.
[145:B] Vide Gifford's Massinger, vol. iv. pp. 43, 44. note ex Autog. in Bibl. Harl.
[146:A] Part II. chapter ii.
[146:B] Illustrations of Shakspeare, vol. i. p. 94.—Mr. Douce gives the title-pages of several publications of this kind, in 1588, 1591, 1598, and 1599; and, lastly, describes one called "The needles excellency," illustrated with copper-plates, and adds,—"prefixed to the patterns are sundry poems in commendation of the needle, and describing the characters of ladies who have been eminent for their skill in needle-work, among which are Queen Elizabeth and the Countess of Pembroke. These poems were composed by John Taylor, the water poet. It appears that the work (in 1640) had gone through twelve impressions, and yet a copy is now scarcely to be met with. This may be accounted for by supposing that such books were generally cut to pieces, and used by women to work upon or transfer to their samplers.—It appears to have been originally published in the reign of James the First." P. 96.
[147:A] Vide Chalmers's Apology, p. 45., from Murden, p. 657.
[147:B] Moryson's Itinerary, p. 233.
[148:A] Walpole's Catalogue of Royal and Noble Authors apud Park, vol. ii. p. 89.