[174] “Medii Œvi Kalendarium,” vol. i. p. 85.
[175] Roberts’s “Social History of Southern Counties of England,” 1856, p. 421; see “British Popular Customs,” 1876, p. 65.
[176] Nares’s “Glossary,” 1872, vol. i. p. 203.
[177] Singer’s “Shakespeare,” 1875, vol. ix. p. 256; Halliwell-Phillipps’s “Handbook Index to Shakespeare,” p. 112.
[178] Dyce’s “Glossary to Shakespeare,” p. 85.
[179] “Illustrations of Shakespeare,” 1839, p. 290.
[180] “Ornithology of Shakespeare,” p. 171.
[181] It is also an ale-house sign.
[182] See Dyce’s “Glossary to Shakespeare,” p. 85.
[183] See “Book of Days,” 1863, vol. i. p. 157.