[413] See “English Folk-Lore,” p. 101.
[414] See Hardwick’s “Traditions, Superstitions, and Folk-Lore,” p. 171.
[415] “Myths and Mythmakers,” 1873, p. 36.
[416] “Nares’s Glossary,” vol. i. p. 218.
[417] For the various versions of this myth consult Baring-Gould’s “Curious Myths of the Middle Ages,” 1877, pp. 266-316.
[418] Cf. “Troilus and Cressida,” v. 8; “Midsummer-Night’s Dream,” iii. 2.
[419] Singer’s “Shakespeare,” vol. x. p. 363.
[420] “Demonology and Devil-Lore,” 1880, vol. i. p. 383.
[421] The dragon formerly constituted a part of the morris-dance.
[422] Sir Thomas Browne’s Works, 1852, vol. i. pp. 220-232.