[550] “Costume in England,” p. 238. At p. 579 the author gives several instances of the extravagances to which this fashion led.
[551] Some gallants had their ears bored, and wore their mistresses’ silken shoe-strings in them. See Singer’s “Notes,” vol. iv. p. 257.
[552] Dyce’s “Glossary,” p. 373.
[553] See Brand’s “Pop. Antiq.,” 1849, vol. ii. pp. 13, 14.
[554] Douce’s “Illustrations of Shakespeare,” 1839, p. 194.
[555] Dyce’s “Glossary,” p. 381.
[556] “Plant-Lore of Shakespeare,” p. 319.
[558] “Plant-Lore of Shakespeare,” p. 248.
[559] “Shakespeare,” vol. iv. p. 76.