[647] Singer’s “Shakespeare,” vol. vi. p. 219.
[648] “Notes and Queries,” 4th series, vol. v. p. 595.
[649] See Singer’s “Shakespeare,” vol. i. p. 362; Nares’s “Glossary,” vol. i. p. 164: Brand’s “Pop. Antiq.,” 1849, vol. iii. p. 94.
[650] See Hone’s “Every Day Book,” vol. i. p. 318; “British Popular Customs,” pp. 110-113.
[651] St. Patrick rids Ireland of snakes; see p. [257].
[652] Singer’s “Shakespeare,” 1870, vol. ix. p. 168.
[653] Cf. “Henry V.,” v. 2; “3 Henry VI.,” ii. 1, 2; “Taming of the Shrew,” ii. 1; “Richard II.,” i. 3.
[654] Cited by Warton in a note on “Richard III.,” v. 3.
[655] Hotten’s “History of Sign-boards,” 1866, 3d ed., p. 287.
[656] Cf. “Twelfth Night” (iii. 4): “More matter for a May morning.”