[733] See “Illustrations of Shakespeare,” 1839, pp. 82, 83.
[734] Tylor’s “Primitive Culture,” vol. ii. p. 46.
[735] Dyce’s “Glossary,” p. 246.
[736] Singer’s “Shakespeare,” 1875, vol. viii. p. 291.
[737] “Folk-Lore of Northern Counties,” 1880, p. 58.
[738] Cf. “Winter’s Tale,” iv. 4.
[739] The word in German is kranz, in other Teutonic dialects krants, krans, and crance—the latter being Lowland Scotch—and having cransies for plural. Clark and Wright’s “Hamlet,” 1876, p. 216.
[740] “Pop. Antiq.” vol. ii. p. 303.
[741] See Staunton’s “Shakespeare,” 1864, vol. i. p. 305.
[742] “Shakespeare,” 1875, vol. ix. pp. 209, 210.