[808] See Nares’s “Glossary,” vol. ii. p. 606.
[809] “Pictorial Shakespeare,” vol. ii. p. 145.
[810] “Sports and Pastimes.”
[811] Smith’s “Festivals, Games, and Amusements,” 1831, p. 320.
[812] “Sports and Pastimes,” 1876, p. 182.
[813] See Nares’s “Glossary,” vol. ii. p. 713.
[814] “Sports and Pastimes,” p. 141.
[815] See Milner’s “History of Winchester,” vol. ii. p. 155.
[816] According to Douce, “Illustrations of Shakespeare” (1839, p. 280), it was known as “slide-groat,” “slide-board,” “slide-thrift,” and “slip-thrift.” See Strutt’s “Sports and Pastimes,” 1876, pp. 16, 394, 398; Nares’s “Glossary,” vol. ii. p. 791; Brand’s “Pop. Antiq.,” 1849, vol. ii. p. 441.
[817] See Strutt’s “Sports and Pastimes,” 1876, p. 491.