[927] Nares’s “Glossary,” vol. i. p. 175.

[928] “Handbook Index to the Works of Shakespeare,” 1866, p. 119.

[929] See a note in Dyce’s “Glossary,” p. 112.

[930] Nares’s “Glossary,” vol. ii. p. 518.

[931] See “British Popular Customs,” pp. 494, 495.

[932] See “Book of Days,” vol. ii. pp. 612-614.

[933] Nares’s “Glossary,” vol. ii. p. 565; see Brand’s “Pop. Antiq.,” 1849, vol. iii. pp. 411-414.

[934] “History of Sign-boards,” 1866, p. 226.

[935] Wright’s “Notes to King Lear,” 1877, p. 133.

[936] “Travels,” 1673, p. 105.