[939] “French and English Dictionary;” see Dyce’s “Glossary to Shakespeare,” p. 316; Nares describes it as “a bandage, tied on for magical purposes, from περιάπτω;” see Brand’s “Pop. Antiq.,” 1849, vol. iii. pp. 324-326; Douce’s “Illustrations of Shakespeare,” 1839, pp. 305-307.
[940] “Medical Superstitions,” p. 55.
[941] See, under [Rat], a similar superstition noticed.
[942] “Shakespeare and his Times,” p. 355.
[943] See Brand’s “Pop. Antiq.,” 1849, vol. iii. pp. 127-141.
[945] See Malone’s “Variorum Shakespeare,” 1821, vol. ii. p. 90.
[946] See Singer’s “Shakespeare,” vol. vi. p. 167.
[947] See Nares’s “Glossary,” vol. ii. p. 765.
[948] “Fairy Queen,” bk. iii. c. 2; see Singer’s “Shakespeare,” vol. ix. p. 82.