FOOTNOTES:

[961] Nares’s “Glossary,” vol. i. p. 68.

[962] See Brand’s “Pop. Antiq.,” 1849, vol. iii. pp. 220-225; also, Harland and Wilkinson’s “Lancashire Folk-Lore,” 1867, p. 44.

[963] Dyce’s “Glossary,” p. 379.

[964] See Douce’s “Illustrations of Shakespeare,” pp. 65, 66.

[965] We may compare, too, what Coriolanus says (ii. 3): “I will, sir, flatter my sworn brother, the people.”

[966] Cf. “Romeo and Juliet,” i. 1; “As You Like It,” v. 2.

[967] See Singer’s “Shakespeare,” vol. viii. p. 204.

[968] See Douce’s “Illustrations of Shakespeare,” p. 133.

[969] See an article by Mr. Black, in Antiquary, 1881, vol. iii.