Phen.
FOOTNOTES
[1] “Memoirs of Actors,” xvi., xvii.
[2] “The Academy,” vol. v., 1874, pp. 136-7.
[3] Shoemaking was called “the Gentle Craft,” possibly in part because the patron saints of shoemakers, St. Crispin and St. Hugh, were said to be of noble, and even royal, blood; possibly because of the sedentary nature of the occupation.
[4] A diminutive of Roger.
[5] Wasted, squandered.
[6] Regimental badge or device.