[325] Mr. Hales points out to me the following reference to the superstition in Marlowe's Jew of Malta, act iii.:—
"Friar Jacomo. Why, what has he done?
Friar Barnardine. A thing that makes me tremble to unfold.
Jac. What, has he crucified a child?
Bar. No, but a worse thing; 'twas told me in shrift;
Thou know'st 'tis death, an if it be reveal'd."
Dyce in his note quotes from Reed a reference to Tovey's Anglio Judaica, where instances of such crucifixion are given.
[326] [ball.]
[327] [play-fellows.]
[328] [she.]
[329] [pulled.]
[330] [dress.]
[331] [parted in two.]
[332] [she rolled.]