re deringoes. Again, in Massinger's New Way to pay old Debts: 'tis the quintessence "Of five cocks of the game, ten dozen sparrows, a "Knuckles of veal, potatoe-roots and mar row "Coral and ambergris," &c. Again, in The Guardian, by the same authore ÉksɗɗZZA A MÁSÁBass Potargo, "Potatoes, marrow, caviare Again, in The City Madam, by the same: prescribes my diet, and foretells "My dreams when I eat potatoes." Taylor, the water poet, likewise, in his character of a Bawd, ascribes the same qualities to this genial root. Again, Decker, in his Gul's Hornbook, 1609:" "Potato-pies and custards stood like suburbs of cookery," &c. Again, in Marston's Satires, 1599:" camphire and lettice chaste, "Are now cashier'd now Sophi 'ringoes eate, "Candi'd potatoes are Athenians' meate. Again, in Holinshed's Chronicle, Description of England, p. 167 "Of the potato and such venerous roots, &c. I speake not. VOL. XIII. Lastly, in Sir John Harrington's Metamorphosis of Ajax, 1596: “Perhaps you have been used to your dainties of potatoes, of caveare eringus, plums of Genowa, all which may well encrease your appetite to severall evacuations. wils server xổ In The Good Huswives Jewell, a hook of cookery published in 1596; I find the following receipt to make a tarte that is a courage to a man or woman: “ Take too quinces, and LWOO or three burre rootes, and a POTATON; and pare your POTATON and scrape your roots, and put them into a quarte. of wines and let them boyle till they bee tender, and put in an ounce of dates, and when they be boiled tender drawe them through a strainer, wine and all, and then put in the yolkes of eight egges, and the braynes of three or four cocke-sparrowes, and straine them into the other, and a little rose-water, and seeth them all with sugar, cinnamon, and ginger, and cloves, es, and mace; and put in a little ter, and set it upto let sweet bua chafing dish of coles between two platters, Doyle till it be some thing bigge Gerard elsewhere observes in his Herbal, that potatoes may serve as a ground or foundation whereon the cunning confectioner or sugar-baker may worke and frame many comfortable conser ves and restorative sweet-meats. The same venerable botanist likewise adds, that the stalk of clotburre "being eaten rawe with salt and pepper, or boiled in the broth of fat încât, is pleasant to be eaten, and stirreth up venereal motions. It likewisse strengtheneth the back, &c. Speaking of dates, he says, th made divers excellent cordial comfortable and body burg medicines, and that procure Lust of the very mightily. He also mentions quinces as having the same virtues." We may likewise acy » that Shakspeare's own authority for the efficacy of quinces and dates is not wanting. He has certainly introduced them both as proper to be employed in the wedding dinner of and Jafo jus loose hac MOTATOT 200 shod" They call for dates and quinces in the slob to Doumo di ni Juq pastry."st sed yo allusions might be cleared up, if commentators were diliCOLLINS. gent in their researches. B230, Cres, Here, Diomed, keep this ༣ ག?ilt dz? di to, S sleeve.1 The custom of wearing a lady's sleeve for a favour, is mentioned in Hall's Chronicle, fol. 12 Que ware ou his headpiece his lady's sleeve, and another bars on his helme,the glove of his deareling, dert STEEVENS, A In an old play (in six acts) called Histriomastix, 1510, this incident seems to be hurlesand Cressida are introduced by de: and Cressida breaks out: way " "O Knight, with valour in thy face, Here take my skreene, wear it for grace; "Within thy helmet put the same, "Therewith to make thine enemies lame." le old book, The Hundred Hystoryes of Troye, tells us, Brysede whom Master Chaucer calleth Cresseyde, was a damosell of great beante: and yet was more quaynte, mutable, and full of vagaunt condyŝions." FARMER. A lule This sleeve was given by Troilus to Cressida at their parting, and she gave him a a glove in return. J M. MASON. 20 What Mr. Steevens has observed on the subject *of ladies' sleeves is certainly true; but the sleeve given in the present instance was the sleeve, of TroilusIt may be supposed to be an ornamented "cuff, such perhaps as was worn by same of our young nobility at a tilt, in Shakspeare's age. Bee Ou second consideration, I believe the sleeve of Troilus, which is here given to Diomed, was sh a one as was formerly worn at tournaments. Spenser's View of Ireland, p. 45, edit. 1653 Also the deepe smocke sleire, which the Irish women use, they say, was old Spanish, and is used yet in Barbary and yet that should seeme rather to be an old English fashion, for in armory the fashion of the manche which is given in armes by many, being indeed nothing else but a sleive, is fashioned much like to that sleived MadONE. 230, last 1. As I kiss thee. not snatch it from The Nay do Ile, that takes that, must take my heart 4 As I kiss thee. Dio. Nay, do not 18 old editions: not snatch it from me. Cres. Ne, that takes that, must take my She heart withat. ས* ་ Dr. Thirlby, thinks this should be, all placed to Cressida. had the sleeve, and was kissing it rapturonsly; and Diomed snatches it back from. her, THEOBAld. זי 13 1 -wo P. 231, 1. 13. By all Diana's waiting-u men yonder,] i. e. the stars which she points to. points to WARBURTON. P.1231, 1. 29. Ther. Nor I, by Pluto: &c.] Sir Thomas Haumer gives this speech to Troilus. It does not very much resemble the language of Thersites. If indeed it belongs to the former chaBracter, it should assume metrical form, though it is here given as it stands in the folio grand the quarto 1609,8 STEEVENS. 3 geldon and, 19. P. 232, first I. The characters of Cressida and Pandarus are more “ **immediately. forined from Chaucer than from Lydgate; for though the latter mentions them both characteristically, he does not sufficiently dwell on either to have furnished Shak |