. Illustrations of Shakespeare and of ancient manners : with dissertations on the clowns and fools of Shakespeare ; on the collection of popular tales entitled Gesta Romanorum, and on the English Morris dance. KING IIEXRY VI. PART 11. 327. ACT IV. Scene 2. Page 139. Cade. . the fkree-Jioopd Tpot shaWhave ten hoo\) note here is not sufficiently explanatory. The olddrinking pots, being of wood, were bound together, as barrelsare, with hoops; whence they were called hoops. Cade pro-mises that every can which now had three hoops shall beincreased in size so as to require ten. What follows in
. Illustrations of Shakespeare and of ancient manners : with dissertations on the clowns and fools of Shakespeare ; on the collection of popular tales entitled Gesta Romanorum, and on the English Morris dance. KING IIEXRY VI. PART 11. 327. ACT IV. Scene 2. Page 139. Cade. . the fkree-Jioopd Tpot shaWhave ten hoo\) note here is not sufficiently explanatory. The olddrinking pots, being of wood, were bound together, as barrelsare, with hoops; whence they were called hoops. Cade pro-mises that every can which now had three hoops shall beincreased in size so as to require ten. What follows in thenotes about burning of cans, does not appear to relate tothe subject. Scene 2. Page 140. Smith. The clerk of person is a nonentity in history, and in all probabilitya character invented by the writer of the play. It is pre- 328 ILLUSTRATIONS OF SHAKSPEARE. sumed that few will be Inclined to agree with Mr. Ritson insupposing him to have been Thomas Bayly, a neaomancer atWhitechapel, and Cades bosom friend. Scene 7« Page Then break into his son in laws house, Sir James Ritson cites William of Worcester to show that thissheriffs name was William, The author of the play, ifwrong, may be justified
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