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=1. 1. 66 the Dagger, and the Wool-sacke. = These were two
ordinaries or public houses of low repute, especially famous
for their pies. There were two taverns called the 'Dagger,' one
in Holborn and one in Cheapside. It is probably to the former
of these that Jonson refers. It is mentioned again in the
_Alchemist_ (_Wks. _ 4. 24 and 165) and in Dekker's _Satiromastix_
(_Wks. _ 1. 200). Hotten says that the sign of a dagger was
common, and arose from its being a charge in the city arms.

The Woolsack was without Aldgate.
It was originally a
wool-maker's sign. Machyn mentions the tavern in 1555; and it is
alluded to in Dekker, _Shoemaker's Holiday_, _Wks. _ 1. 61. See
Wh-C. and Hotten's _History of Signboards_, pp. 325 and 362.

=1. 1. 69 Belins-gate. = Stow (ed. Thoms, p. 78) describes
Belins-gate as 'a large water-gate, port or harborough. ' He
mentions the tradition that the name was derived from that of
Belin, King of the Britons, but discredits it. Billingsgate is
on the Thames, a little below London Bridge, and is still the
great fish-market of London.

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