= From a very early period the 23d of
April was dedicated to St.
April was dedicated to St.
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= See note 2.
1.
144.
Nares thinks that
the real Bermudas are referred to here.
=3. 3. 155 You shall ha' twenty pound on't. = As Commission on
the two hundred. 'Ten in the hundred' was the customary rate at
this period (see _Staple of News_, _Wks. _ 5. 189).
=3. 3. 165 St. Georges-tide?
= From a very early period the 23d of
April was dedicated to St. George. From the time of Henry V. The
festival had been observed with great splendor at Windsor and other
towns, and bonfires were built (see Shak, _1 Henry VI. _ 1. 1). The
festival continued to be celebrated until 1567, when Elizabeth
ordered its discontinuance. James I. , however, kept the 23d of April
to some extent, and the revival of the feast in all its glories was
only prevented by the Civil War. So late as 1614 it was the custom
for fashionable gentlemen to wear blue coats on St. George's Day,
probably in imitation of the blue mantle worn by the Knights of the
Garter, an order created at the feast of St. George in 1344 (see
Chambers' _Book of Days_ 1. 540).
The passages relating to this custom are _Ram Alley_, _O. Pl. _, 2d
ed.
the real Bermudas are referred to here.
=3. 3. 155 You shall ha' twenty pound on't. = As Commission on
the two hundred. 'Ten in the hundred' was the customary rate at
this period (see _Staple of News_, _Wks. _ 5. 189).
=3. 3. 165 St. Georges-tide?
= From a very early period the 23d of
April was dedicated to St. George. From the time of Henry V. The
festival had been observed with great splendor at Windsor and other
towns, and bonfires were built (see Shak, _1 Henry VI. _ 1. 1). The
festival continued to be celebrated until 1567, when Elizabeth
ordered its discontinuance. James I. , however, kept the 23d of April
to some extent, and the revival of the feast in all its glories was
only prevented by the Civil War. So late as 1614 it was the custom
for fashionable gentlemen to wear blue coats on St. George's Day,
probably in imitation of the blue mantle worn by the Knights of the
Garter, an order created at the feast of St. George in 1344 (see
Chambers' _Book of Days_ 1. 540).
The passages relating to this custom are _Ram Alley_, _O. Pl. _, 2d
ed.
