_ Ay, as a
pettifogger
by his buckram bag.
Ben Jonson - The Devil's Association
A hollow or depression in
the ground, esp. one in which water stands.
1594 Plat, _Jewell-ho_ 1. 32 Of all Channels, Pondes, Pooles,
Riuers, and Ditches, and of all other pannes and bottomes
whatsoeuer. '
_Pan_, however, is also an obsolete form of _pane_, a cloth
or skirt. The use is evidently a quibble. The word _pan_ suggested
to Jonson the word _skirt_, which he accordingly employed not
unaptly.
=2. 1. 63 his black bag of papers, there, in Buckram. = The
buckram bag was the usual sign of the pettifogger. Cf. Marston,
_Malcontent_, _Wks. _ 1. 235:
_Pass.
_ Ay, as a pettifogger by his buckram bag.
Dekker, _If this be not a good Play_, _Wks. _ 3. 274: 'We must all
turn pettifoggers and in stead of gilt rapiers, hang buckram bags at
our girdles. ' Nash refers to the same thing in _Pierce Pennilesse_,
_Wks. _ 2. 17.
=2. 1. 64 th' Earledome of Pancridge. = Pancridge is a corruption
of Pancras. The Earl of Pancridge was 'one of the "Worthies" who
annually rode to Mile End, or the Artillery Ground, in the ridiculous
procession called _Arthurs Shew_' (G. ). Cf. _To Inigo Marquis
Would-be_, _Wks. _ 8.
the ground, esp. one in which water stands.
1594 Plat, _Jewell-ho_ 1. 32 Of all Channels, Pondes, Pooles,
Riuers, and Ditches, and of all other pannes and bottomes
whatsoeuer. '
_Pan_, however, is also an obsolete form of _pane_, a cloth
or skirt. The use is evidently a quibble. The word _pan_ suggested
to Jonson the word _skirt_, which he accordingly employed not
unaptly.
=2. 1. 63 his black bag of papers, there, in Buckram. = The
buckram bag was the usual sign of the pettifogger. Cf. Marston,
_Malcontent_, _Wks. _ 1. 235:
_Pass.
_ Ay, as a pettifogger by his buckram bag.
Dekker, _If this be not a good Play_, _Wks. _ 3. 274: 'We must all
turn pettifoggers and in stead of gilt rapiers, hang buckram bags at
our girdles. ' Nash refers to the same thing in _Pierce Pennilesse_,
_Wks. _ 2. 17.
=2. 1. 64 th' Earledome of Pancridge. = Pancridge is a corruption
of Pancras. The Earl of Pancridge was 'one of the "Worthies" who
annually rode to Mile End, or the Artillery Ground, in the ridiculous
procession called _Arthurs Shew_' (G. ). Cf. _To Inigo Marquis
Would-be_, _Wks. _ 8.
