Mercutio
evidently
refers to Saviolo's
book and the use of the rapier in _Rom.
Ben Jonson - The Devil's Association
_ 7. 185-6; _Rom. and Jul._ 2. 4.
26; _Twelfth Night_ 3. 4. 335; _L. L. L._ 1. 2. 183; Massinger,
_Guardian_, _Wks._, p. 346.
Mercutio
evidently
refers to Saviolo's
book and the use of the rapier in _Rom.
and Jul._ 3. 1. 93. Here the
expression, 'fight by the book', first occurs, used again by B. &
Fl., _Elder Brother_, _Wks._ 10. 284; Dekker, _Guls Horne-booke_, ch.
4; _As You Like it_ 5. 4. Dekker speaks of Saviolo, _Non-dram.
Wks._ 1. 120.
