d him, condemned
her to wander about in a sheet, holding a taper in her hand, and decreed
that any one who offered her food or shelter should be put to death.
Jane continued an outcast for three days, when her husband came to her
succor, but he was seized by Gloucester's myrmidons, and Jane Shore
died.
=Shoreditch= (_Duke of_). Barlow, the favorite archer of Henry VIII., was
so entitled by the Merry Monarch, in royal sport. Barlow's two skillful
companions were created at the same time, "marquis of Islington," and
"earl of Pancras."
Good king, make not good lord of Lincoln "duke of
Shoreditche."--_The Poore Man's Petition to the Kinge_ (art. xvi.
1603).
=Shorne= (_Sir John_) noted for his feat of conjuring the devil into a
boot.
To Master John Shorne,
That bless[^e]d man borne,
Which jugeleth with a bote;
I beschrewe his herte rote
That will trust him, and it be I.
_Fantassie of Idolatrie._
=Short-Lived Administration= (_The_). the[TN-176] administration formed
February 12, 1746, by William Pulteney. It lasted only two days.
=Shortcake= (_Mrs._), the baker's wife, one of Mrs. Mailsetter's
friends.--Sir W. Scott, _The Antiquary_ (time, George III.).
=Shortell= (_Master_), the mercer at Liverpool.--Sir W. Scott, _Peveril of
the Peak_ (time, Charles II.).
=Short'hose= (2 _syl._), a clown, servant to Lady Hartwell, the
widow.--Beaumont and Fletcher, _Wit Without Money_ (1539).
=Shorthouse= (_Tom_), epitaph of.
_Hic Jacet_ Tom Shorthouse, _sine_ Tom, _sine_ Sheets, _sine_ Riches;
_Qui Vixit sine_ Gown, _sine_ Cloak, _sine_ Shirt, _sine_ Breeches.
_Old London_ (taken from the _Magna Britannia_)
=Shovel-Boards= or _Edward Shovel-Boards_, broad shillings of Edward III.
Taylor, the water-poet, tells us "they were used for the most part at
shoave-board."
... the unthrift every day,
With my face downwards do at shoave-board play.
Taylor, the water-poet (1580-1754).
=Shewsberry= (_Lord_), the earl marshall in the court of Queen
Elizabeth.--Sir W. Scott, _Kenilworth_ (time, Elizabeth).
=Shufflebottom= (_Abel_), a name assumed by Robert Southey in some of his
amatory productions (1774-1843).
=Shuffles= (_Robert_). One of the "bad boys," whose misdemeanors and
reformation are sketched in _Outward Bound_, by William T. Adams (Oliver
Optic).
=Shuffleton= (_The Hon. Tom_), a man of very slender est
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