a song."--ARCHAEOLOGIA.

NOTE I, p. 142.

"At Christmasse there was in the Kinge's house, wheresoever hee was
lodged, a lorde of misrule, or mayster of merry disportes; and the like
had ye in the house of every nobleman of honor, or good worshippe, were
he spirituall or temporall."--STOW.

NOTE J, p. 151.

Maskings or mummeries were favourite sports at Christmas in old times;
and the wardrobes at halls and manor-houses were often laid under
contribution to furnish dresses and fantastic disguisings. I strongly
suspect Master Simon to have taken the idea of his from Ben Jonson's
Masque of Christmas.

NOTE K, p. 156.

Sir John Hawkins, speaking of the dance called the Pavon, from pavo, a
peacock, says, "It is a grave and majestic dance; the method of dancing
it anciently was by gentlemen dressed with caps and swords, by those of
the long robe in their gowns, by the peers in their mantles, and by the
ladies in gowns with long trains, the motion whereof, in dancing,
resembled that of a peacock."--_History of Music._

_Printed by_ R. & R. CLARK, _Edinburgh._

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Transcriber's Notes:

Obvious punctuation errors repaired.

On page 18, the word "poena" is actually written with a ligature attaching
the oe. For the text version, this was not retained.

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