GLOSSARY;

OR,

COLLECTION OF WORDS, PHRASES, NAMES, AND ALLUSIONS

TO CUSTOMS, PROVERBS, ETC.,

WHICH HAVE BEEN THOUGHT TO REQUIRE ILLUSTRATION,

IN

THE WORKS OF ENGLISH AUTHORS,

PARTICULARLY

SHAKESPEARE AND HIS CONTEMPORARIES.

BY

ROBERT NARES, A.M., F.R.S., F.A.S.,

ARCHDEACON OF STAFFORD, &c.