[375] See Walpole's Royal and Noble Authors, vol. i. p. 131. So Shakspeare, Richard II. act v. sc. 2. Dr. Glisson, in his last visit to Queen Elizabeth, received from her a Pair of rich Spanish leather _Gloves_, embossed on the backs and tops with gold embroidery, and fringed round with gold plate. The Queen, as he tells us, pulled them from her own Royal Hands, saying, "Here, Glisson, wear them for my sake." Life of Corinna (or Mrs. Eliz. Thomas), p. xxxi. Perfumed Gloves[376]; v. supra. [376] Mistress of the _Sweet_-Coffers, occurs in the Old Establishments. The present Queen (Charlotte) has her Gloves kept in a _perfumed_ box. "These Gloves the Count sent me; they are an excellent _Perfume_." Much Ado about Nothing, act ii. sc. 4. Gloves given at Weddings. Old Plays, vol. v. p. 8. A Glove hung up in a Church, as a public Challenge. Gilpin's Life of Bernard Gilpin, by Mr. Gilpin, p. 179. Swearing by Gloves, in jocular conversation, very common. "Aye, by these Gloves!" is an expression I have somewhere seen. Ladies' Sleeves, as well as Gloves, were worn as tokens of Gallantry. Vide Troil. and Cress, act. v. sc. 2. edit. Johnson and Steevens, 1778. Gifts that admitted of it (especially to Women from Men) were usually worn on the Sleeve. "I knew her by this Jewel on her _Sleeve_." Love's Labour Lost, act v. sc. 1. Fairings, and such Tokens, were of this sort. Hence the Question and Answer. Q. What have you brought me? (from the Fair, &c.) A. A _new nothing_, to pin on your _Sleeve_. Hence also to _pin_ one's _Faith_ upon another's _Sleeve_. "Wear my Heart upon my Sleeve." Othello, act i. sc. 1. * * * * * F. GROSE, Esq. to S. PEGGE, F. S. A. September 4, 1784. Dear Sir, I have had such a variety of interruptions (agreeable ones), that I have made no hand of your _Gloves:_ all that has occurred on that subject, I here send you. Blood, who attempted to steal the Crown, presented Mr. Edwards, Keeper of the Jewel Office, with _four_ Pair of White Gloves, as from his Wife, in gratitude for his civility to her in a pretended qualm or sickness. The whole transaction is in Maitland's History of London. To give one's Glove was considered as a challenge. See Shakspeare, in Hen. V. It is still considered in that light by the Highlanders, of which I once saw an instance in Flanders. Dropping the Gauntlet, at the Coronation, is a kind of challenge. When the Judge invites the Justices to dine with him at a County Assize, a Glove is handed about by the Crier or Clerk of the Court, who delivers the invitation; into this Glove every one invited puts a shilling. A Bribe is called a Pair of Gloves. In a Play, I think called the Twin Rivals, an Alderman presents his Glove, filled with Broad Pieces, to a Nobleman, as a Bribe to procure a Commission for his Son.