Note to p. 27: _vide_ _The Younger Brother_, I, ii (Vol. IV), Motteux’
Song: ‘Thence to the Rose where he takes his three Flasks,’ and the note
on that passage.
_Younger Brother_ text:
Then jogs to the _Play-house_, and chats with the Masks,
And thence to the _Rose_, where he takes his three Flasks.
_Younger Brother_ note:
_the Rose._ This celebrated house stood in Russell Street, Covent
Garden, and adjoined Drury Lane. There are innumerable references
to it. The greater portion of the ‘Rose’ was demolished in 1776,
when a new front was being built to the theatre.
Note to p. 34: For this old bridal custom see _ante_, Vol. III (p. 223),
_The Lucky Chance_, II, ii: ‘we’ll toss the Stocking’; and the note on
that passage.
_Lucky Chance_ text:
Come, Gentlemen, one Bottle, and then--we’ll toss the Stocking.
_Lucky Chance_ note:
_we’ll toss the Stocking_. This merry old matrimonial custom in use
at the bedding of the happy pair is often alluded to. cf. Pepys,
8 February, 1663: ‘Another story was how Lady Castlemaine, a few days
since, had Mrs. Stewart to an entertainment, and at night begun a
frolique that they two must be married; and married they were, with
ring and all other ceremonies of church service, and ribbands, and a
sack posset in bed and flinging the stocking; but in the close it is
said my Lady Castlemaine, who was the bridegroom, rose, and the King
come and take her place.’
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THE _UNFORTUNATE HAPPY LADY_: A True History.
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