Note 161 — ACT III.

The ancient name for a pistol. So in "Arden of Feversham," 1592—

"Or dare abide the noise the dagge will make."

Again, ibid.—

"I'll leave you at your dag's discharge."

And—

"My dagge was levelled at his hart."

So also in "Jack Drum's Entertainment," 1601, v.—

"Whilst he would show me how to hold the dagge."

Again, Ascham (Works, by Bennet, p. 21): "Ridving on his journey, he was once shot with a dagge secretly."