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A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 12

Note 340 — SCENE II.

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A coxcomb, or conceited person. So in "The Emperor of the East," act iv. sc. 1—

"I have a heart, yet As ready to do service for my leg As any princock, peacock of you all."

And again, "The Old Law," act iii. sc. 2—

"That wet one has cost many a princock's life."

See also Mr Steevens's note on "Romeo and Juliet," act i. sc. 5.

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