Note 24 — Chapter the Fourth
Reading edition
The word hackney, possibly derived from the old French Haquenée, was the natural word to be used for a public coach, it being merely a synonym, used by Shakespeare and others, for common.
Reading edition
The word hackney, possibly derived from the old French Haquenée, was the natural word to be used for a public coach, it being merely a synonym, used by Shakespeare and others, for common.