Note E398 — 64.
Reading edition
"Would'st thou not be glad to have the niggardly rascally sheepbiter come by some notable shame."—Shakspere, Twelfth Night, Act ii. sc. 5.
"Who is in this closet? let me see (breaks it open). Oh, sheepbiter, are you here?"—Shadwell, Bury Fair, 1689.