Note 69 — INTRODUCTION
Reading edition
Cf. Albumazar, O. Pl. 7. 185-6; Rom. and Jul. 2. 4. 26; Twelfth Night 3. 4. 335; L. L. L. 1. 2. 183; Massinger, Guardian, Wks., p. 346. Mercutio evidently refers to Saviolo’s book and the use of the rapier in Rom. and Jul. 3. 1. 93. Here the expression, ‘fight by the book’, first occurs, used again by B. & Fl., Elder Brother, Wks. 10. 284; Dekker, Guls Horne-booke, ch. 4; As You Like it 5. 4. Dekker speaks of Saviolo, Non-dram. Wks. 1. 120.