Note 500 — Chapter XXIII · MORALITIES, PUPPET-PLAYS, AND PAGEANTS
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A pun was concealed here, for John de Welles, grocer, was mayor, and the ‘oranges, almonds, and the pomegranade’ on the trees were the grocers’ wares. Cf. the tree of the Norwich grocers in the Corpus Christi procession (p. 163).