Note 882 — ACT III. SCENE I.
Reading edition
northern dozens] In The Rates of the Custome House, &c. 1582, among the cloths enumerated we find
“Kerseyes of all sorts
Northen dosens
Bridge Waters” &c. &c.
Sig. G. 2.
Strutt cites the following act: “Every Northern cloth shall be seven quarters of a yard in width, from twenty-three to twenty-five yards in length, and weigh sixty-six pounds each piece; the half piece of each cloth, called dozens, shall run from twelve to thirteen yards in length, the breadth being the same, and shall weigh thirty-six pounds.”—Dress and Habits, &c. vol. ii. p. 197.