Note 62 — ACT II. SCENE I.

poker] “This instrument, of which mention is frequently made in contemporary writers, is sometimes called poting stick, and at others a poking stick. It was used to adjust the plaits of ruffs, which were then generally worn by the ladies. Stowe says, that these poking sticks were made of wood or bone until about the 16th year of Queen Elizabeth, when they began to be made of steel,” [that they might be used hot]. Reed.