Note 512 — SCENE II.
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a toad in marchpane] Marchpane was a composition of almonds and sugar, &c. pounded and baked together. It was a constant article at banquets [i. e. desserts], and was wrought into various figures. Taylor, the water-poet, mentions
“Conseru’s and Marchpanes, made in sundry shapes,
As Castles, Towres, Horses, Beares and Apes.”
The Siege of Jerusalem, p. 15—Workes, 1630.