Note 116 — ACT III.[109] SCENE I.

Pond’s Almanac] The following is the title of the earliest Pond’s Almanac I have met with,—“Ponde. 1607. A President for Prognosticators. A new Almanacke for this present yeare of our Lord God M.DCVII. Being the third after Leape yeare. Calculated for the Latitude and Meridian of the Auncient shire towne of Essex called Chelmesford: And generally for all great Britaine, amplyfied with new additions, By Edward Pond: practicioner in the Mathematickes & Phisick. Imprinted at London for the Company of Stationers.”