Note 705 — FATHER HUBBURD’S TALES; OR, THE ANT AND THE NIGHTINGALE.
Reading edition
John of Paul’s Churchyard] Was, it appears from this passage, a haberdasher: he is again mentioned in the present tract. That he sold hats, we are informed by more than one old writer: so Dekker; “John in Paul’s churchyard shall fit his head for an excellent block [i. e. hat].” The Gull’s Hornbook, 1609, p. 94, reprint.