Note 26 — SCENE I.—The Mall in St. James's Park.
Reading edition
Knights of the post were hired witnesses and men of straw who made a trade of becoming bail. They hung about the various inns of court so as to be available at a moment's notice. In Hudibras we read:
"Retain all sorts of witnesses That ply i' the Temples under trees, Or walk the Round with Knights o' th' Posts About the crossed-legged Knights their hosts."