No. 13. | Saturday, January 26, 1850. | Price Threepence. Stamped Edition 4d. |
Shakespeare, in the Second Part of Henry IV.act v. sc. 3 makes Silence sing the followingscrap:—
"Do me right,
And dub me knight:
Samingo."
And Nash, in his Summer's Last Will and Testament,1600 (reprinted in the last edition ofDodsley's Old Plays, vol. xi. p. 47.) has
"Monsieur Mingo for quaffing doth surpass,
In cup, in can, or glass;
God Bacchus, do me right,
And dub me knight,
Domingo"
T. Warton, in a note in vol. xvii. of the VariorumShakespeare, says, "Samingo, that is San Domingo,as some of the commentators have observed. Butwhat is the meaning and propriety of the nameh