cade
“of herrings,”
2 HENRY VI., iv. 2. 32.
“That is, a barrel of
herrings”
(JOHNSON)
.
“A cade is less than a barrel. The quantity it should contain is ascertained by
the accounts of the Celaress of the Abbey of Berking. ‘Memorandum that a barrel of herryng shold contene a thousand herryngs, and a
cade of herryng six hundreth, six score to the
hundreth.’ Mon. Ang. i. 83”
(MALONE)
.
A General Glossary to Shakespeare's Works. Alexander Dyce. Boston. Dana Estes and Company. 1904.
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