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=Sh.o.r.e= (_Jane_), the heroine and t.i.tle of a tragedy by N. Rowe (1312).

Jane Sh.o.r.e was the wife of a London merchant, but left her husband to become the mistress of Edward IV. At the death of that monarch, Lord Hastings wished to obtain her, but she rejected his advances. This drew on her the jealous wrath of Alicia (Lord Hastings's mistress), who induced her to accuse Lord Hastings of want of allegiance to the lord protector. The duke of Gloucester commanded the instant execution of Hastings; and, accusing Jane Sh.o.r.e of having bewitched him, condemned her to wander about in a sheet, holding a taper in her hand, and decreed that any one who offered her food or shelter should be put to death.

Jane continued an outcast for three days, when her husband came to her succor, but he was seized by Gloucester's myrmidons, and Jane Sh.o.r.e died.

=Sh.o.r.editch= (_Duke of_). Barlow, the favorite archer of Henry VIII., was so ent.i.tled by the Merry Monarch, in royal sport. Barlow's two skillful companions were created at the same time, ”marquis of Islington,” and ”earl of Pancras.”

Good king, make not good lord of Lincoln ”duke of Sh.o.r.editche.”--_The Poore Man's Pet.i.tion to the Kinge_ (art. xvi.

1603).

=Shorne= (_Sir John_) noted for his feat of conjuring the devil into a boot.

To Master John Shorne, That blessed man borne, Which jugeleth with a bote; I beschrewe his herte rote That will trust him, and it be I.

_Fanta.s.sie of Idolatrie._

=Short-Lived Administration= (_The_). the[TN-177] administration formed February 12, 1746, by William Pulteney. It lasted only two days.

=Shortcake= (_Mrs._), the baker's wife, one of Mrs. Mailsetter's friends.--Sir W. Scott, _The Antiquary_ (time, George III.).

=Shortell= (_Master_), the mercer at Liverpool.--Sir W. Scott, _Peveril of the Peak_ (time, Charles II.).

=Short'hose= (2 _syl._), a clown, servant to Lady Hartwell, the widow.--Beaumont and Fletcher, _Wit Without Money_ (1539).

=Shorthouse= (_Tom_), epitaph of.

_Hic Jacet_ Tom Shorthouse, _sine_ Tom, _sine_ Sheets, _sine_ Riches; _Qui Vixit sine_ Gown, _sine_ Cloak, _sine_ s.h.i.+rt, _sine_ Breeches.

_Old London_ (taken from the _Magna Britannia_)

=Shovel-Boards= or _Edward Shovel-Boards_, broad s.h.i.+llings of Edward III.

Taylor, the water-poet, tells us ”they were used for the most part at shoave-board.”

... the unthrift every day, With my face downwards do at shoave-board play.

Taylor, the water-poet (1580-1754).

=Shewsberry= (_Lord_), the earl marshall in the court of Queen Elizabeth.--Sir W. Scott, _Kenilworth_ (time, Elizabeth).

=Shufflebottom= (_Abel_), a name a.s.sumed by Robert Southey in some of his amatory productions (1774-1843).

=Shuffles= (_Robert_). One of the ”bad boys,” whose misdemeanors and reformation are sketched in _Outward Bound_, by William T. Adams (Oliver Optic).