Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke. Actus Primus, Scena Prima • Paragraph 1118
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[Footnote III.71: _Jig-maker_,] Writer of ludicrous interludes. _A jig_ was not in Shakespeare's time only a dance, but a ludicrous dialogue in metre; many historical ballads were also called _jigs_.]