Mace

LOVE-IN-IDLENESS, see Pansy.

Clown. I must have Saffron to colour the warden-pies—Mace—Dates? none.

Winter's Tale, act iv, sc. 3 (48).

The Mace is the pretty inner rind that surrounds the Nutmeg, when ripe. It was no doubt imported with the Nutmeg in Shakespeare's time. (See Nutmeg.)