Chester.
_Curtseys and Bows_ (Vol. vii., p. 156).--In the interlude of _The Trial of
Treasure_, by Purfoote, 1567 (page 14. of reprint), Inclination says to
Gredy-gutte:
"Ise teach you to speake, I hold you a pounde!
Curchy, lob, curchy downe to the grounde.
_Gre._ Che can make curchy well enowe.
_Inc._ Lower, old knave, or yle make ye to bowe!"
For _rationale_ of bows and curtseys, see "N. & Q.," Vol. v., p. 157.,
though I fancy the _bob_ curtseys are the ones referred to.