E. Cobham Brewer 18101897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
Spittle Sermons.
Sermons preached formerly at the Spittle in a pulpit erected expressly for the purpose. Subsequently they were preached at Christchurch, City, on Easter Monday and Tuesday. Ben Jonson alludes to them in his Underwoods, ap. Gifford, viii. 414.