Nosʹnot-Boʹcai [Boʹ-ky]

Prince of Purgatory. Purgatory is the “realm of Nosnot-Bocai.”

“Sir, I last night received command

To see you out of Fairy land,

Into the realm of Nosnot-Bocai;

But let not fear or sulphur choak-ye,

For he’s a fiend of sense and wit.”

King: Orpheus and Eurydice.

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.