ELF-SKIN

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Some books suggest "elf-skin" is a misprint for "eel-skin" or otherwise:

From: The Plays of William Shakspeare, 
With Notes by Johnson and Stevens, 1806

From: The Plays of William Shakespeare,
From the Correct Edition of Isaac Reed, 1809, Vol. VI
First Part of King Henry IV. Act II, Scene IV