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And the hot Sirian dog, on him awaiting,
After the chafed Lion's cruel baiting,

Corrupted had the air with noisome breath,
And pour'd on earth, plague, pestilence, and dearth.*

p. 369.

* dearth] Qy. "death." The latter part of this fragment resembles one of Pope's flourishes upon Homer;

"Not half so dreadful rises to the sight

Thro' the thick gloom of some tempestuous night,
Orion's dog (the year when Autumn weighs)
And o'er the feebler stars exerts his rays;

Terrific glory! for his burning breath

Taints the red air with fevers, plagues, and death.”

Compare the simplicity of the original;

Παμφαίνονθ', ὥστ ̓ ἀτέρ, ἐπεσσύμενον πεδίοιο,
Ὃς ῥά τ' ὀπώρης εισιν· κ.τ.λ. Il. xxii. 26.

NOTES OMITTED.

Vol. I. p. 67.—“ "fashion."

A corruption of the French farcin,—the farcy.

Spe

Vol. I. p. 113.—" Whenas he suits Spenori all in gold." The Rev. J. Mitford ingeniously conjectures that for “ nori," we should read, "his pennons."

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Vol. II.

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Endymion was ne'er beloved of his Cytherea."

Is "Cytherea❞ a mistake of Greene, or an error of the printer? Cynthia," which the sense requires, will not stand rightly in

the verse.

CORRECTION.

Page xxxiv, line 12, for 1584 read 1583.

The piece alluded to is the First Part of Mamillia: see p. cviii.

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INDEX TO THE NOTES.

adyts, i. 114.
affects, ii. 171.
aldertruest, ii. 156.
ale, the, i. 116.
all amort, i. 146.
away with, i. 135.

Bartlet's ship, i. 174.
batt'ling, i. 181.
blent, i. 77.
blin, ii. 256.
brabbling, i. 82.
braids, ii. 268.
brave, ii. 127.
bright of blee, ii. 193.
brown-bill, i. 197.

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