"As the victorious twinnes of Laeda and Ioue, That taught the Spartans dauncing on the sands, Of swift Eurotas, daunce in heauen aboue, Knit and vnited with eternall hands, Among the starres their double image stands, Where both are carried with an equall pace, Together iumping in their turning race." [271] "Or, as it is oftener called, _passa mezzo_, from _passer_ to walk, and _mezzo_ the middle or half; a slow dance, little differing from the action of walking. As a Galliard consists of five paces or bars in the first strain, and is therefore called a Cinque pace; the _passa mezzo_, which is a diminutive of the Galliard, is just half that number, and from that peculiarity takes its name."--Sir John Hawkins's "History of Music," iv. 386. [Compare Dyce's second edition of Shakespeare, iii. 412.] [272] i.e., St Leger's round. "Sellinger's round was an old country dance, and was not quite out of knowledge in the last century. Morley mentions it in his Introduction, p. 118, and Taylor the Water Poet, in his tract, entitled, 'The World runs on Wheels;' and it is printed in a 'Collection of Country Dances,' published by John Playford in 1679."--Sir John Hawkins's "History of Music," iii. 288, where the notes are engraved. [273] See Plinii "Nat. Hist.," lib. v. c. 9. [274] The author certainly in writing this beautiful passage had Spenser ("Faerie Queene," b. ii. c. 12) in his mind. "The joyous birds shrouded in cheerful shade," &c. --_Collier_. [275] Alluding to the fish called the _Sole_, and the musical note _Sol_.--_Pegge_. [276] See note [235]. [277] Mixed metal, from the French word _mesler_, to mingle, mix. [278] [Lightning-bolt.] [279] [Camphored.] [280] Plin. "Nat. Hist." lib. xxxvi. c. 16. "Sideritin ob hoc alio nomine appellant quidam Heracleon: Magnes appellatus est ab inventore (ut auctor est Nicander) in Ida repertus."--_Pegge_. [281] So in "The Merchant of Venice," act i. sc. 1-- "With mirth and _laughter_ let old _wrinkles_ come." See also the notes of Bishop Warburton and Dr Farmer on "Love's Labour's Lost," act v. sc. 4.--_Steevens_. [282] This quotation from Plautus, and that which follows from Terence, were assigned by Mr Reed to Communis Sensus, when, in fact, they belong to Comedus. The initials _Com_. in the old copies led to the error.--_Collier_. [283] The first lines of the prologue to Plautus's "Menechmi." [284] See Terence's "Eunuch," act i. sc. 1. [285] At the universities, where degrees are conferred. [286] i.e., A porch which has as many spiral windings in it as the shell of the _periwinkle_, or sea-snail.--_Steevens_. [287] i.e., Bottles to cast or scatter liquid odours.--_Steevens_. [288] The custom of censing or dispersing fragrant scents seems formerly to have been not uncommon. See Ben Jonson's "Every Man out of his Humour," act ii. sc. 4.