P. 40, l. 12.--_Rampicke._] Partially decayed; a term generally applied to a tree which begins to decay at the top through age. P. 40, l. 21.--_Melt._] "Melts" in the original. P. 42, l. 24.--_Cruell, unkinde, and wilt thou leave me so._] Compare Midsummer Night's Dream, iii. 2, "why unkindly didst thou leave me so?" P. 46, l. 3.--_After._] Afterwards. The poetical legend by Drayton, here alluded to, will be found in the collected works of that writer. P. 48, l. 4.--_Ones._] Once. After this poem is inserted, in the original, three pages entitled, "Hellens Rape, or a light Lanthorne for light Ladies. Written in English hexameters." End of Project Gutenberg's The Affectionate Shepherd, by Richard Barnfield