PAGE =155=, l. 19. _leaders rage._ This phrase might tempt one to date the poem after the Cadiz expedition and Islands voyage, in both of which 'leaders' rage', i.e. the quarrels of Howard and Essex, and of Essex and Raleigh, militated against success; but it is too little to build upon. Donne may mean simply the arbitrary exercise of arbitrary power on the part of leaders. ll. 30-2. _who made thee to stand Sentinell, &c._ 'Souldier' is the reading of what is perhaps the older version of the _Satyres_. It would do as well: 'Quare et tibi, Publi, et piis omnibus retinendus est animus in custodia corporis; nec iniussu eius a quo ille est vobis datus ex hominum vita migrandum est, ne munus assignatum a Deo defugisse videamini.' Cicero, _Somnium Scipionis_. 'Veteres quidem philosophiae principes, Pythagoras et Plotinus, prohibitionis huius non tam creatores sunt quam praecones, omnino illicitum esse dicentes _quempiam militiae servientem a praesidio et commissa sibi statione discedere_ contra ducis vel principis iussum. Plane eleganti exemplo usi sunt eo quod militia est vita hominis super terram.' John of Salisbury, _Policrat._ ii. 27. Donne considers the rashness of those whom he refers to as a degree of, an approach to, suicide. To expose ourselves to these perils we abandon the moral warfare to which we are appointed. In his own work on suicide ([Greek: BIATHANATOS], &c.) Donne discusses the permissible approaches to suicide. An unpublished _Problem_ shows his knowledge of John of Salisbury. ll. 33-4. _Know thy foes, &c._ I have followed the better MSS. here against _1633_ and _L74_, _N_, _TCD_. The dropping of 's' after 'foe' has probably led to the attempt to regularize the construction by interjecting 'h'is'. Donne has three foes in view--the devil, the world, and the flesh. l. 35. _quit._ Whether we read 'quit' or 'rid' the construction is difficult. The phrase seems to mean 'to be free of his whole Realm'--an unparalleled use of either adjective. l. 36. _The worlds all parts._ Here 'all' means 'every', but Shakespeare would make 'parts' singular: 'All bond and privilege of nature break,' _Cor._ V. iii. 25. Donne blends two constructions. PAGE =156=, l. 49. _Crantz._ I have adopted the spelling of _W_, which emphasizes the Dutch character of the name. The 'Crates' of _Q_ is tempting as bringing the name into line with the other classical ones, but all the other MSS. have an 'n' in the word. Donne has in view the 'schismatics of Amsterdam' (_The Will_) and their followers. The change to Grant or Grants shows a tendency in the copyists to substitute a Scotch for a Dutch name. PAGE =157=, ll. 69-71. _But unmoved thou, &c._ As punctuated in the old editions these lines are certainly ambiguous. The semicolon after 'allow' has a little less value than that of a full stop; that after 'right' a little more than a comma, or contrariwise. Grosart, Chambers, and the Grolier Club editor all connect 'and the right' with what precedes: