p. 235, l. 17 _In modest Speech, as might well subdue_. Corrupt. Query
’.odest in Speech, such as might well subdue.’
p. 247, l. 2 _Says_. 1684 ‘Say’.
p. 250, l. 5 _replies_. 1684 ‘reply’.
p. 251, ll. 1-2 _the dumb and silent languishes, Are predic’d, which so
well explain the Heart_. The word ‘predic’d’ is very suspicious. Taking
’.anguishes’ as a substantive (and deleting the comma), we might change
’.redic’d’ to ‘produc’d’ (with the accent on the first syllable).
p. 253, l. 3 _Winter_. 1684 ‘Winters’.
p. 253, l. 7 _All bleek and cale_. In a _Pastoral to Mr. Stafford_, (p.
383), we have: ‘In summer let the Boughs be _cale_ and dry.’
p. 258, ll. 1-2 _who’s lovely Face Disdain’d the Beauties of the common
race_. So 1684; but ‘Disdain’d’ may be a misprint for ‘Distain’d’
(outshone).
p. 272, l. 28 _And let her Feet weep my neglect away_. Corrupt. We
should doubtless read ‘And at her Feet weep my neglect away’.
p. 273, l. 10 _hear_. 1684 ‘here’.
p. 278, l. 5 _hallow’d_. 1684 ‘hollow’d’.
p. 280, l. 10 _wear_. 1684 ‘were’.
p. 284, l. 7 _Inspiring Love, inciting_. 1684 ‘Inspiring my Love
inciting.’
p. 285, l. 28 _soft breath’d_. 1684 ‘oft breath’d’.
LYCIDUS (1688).
p. 302, l. 35 _no one place could continue her_. So 1688; but
’.ontinue’ may be a misprint for ‘contain’.
p. 327, l. 4 _Now_. 1688 ‘How’.
p. 344, l. 18 _This there_. 1688, but query ‘’.is there’.
p. 345, l. 19 _wert_. 1688 ‘wers’t’.
p. 352, l. 23 _’.was youth, ‘twas wit, ‘twas Beauty_. 1688 ‘was Beauty’.
p. 360, l. 12 _Amintas_. M.M. (April, 1707), ‘Amyntas,’ and throughout.
p. 360, l. 15 _conquer’d_. M.M. ‘conquer’.
p. 361, l. 5 _stoln_. M.M. ‘stole’.
p. 361, l. 27 _with which_. M.M. ‘wherewith’.
p. 361, l. 29 _That may declare_. M.M. ‘which may disclose’.
p. 362, l. 2 _Lovers_. M.M. ‘shepherds’.
p. 362, l. 4 _softer_. M.M. ‘ruder’.
p. 362, l. 5 _By the sad purling_ ... M.M. ‘There, there, my Soul, by
some still Rivulet’.
p. 362, l. 7 _That_. M.M. ‘Which’.
p. 362, l. 8 _melancholy_. M.M. ‘solitary’.
p. 362, l. 10 _stream the shade forsakes_. M.M. ‘Streams the Shades
forsake’.
p. 362, l. 12 _Trees_. M.M. ‘Boughs’.
p. 362, l. 13 _Thô_. M.M. ‘But’.
p. 362, l. 20 _ungrateful know, why tis_. M.M. ‘Ingrate know how and
why’.
p. 362, l. 22 _Thy_. M.M. ‘The’.
p. 362, l. 27 _what weak resistance_. M.M. ‘no opposition’.
p. 362, l. 28 _every charming word_. M.M. ‘For ev’ry dangerous Smile
begot ...’
p. 362, l. 30 _willing ... will_. M.M. ‘weeping ... wouldst’.
p. 362, l. 32 _But stay thy hasty fight_. M.M. ‘But stay, my hasty
Soul, Alas! Alas!’
p. 363, l. 5 _Think how the faithless_. M.M. ‘Then think how ill he’.
p. 363, l. 6 _And then my tortur’d soul_. M.M. ‘And in that Sigh, my
Soul’.
p. 364, l. 17 (_Westminster Drollery_, 1671.) _if I see they mend_.
Query ‘thee mend’.
p. 366, l. 18 (_Miscellany_, 1685.) _Ignorance_. 1685 ‘Igrance’.
p. 375, l. 6 _So fair_. 1685 ‘so far’.
p. 375, l. 27 _be given_. 1685 ‘be gived’.
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