Yet could not howl; (the Hind had seen him first;)[132]} But what he durst not speak, the Panther durst. } For when the herd, sufficed, did late repair To ferny heaths, and to their forest lair, She made a mannerly excuse to stay, Proffering the Hind to wait her half the way; That, since the sky was clear, an hour of talk Might help her to beguile the tedious walk. With much good-will the motion was embraced, To chat a while on their adventures passed; Nor had the grateful Hind so soon forgot Her friend and fellow-sufferer in the plot.[133] Yet wondering how of late she grew estranged, Her forehead cloudy, and her countenance changed, She thought this hour the occasion would present, To learn her secret cause of discontent; Which well she hoped, might be with ease redressed,} Considering her a well-bred civil beast, } And more a gentlewoman than the rest. } After some common talk what rumours ran, The lady of the spotted muff began. FOOTNOTES: [Footnote 95: The Roman Catholic church.] [Footnote 96: Note I.] [Footnote 97: The Roman Catholic priests executed in England, at different times since the Reformation, and regarded as martyrs and saints by those of their communion.] [Footnote 98: The Independents. See Note II.] [Footnote 99: The Quakers. See Note III.] [Footnote 100: Free-thinkers. See Note IV.] [Footnote 101: Anabaptists. See Note V.] [Footnote 102: Unitarians. See Note VI.] [Footnote 103: See Introductory remarks.] [Footnote 104: Note VII.] [Footnote 105: _Quasi_ By-land-er, an old word for a boat, used in coast navigation.] [Footnote 106: Note VIII.] [Footnote 107: Alluding to the classical ordination, which the Presbyterian church has adopted, instead of that by Bishops.] [Footnote 108: Geneva, the cradle of Calvinism. The territories of the little republic, _dum Troja fuit_, were bounded by its ramparts and lake.] [Footnote 109: Alluding to the recall of the Edict of Nantz, and persecution of the Huguenots. See Note IX.] [Footnote 110: Which is usually distinguished by an act of grace, or general pardon.] [Footnote 111: Nimrod.] [Footnote 112: Jesus Christ.] [Footnote 113: King James II.] [Footnote 114: Note X.] [Footnote 115: Our author recollected his own Philidel in "King Arthur:" An airy shape, the tenderest of my kind, The last seduced and least deformed of hell; Half-white, and shuffled in the crowd I fell, Desirous to repent and loath to sin, Awkward in mischief, piteous of mankind; My name is Philidel, my lot in air, Where, next beneath the moon, and nearest heaven, I soar, I have a glimpse to be received. Vol. VIII. p. 135. ] [Footnote 116: Henry the Eighth's passion for Anna Bullen led the way to the Reformation.] [Footnote 117: The marriage of the clergy, licensed by the Reformation.] [Footnote 118: Worn out, or become hagard.]