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"Her feet beneath her petticoat, Like little mice stole in and out, As if they feared the light".
526. _To his Honoured Friend, Sir John Mynts._ John Mennis, a Vice-Admiral of the fleet and knighted in 1641, refused to join in the desertion of the fleet to the Parliament. After the Restoration he was made Governor of Dover and Chief Comptroller of the Navy. He was one of the editors of the collection called _Musarum Deliciae_ (1656), in the first poem of which there is an allusion to--
"That old sack Young Herrick took to entertain The Muses in a sprightly vein".
527. _Fly me not_, etc. From Anacreon, 49 [34]:--
?? e f????, ???sa ??? p????? ??e??a?? ...
??a ??? stef????s??
?p?? p??pe? t? ?e???
??d??? ????' ?p?a???ta.
529. _As thou deserv'st be proud._ Cp. Hor. III. _Od._ x.x.x. 14:--
Sume superbiam Quaesitam meritis et mihi Delphica Lauro cinge volens, Melpomene, comam.
534. _To Electra._ Printed in _Witts Recreations_, 1650, where it is ent.i.tled _To Julia_.
536. _Ill Government.... When kings obey_, etc. From Seneca, _Octav._ 581:--
Male imperatur, c.u.m regit vulgus duces.
545. _To his Worthy Kinsman, Mr. Stephen Soame_ (the son or, less probably, the brother of Sir Thomas Soame): _One of my righteous tribe_.
Cp. Note to 496.
547. _Great spirits never with their bodies die._ Tacit. _Agric._ 46:--"Si quis piorum manibus locus, si, ut sapientibus placet, non c.u.m corpore extinguuntur magnae animae".
554. _Die thou canst not all._ Hor. IV. _Od._ x.x.x. 6,7.
556. _The Fairies._ Cp. the old ballad of _Robin Goodfellow_:--
"When house or hearth doth s.l.u.ttish lie, I pinch the maids both black and blue";
and Ben Jonson's _Entertainment at Althorpe_, etc.
557. _M. John Weare, Councellour._ Probably the same as "the much-lamented Mr. J. Warr" of 134.
_Law is to give to every one his own._ Cicero, _De Fin._ v.: Animi affectio suum cuique tribuens Just.i.tia dicitur.
564. _His Kinswoman, Bridget Herrick_, eldest daughter of his brother Nicholas.
565. _The Wanton Satyr._ See Sir E. Dyer's _The Shepherd's Conceit of Prometheus_:--
"Prometheus, when first from heaven high He brought down fire, ere then on earth not seen, Fond of delight, a Satyr standing by Gave it a kiss, as it like sweet had been.
The difference is--the Satyr's lips, my heart, He for a time, I evermore, have smart."
So _Euphues_: "Satirus not knowing what fire was would needs embrace it and was burnt;" and Sir John Davies, _False and True Knowledge_.
Transcriber's Endnotes
Numeration Errors in the Hesperides:
Errors in the numbering system, despite the corrections mentioned in the NOTE TO SECOND EDITION, still exist in the text. A clear example is shown by _569. UPON ELECTRA'S TEARS_ ending Vol. I, whilst Vol. II begins with _569. A HYMN TO THE GRACES_. When the poems within the APPENDIX OF EPIGRAMS are considered, more errors in the numeration system become apparent.
Without an obvious solution to a discrepancy the numbers remain as originally printed, however the following alterations have been made to ensure any details in the NOTES section apply to the relevant poem.
Page 204. OBERON'S PALACE. "444" changed to _443_.
"443. OBERON'S PALACE."
Page 221. FEW FORTUNATE. "472" changed to _470_.
"470. FEW FORTUNATE."
Page 223. THE Wa.s.sAIL. "478" changed to _476_.
"476. THE Wa.s.sAIL."
Page 317. Note to 496. "512" changed to _510_.
"... sometimes a Book (see infra, 510) ..."
Page 321. Note to 545. "498" changed to _496_.
"... Cp. Note to 496...."
Page 322. Note to 564. "562" changed to _564_.
"564. _His Kinswoman, Bridget Herrick_, eldest ..."
Page 322. Note to 565. "563" changed to _565_.
"565. _The Wanton Satyr._ See Sir E. Dyer's ..."
Typographical Errors:
Page 83. 178. CORINNA'S GOING.... "pries" corrected to _priest_.
"And chose their priest, ere we can cast off sloth:"
Page 137. 275. CROSSES. "goods" corrected to _good_.
"Though good things answer many good intents,"
Page 316. Note to 479. " owers" corrected to _flowers_.
"Smell sweet, O ye flowers, in your native sweetness:"
Unresolved Errors:
The following errors remain as printed:
