Footnotes

[387:2] See Burton, page [185].

[387:3] Pompey bade Sylla recollect that more worshipped the rising than the setting sun.—Plutarch: Life of Pompey.

Our ships were British oak,

And hearts of oak our men.

S. J. Arnold: Death of Nelson.

[388:2] See Tusser, page [20].

Who dares this pair of boots displace,

Must meet Bombastes face to face.[388:3]

Bombastes Furioso. Act i. Sc. 4.

Bom. So have I heard on Afric's burning shore

A hungry lion give a grievous roar;

The grievous roar echoed along the shore.

Artax. So have I heard on Afric's burning shore

Another lion give a grievous roar;

And the first lion thought the last a bore.

Bombastes Furioso. Act i. Sc. 4.