Footnotes
[175:3] This song, often attributed to Shakespeare, is now confidently assigned to Barnfield; it is found in his collection of "Poems in Divers Humours," published in 1598.—Ellis: Specimens, vol. ii. p. 316.
SIR JOHN DAVIES. 1570-1626.
Much like a subtle spider which doth sit
In middle of her web, which spreadeth wide;
[[176]]If aught do touch the utmost thread of it,
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She feels it instantly on every side.[176:1]
The Immortality of the Soul.
Wedlock, indeed, hath oft compared been
To public feasts, where meet a public rout,—
Where they that are without would fain go in,
And they that are within would fain go out.[176:2]
Contention betwixt a Wife, etc.