Footnotes

That puts it not unto the touch

To win or lose it all.

Napier: Montrose and the Covenanters, vol. ii. p. 566.

I 'll make thee famous by my pen,

And glorious by my sword.

Scott: Legend of Montrose, chap. xv.

Though with those streams he no resemblance hold,

Whose foam is amber and their gravel gold;

His genuine and less guilty wealth t' explore,

Search not his bottom, but survey his shore.

Cooper's Hill. Line 165.

Oh, could I flow like thee, and make thy stream

My great example, as it is my theme!

Though deep, yet clear; though gentle, yet not dull;

Strong without rage; without o'erflowing, full.

Cooper's Hill. Line 189.

Actions of the last age are like almanacs of the last year.

The Sophy. A Tragedy.

But whither am I strayed? I need not raise

Trophies to thee from other men's dispraise;

Nor is thy fame on lesser ruins built;

Nor needs thy juster title the foul guilt

Of Eastern kings, who, to secure their reign,

Must have their brothers, sons, and kindred slain.[258:1]

On Mr. John Fletcher's Works.