[ [gv] Than see this blind old——.—[MS. erased.]
[ [gw] {504} And interruption of your speech.—[MS. erased.]
["Which into hollow engines long and round,
Thick-rammed at th' other bore with touch of fire
Dilated and infuriate," etc.
Paradise Lost, vi. 484, sq.]
[ [525] [A gold key is part of the insignia of office of the Lord Chamberlain and other court officials. In Plate 17 of Francis Sandford's History of the Coronation of James the Second, 1687, Henry Mordaunt, Earl of Peterborow, who carries the sceptre of King Edward, is represented with a key hanging from his belt. He was First Groom of the Stole and Gentleman of Bedchamber. The Queen's Vice-chamberlain, who appears in another part of the procession, also carries a key.]
[ [gx] Stuck in their buttocks——.—[MS. erased.]
[ [gy] {505} For theirs are honours nobler far than these.—[MS. erased.]
[ [526] [It is possible that Byron was thinking of Horace Walpole's famous quip, "The summer has set in with its usual severity." But, of course, the meaning is that, owing to excessive and abnormal fogs, the summer gilding might have to be pretermitted.]
[ [gz] Before they make their journey, ere begin it.—[MS. erased.]