[479] So Isham copy and MS.—Eds. A, B, C "and as idle."
[480] So MS.—Isham copy and ed. A "oft."
IN GERONTEM.[481] XX.
Geron, whose[482] mouldy memory corrects
Old Holinshed our famous chronicler
With moral rules, and policy collects
Out of all actions done these fourscore year;
Accounts the time of every odd[483] event,
Not from Christ's birth, nor from the prince's reign,