The allusion in the last line is to the opera of "The Tempest," which I have mentioned in the previous note.
"Probitas laudatur et alget."
Juvenal, i. 74.
[ [94] In the Prologue to "The Emperor of the Moon," 1687, the line occurred: "There's nothing lasting but the Puppet-show."
"Ita populus studio stupidus in funambulo
Animum occuparat."
Terence, Prol. to "Hecyra," line 4.
[ [96] See memoir of Michael Mohun at end of second volume.