Spenser. Farmer quotes in a note from the Faerie Queene, iv. iii. 43.
Greek expressions. Upton, p. 321.
[176]. “Lye in a water-bearer's house,” Every Man in his Humour, Act i., Sc. 3.
[176]. Daniel the Historian, i.e. Samuel Daniel the poet (1562-1619), whose Collection of the Historie of England appeared in 1612 and 1617. Cf. p. [190].
Kuster. See note on p. [108]. “Aristophanis Comoediae undecim. Gr. and Lat. Amst. 1710. Fol., p. 596” (Farmer).
unyoke (Hamlet, v. 1. 59). See Upton, pp. 321, 322.
Orphan heirs (Merry Wives, v. 5. 43), id., p. 322. “Dr. Warburton corrects orphan to ouphen; and not without plausibility, as the word ouphes occurs both before and afterward. But I fancy, in acquiescence to the vulgar doctrine, the address in this line is to a part of the Troop, as Mortals by birth, but adopted by the Fairies: Orphans with respect to their real Parents, but now only dependant on Destiny herself. A few lines from Spenser will sufficiently illustrate the passage” (Farmer). Farmer then quotes from the Faerie Queene, 111. iii. 26.
[177]. Heath. “Revisal, pp. 75, 323, and 561” (Farmer).
Upton. His edition of the Faerie Queene appeared in 1758.
William Lilly (1602-1681), astrologer. “History of his Life and Times, p. 102, preserved by his dupe, Mr. Ashmole” (Farmer). Elias Ashmole (1617-1692), who bequeathed his museum and library to the University of Oxford.