[4]. [Maim’d the staunch hound, etc.] Alludes to the Order for Lawing, or cutting off a claw of all Dogs kept within the purlieus of the royal forests, to prevent their destroying the Deer.
[5]. [Here with fair peace, etc.] The Author rents his house, upon the verge of the forest, of Sir Wm. Bagot. It was built and inhabited by two gentlemen of the Bagot family.
[6]. [And Arden boasts, etc.] See Shakespear’s As you like it.—Scene Forest of Arden.
[7]. [The wandering Wood, etc.] Fairy Queen, Book 1st. chap. 1st. stanza 13th. This is the wandering Wood, this Errors den.
[8]. [And bears away, etc.] B. 1st. c. 2d. The Shield inscribed Sans Foy.
[9]. [A gaudy bee-bird’s, etc.] The Humming Bird.
[10]. [And there in gothic arches, etc.] Dr. Warburton observes the gothic architecture originally imitated the groves, which were in earlier times consecrated to religious worship.
Divine Legation.
[11]. [One like a sexton, etc.] Earth-stopper.
[12]. [Where this gay mount, etc.] A beautiful eminence called King’s-Standing.