[13]. [And Lichfield’s bower, etc.] Lichfield Bower is supposed to be the tumulus of three Saxon Kings slain in battle near that spot.
[14]. [British Nile, etc.] Dr. Plott calls the Dove the Nile of England, and attributes the fertility of its floods to the sheep dung washed from the hills in the Moorlands.
[15]. [Brown, etc.] Hawkins Brown Esq; of Foston upon Dove.
[16]. [C’andish, etc.] Doveridge, the seat of C’andish, Esq;
[17]. [Fitzherbert, etc.] Richard Fitzherbert, Esq; of Sommershall.
[18]. [The social flag, etc.] Messrs. Adderley and Scott have pitched a tent upon a fine hill above Coton, from whence a flag flies when they are at home, as a signal to their friends.
[19]. [Outlaw, etc.] A Deer-stealer refusing to surrender was here slain by a Keeper.
[20]. [Where life a gentler breast, etc.] This unfortunate young man being sent on an errand by the Author of this Poem, died on his return; was found next morning in the forest within a mile of his home, his dog standing by him. He was a weaver, supported his father and mother; was engaged on the night of his death to meet his sweetheart at a Christmas feast in the neighbourhood.
[21]. [Yon cliff, etc.] Tutbury Castle.
[22]. [Ferrers, etc.] Robert de Ferrers joining a rebellion against Henry 3d. forfeited the possession of Tutbury.