[717]. combust, quenched, viz. by being too near the sun; see Astrolabe, pt. ii. § 4. Venus and Mercury, when thus 'combust,' lost their influence. let, hindered.
[721]. Adoon, Adonis; see Ovid, Met. x. 715.
[722]. Europe, Europa; see Leg. of Good Women, 113, and note.
[725]. Cipris, Venus; see Ho. Fame, 518.
[726]. Dane, Daphne; see Kn. Ta. A 2062.
[729]. Mercúrie, Mercury; Herse, daughter of Cecrops, beloved by Mercury. Her sister, Aglauros, had displeased Minerva (Pallas); whereupon Minerva made Aglauros envious of Herse. Mercury turned Aglauros into stone because she hindered his suit. See Ovid, Met. ii. 708-832.
[733]. 'Fatal sisters;' i.e. the Fates, Clotho, Lachesis, and Atropos. 'Which spun my destiny, before any cloth (infant's covering) was made for me.' See Kn. Ta. A 1566; Leg. G. Wom. 2629.
[764]. Let sleeping dogs lie; a proverb.
[773]. 'To hold in hand' is to feed with false hopes, to delude by pretended love.
[775]. Lit. 'and make him a hood above a cap.' A calle (caul) was a close-fitting cap, a skull-cap. To put on a hood over this evidently means to cover up the eyes, to cajole, to hoodwink.