[34], [108]. felt report: probably, account related with feeling.
[34], [121]. the treasure of his brow: his horn.
[34], [122]. shelter of a tree. Unicorns were supposed to be worsted in encounters by their adversaries sheltering behind trees, in which they impaled themselves. Spenser, F. Q. ii, 5, 10, describes how a lion defeats a unicorn by this stratagem. Cf. Jul. Cæs. ii, 1, 303-04.
"He loves to hear
That unicorns may be betray'd with trees."
[34], [128]. th' tw' other, i. e. Pyrrhot and Melynell.
[35], [130]. hunt Honour at the view. A rare metaphorical application of the technical phrase, "hunt at the view."
[35.] [Exit Nuntius.] The editor has inserted this, as the Qq do not indicate when the Nuncius departs, and, with the entrance of Bussy, there is no further need of him. bare: bareheaded.
[35], [141-44]. If ever Nature . . . one. Difficult lines, which may be paraphrased: if ever Nature's bond maintained its strength, when subjected to the severe test of bridging the distance between sovereign and subject, both sprung from the same seed, now prove that in elevated stations she can show her nobility.