Page 243, l. 389. new wormes: probably serpents, such as were described in new books of travels.
l. 394. Imprisoned in an Hearbe, or Charme, or Tree. Compare A Valediction: of my name, in the window, p. [27], ll. 33-6:
As all the vertuous powers which are
Fix'd in the starres, are said to flow
Into such characters, as graved bee
When these starres have supremacie.
l. 409. But as some Serpents poyson, &c. Compare: 'But though all knowledge be in those Authors already, yet, as some poisons, and some medicines, hurt not, nor profit, except the creature in which they reside, contribute their lively activitie and vigor; so, much of the knowledge buried in Books perisheth, and becomes ineffectuall, if it be not applied, and refreshed by a companion, or friend. Much of their goodnesse hath the same period which some Physicians of Italy have observed to be in the biting of their Tarentola, that it affects no longer, then the flie lives.' Letters, p. 107.
Page 245, l. 460. As matter fit for Chronicle, not verse. Compare The Canonization, p. [15], ll. 31-2:
And if no peece of Chronicle wee prove
We'll build in sonnets pretty roomes ...