“Mercury shall geue thee giftes manyfolde,
His pillion, scepter, his winges, and his harpe.”
Fourth Egloge, sig. C iiii. ed. 1570.
and Cavendish’s Life of Wolsey; “and upon his head a round pillion, with a noble of black velvet set to the same in the inner side” [where surely we ought to read, “and upon his head a round pillion of black velvet, with a noble set to the same in the inner side”]. p. 105. ed. 1827.
Page 342. v. 811. As wyse as Waltoms calfe] So Heywood;
“And thinke me as wise as Waltams calfe, to talke,” &c.
Dialogue, &c. sig. F 3,—Workes, ed. 1598.
Ray gives, “As wise as Waltham’s calf, that ran nine miles to suck a bull.” Proverbs, p. 220. ed. 1768.
v. 812. a Goddes halfe] See note, p. 174. v. 501.