[48] A musical instrument of the ancients, employed by the Egyptians in the worship of Isis. It was to be kept in constant motion, and, according to Plutarch, was intended to indicate the necessity of constant motion on the part of men—the need of being often shaken by fierce trials and agitations when they become morbid or indolent.—ED.
[49] Diana is represented as driving the chariot of the moon, as Apollo that of the sun. Mythology states that while enlightening the earth as Luna, the moon, she beheld the hunter Endymion sleeping in the forest. With her rays she kissed the lips of the hunter—a favor she had never before bestowed on god or man.—ED.
[50] These lines were written without her signature attached.—ED.