Shakspeare and His Times [Vol. 1 of 2] / Including the Biography of the Poet; criticisms on his genius and writings; a new chronology of his plays; a disquisition on the on the object of his sonnets; and a history of the manners, customs, and amusements, superstitions, poetry, and elegant literature of his age

by Nathan Drake

Nor Paul, nor Swithin, rule the clouds and wind."

[324:A] Reed's Shakspeare, vol. iv. p. 453. Midsummer-Night's Dream, act iv. sc. 1. Buchanan also beautifully records the same traditionary imagery:

"Festa Valentino rediit lux——

Quisque sibi sociam jam legit ales avem.

Inde sibi dominam per sortes quærere in annum

Mansit ab antiquis mos repetitus avis;

Quisque legit dominam, quam casto observet amore,

Quam nitidis sertis obsequioque colat:

Mittere cui possit blandi munuscula Veris."

[325:A] Bourne's Antiquities apud Brand, p. 253.