NOTES.

P. [6], l. 1.—Blin.] To cease.

Mon that loveth falsnesse and nule never blynne,
Sore may him drede the lyf that he is ynne.

Wright's Political Songs, p. 212.

P. [7], l. 25.—Her hart more hard than adamant or steele.] Compare "Midsummer Night's Dream," ii. 2.—

"You draw me, you hard-hearted adamant;
But yet you draw not iron, for my heart
Is true as steel: leave you your power to draw,
And I shall have no power to follow you."

P. [8], l. 15.—Ban.] Curse.

P. [9], l. 13.—Crownets.] Coronets. The term occurs in Shakespeare.

P. [9], l. 22.—Hunts-up.] Mr. Collier has printed a very curious song, from which it appears that the hunts-up was known as early as 28 Henry VIII. The following extract will show the nature of it:—