<53.9> AN UNANOYNTED—MS.

<53.10> This and the three preceding lines are not in MS.

<53.11> Alluding of course to the very familiar legend of Ulysses and the Syrens.

<53.12> A quaver (a well-known musical expression).

<53.13> A—MS.

<53.14> A musical peg.

<53.15> AND—MS.

<53.16> A piece of wire attached to the finger-board of a guitar.

<53.17> Original and MS. read AN.

<53.18> The tablature of Lovelace's time was the application of letters, of the alphabet or otherwise, to the purpose of expressing the sounds or notes of a composition.