"This happy garden, once while I was happy."
—Pegge.
[4] Dante ("Inferno," c. v.) says—
"Nessun maggior dolore
Che ricordarsi del tempo felice
Ne la miseria."
—Collier.
[5] Two romances of the time, very well known, often reprinted, and frequently mentioned in old authors.—Collier.
[6] i.e., Shrive her, hear her at confession. So in Shakespeare's "King Richard III."—
"What, talking with a priest, Lord Chamberlain?
Your lordship hath no shriving-work in hand."
—Steevens.
[7] These lines seem a parody on the following one in "Bonduca," by Beaumont and Fletcher, act iv. sc. 3—