I might run more fiercely, not more hastily.—
Ib. Speech of Calianax:—
Office! I would I could put it off! I am sure I sweat quite through my
office!
The syllable off reminds the testy statesman of his robe, and he carries on the image.
Ib. Speech of Melantius:—
—Would that blood,
That sea of blood, that I have lost in fight, &c.
All B. and F.'s generals are pugilists, or cudgel-fighters, that boast of their bottom and of the claret they have shed.
Ib. The Masque;—Cinthia's speech:—
But I will give a greater state and glory,
And raise to time a noble memory
Of what these lovers are.
I suspect that 'nobler,' pronounced as 'nobiler'—{Symbol (metrical): U-=shape below the line}—, was the poet's word, and that the accent is to be placed on the penultimate of 'memory.' As to the passage—