[266] Miswritten 'with which.' G.
[267] Miswritten 'they.' G.
[268] = more serious. See Vol. I., p. 160, and related Note in Postscript. G.
[269] Sic: not peircinge. G.
[270] From the autograph MS. in All Souls' College, Oxford, MS. 155. W. W. 11, 26, fol. 72, a and b. The contractions of the MS. have been expanded, but u and v are reproduced. This full holograph of 'The Kinge's Welcome,' while it supersedes the short and imperfect copy from Dr. Laing's MS.—as first printed in our F. W. L. edition—confirms the authorship thereof. The abbreviated copy is also given after this one, as it is expedient to reproduce the MS. in its integrity. G.
[271] Miswritten 'them.' G.
[272] The allusion is to the storm on her voyage to Scotland in 1590. Cf. Constable's Sonnet to the King of Scots. See our Memorial-Introduction on these Lines. G.
[273] The six preceding pieces and the 'Elegiecall Epistle' are in the same handwriting with the 'Maid's hymne in praise of Virginity.' G.
[274] These two are in a new and apparently less-trained handwriting. G.
[275] This use of 'alas' was common contemporaneously, and especially by the Puritan divines. G.