[62] The ensuing dialogue between father and son is adapted from one in Le Menteur, II. v. The story is also followed closely by Foote, in the Liar, II. iii.
[63] The next four speeches are from Le Menteur, II. vi.
[64] In the Duke of Buckingham's Rehearsal (1671), III. ii.
[65] You teach the woods to re-echo the name of the fair Amaryllis (Virgil, Buc. I. v).
[66] Richard Leveridge had a deep and powerful bass voice, and he also composed much song music. He died in 1758, aged 88.
Lucrèce. Mais parle sous mon nom, c'est à moi de me taire.
(Le Menteur, III. v.)
[68] This speech is adapted from one in Le Menteur, III. v.
[69] The ensuing dialogue, down to the exit of the ladies, follows generally that in Le Menteur, III. v.
[70] The story will be found in Sir Philip Sidney's Arcadia. The tale of Argalus and Parthenia was put into verse by Francis Quarles.