| "Forgive, ye Proud, th' involuntary fault If Memory to these," etc., |
the present readings ("Nor you," "impute to these," and "Mem'ry o'er their tomb") being inserted in the margin.
The [12th stanza] has "reins of empire," with "rod" in the margin.
In the [15th stanza], the word "lands" has been crossed out, and "fields" written above it.
The [17th] has "Or shut the gates," etc.
In the [21st] we have "fame and epitaph supply."
The [23d] has "And in our ashes glow," the readings "Ev'n" and "live" being inserted in the margin.
The [27th stanza] has "would he rove." We suspect that this is also the reading of the Wrightson MS., as Mitford says it is noted by Mason.
In the [28th stanza], the first line reads "from the custom'd hill."
In the [29th] a word which we cannot make out has been erased, and "aged" substituted.