"Pray you, good shepherd, what fair swain is this,
That dances with your daughter?—
They call him Doricles, and he boasts himself
To have a worthy feeding. I have it but
Upon his own report, and I believe it."
Steevens, quoting passages from Drayton, explains 'feeding' in the sense of pasture, and Mason explains 'worthy' as valuable, substantial; but neither is convincing. I would, with Hanmer, read 'breeding:'
"A gentleman, I do assure myself,
And of a worthy breeding, though he hide it."
Fletcher, Monsieur Thomas, i. 1.