[47] See [Hazlitt’s] “Proverbs,” p. [336.]
[48] The seat means the situation. See, in Dr Johnson’s Dictionary, instances of it from Raleigh, Hayward, Bacon, and B. Jonson.—N.
So Duncan, in “Macbeth,” says—
“This castle hath a pleasant seat.”
[49] This quotation is given as follows in both the old copies—
“Dic mihi musa virum captæ post tempora Trojæ,
Multorum homines mores qui vidit et urbes.”
Query—Was it meant by the author that Damon should misquote?—Collier. [Surely not.]
[50] This is he, &c., first edition.
[51] i.e., Plentiful suppers, luxurious couches, and the king’s purse full of gold at command. [In the original this is printed so as to be absolute nonsense.]