—Steevens.
[322] i.e., Embraced me.
[323] [Old copy, and.]
[324] The two stanzas decrease and then increase, after the manner of wings. See the Greek poet Simmias Rhodius.—Pegge.
[325] [Old copy, his.]
[326] Hitherto the reading has been—
"'Twas a hard passage; but not so dangerous
As was this vessel."
The true word and the measure have been restored from the old copy.—Collier.
[327] Threatens in both the editions. Pegge suggested sweetens.
[328] See note to "The Spanish Tragedy," [v. 95.]