Byron: The Corsair, canto iii. stanza 24.

[187:1] See Fletcher, page [183].

[187:2] "Castles in the air,"—Montaigne, Sir Philip Sidney, Massinger, Sir Thomas Browne, Giles Fletcher, George Herbert, Dean Swift, Broome, Fielding, Cibber, Churchill, Shenstone, and Lloyd.

[187:3] Oats,—a grain which is generally given to horses, but in Scotland supports the people.—Samuel Johnson: Dictionary of the English Language.

[187:4] Carpet knights are men who are by the prince's grace and favour made knights at home. . . . They are called carpet knights because they receive their honours in the court and upon carpets.—Markham: Booke of Honour (1625).

"Carpet knights,"—Du Bartas (ed. 1621), p. 311.

[187:5] The exception proves the rule.

[188:1] See Shakespeare, page [50].

[188:2]

Qui vino indulget, quemque alea decoquit, ille