56 breathless] shipwrack'd MS.
64 could] should MS.
81 fit] apt MS.
93 ever added in 1684.
113 what] whom MS.
114 seq. It is well known that Astrology maintained its hold throughout the seventeenth century. Dryden himself does not seem to have been by any means insensible to its fascination; and Flatman—who, though a slightly younger man, represents an older temper—may well have been a disciple of Lilly.
135 he] we MS. his] our MS.
148 will] must MS. starve] In its proper sense of 'perish'. Italic in original; but, as has been pointed out, this type is used with such utter capriciousness that it affords no evidence whether the term had any technical vogue among artists of the time.
159 Eternal] Immortal MS.
168 let it] shall for MS.