To Mrs. K. T., &c. (1647). To this title 1677 and its followers add 'Written calente calamo'. The variant on currente is of some interest, and the statement may have been made to excuse the bad opening rhyme.
5 neither] either 1677.
14 'their cold' 1651, 1653: 'that cold' 1647, 1677.
16 silenced] As some Puritans were before Cleveland wrote, and all, or almost all, Churchmen afterwards.
31 1677 'Lest I should cancel all the bliss'.
37 bail] 1653 &c. 'hail', which is doubtless a misprint.
40 'prating' 1677.
47 'handmaid' 1677.
50 1677 'Intends to speak'—an obvious correction of the 'red-hot pen'. But whether Cleveland's or his vindicators' who shall say?
51 So 1647, 1651, 1653. The couplet is meaningless without them.