And as pure fire heats my octavo bulk
As the grand-folio, or the Reamish hulk,
If but oppos'd with envy, but unless
70I truly am what these few words express.
Thy ready friend,
N. W.
22 'carp' for 'carper' seems to be much rarer than for 'carping'. Cf. In Insonio, 218.
41 Stow] The famous antiquary had been dead long enough (since 1605) to 'become a name'.
55 'impal'd', orig. 'impalde', is clearly 'paled-in', 'palisaded',' fortified'.
64 third-air] = 'third hand', or what?