35 antick heads] = 'gargoyles'.
41 classic] As in Milton. Nor is this the only point in which the two old Christ's men, now on such opposite sides, agree in the 'New Forcers of Conscience' and this piece.
52 1653 great-changing—a mere misprint.
54 do swagger for] 1677 most suspiciously improves to 'are champions for'.
From l. 43 onwards 1653 has the whole in italics, and it is pretty clear that after the first four lines the Echo speaks to the end. The 'Vindicators' do not seem to have seen this, though the absence of the quotes above would not prove it. Professor Case, however, thinks that 'So' refers to what precedes, and that in l. 47 and onwards the author and Echo speaks. It is possible.
The Antiplatonic.
For shame, thou everlasting wooer,
Still saying grace and never falling to her!
Love that 's in contemplation placed