244. tuneless. Because he lacked the skill to play.
253. gestic lore. The knowledge of dancing.
258. honour. Note that the word honour is used here in the sense of adulation or praise.
264. an avarice of praise. They are greedy for flattery.
265. they give to get esteem. They flatter others in order that others may flatter them in return.
266. Flatterers credit them with qualities which should make them blest, and being credited with these qualities they naturally try to live up to them.
267. this softer art. Flattery or adulation.
271. within itself unblest. finding no happiness in its own thoughts.
273. They attempt to win praise by an external show of shabby finery.
276. frieze. A kind of coarse woollen cloth.