[FN#183] i.e. the well-known island of that name (The Garden).
[FN#184] i.e. "whatever may betide" or "will I, nill I"?
[FN#185] Lit. she was cut off or cut herself off.
[FN#186] Lit. "The convent of Clay."
[FN#187] i.e. this is the time to approve thyself a man.
[FN#188] To keep her afloat.
[FN#189] Lit "Thou art the friend who is found (or present) (or the vicissitudes of Time (or
Fortune)."
[FN#190] i.e. the officer whose duty it is to search out the estates of intestates and lay hands upon such property as escheats to the Crown for want of heirs.
[FN#191] i.e. Sumatran.
[FN#192] i.e. Alexander.