While yet the year. [‘As yet the trembling year is unconfirm’d.’] The Seasons, ‘Spring,’ 18.
[97]. Burn’s Justice. Justice of the Peace, by Richard Burn (1709–1785), the first of many editions of which was issued in two vols., 1755.
Wears cruel garters. Twelfth Night, II. 5. [‘Cross-gartered.’]
A panopticon. Jeremy Bentham’s name for his method of prison supervision. See The Spirit of the Age, vol. III., note to p. 197.
The latter end of his Commonwealth [does not] forget the beginning. The Tempest, II. 1.
[98]. Mother Hubberd’s Tale. Prosopopoia, or Mother Hubberd’s Tale.
[98]. The Oak and the Briar. ‘Februarie,’ in The Shepheard’s Calender.
Browne. William Browne (1591–?1643), pastoral poet. His chief work was Britannia’s Pastorals (1613–6).
Withers. See note to p. 83, ante. The family name is occasionally spelt Withers though the poet is generally known as Wither.
The shepherd boy piping. Book I. chap. ii.