92. [Upon his brow,] etc. Steevens quotes Paynter: "Is it possible that under such beautie and rare comelinesse, disloyaltie and treason may have their siedge and lodging?" The image of shame sitting on the brow is not in Brooke's poem.
98. [Poor my lord.] Cf. "sweet my mother," iii. 5. 198 below. The figurative meaning of smooth is sufficiently explained by the following mangle. Cf. i. 5. 98 above, and see Brooke's poem:—
"Ah cruell murthering tong, murthrer of others fame:
How durst thou once attempt to tooch the honor of his name?
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Whether shall he (alas) poore banishd man, now flye?
What place of succor shall he seeke beneth the starry skye?
Synce she pursueth him, and him defames by wrong:
That in distres should be his fort, and onely rampier strong."
108. [Worser.] Cf. ii. 3. 29 above. S. uses it often, both as adjective and adverb.