^{page 809 note 2} A remarkable spelling of the name, which I do not remember to have seen anywhere else and which clearly indicates how the first syllable was pronounced. Some surviving quips on Sir Walter's name depend on pronouncing the first syllable “raw.”

^{page 809 note 3} Almost wholly washed out by damp.—In the ensuing notes the following abbreviations will be employed: A for Arber, B for Bullen, Br for Brydges, D for Davison, EH for England's Helicon (1600), G for Grosart, H for Mr. F. C. Hersey, R for Rosenbach transcript, OR for Old Readings, PP for Passionate Pilgrim (1599), and W for Mr. White's manuscript.

^{page 809 note 4} giue them all] W. Br.

^{page 809 note 5} Go, tell] Br.

^{page 809 note 6} painted] Br.

^{page 809 note 7} Go, tell] Br.

^{page 809 note 8} and doth no] W.A.H. but does no] Br.

^{page 809 note 9} and] Br.

^{page 809 note 10} Church and Court] D. A, H.

^{page 809 note 11} Square brackets represent deletions.

^{page 809 note 12} Then give them both] W, D, A, H.

^{page 809 note 13} Acting but others actions] W.

Acting, by others' action;] D. A. H.

Acting, but Oh their actions] Br.

^{page 809 note 14} i.e., loved.

^{page 809 note 15} nor] D.

^{page 809 note 16} omitted by W. D. A.

^{page 809 note 17} affections] W.

a faction] H.

affection] D, A.

their factions] Br.

^{page 809 note 18} rule] W, Br.

manage] D, A, H.

^{page 809 note 19} affaires of state] W, Br.

the estate] D, A, H.

^{page 809 note 20} That] Modern.

^{page 809 note 21} those] W.

^{page 809 note 22} Like] D, A.

^{page 809 note 23} Then give them all] W. D. A. H. Spare not to give] Br.

^{page 809 note 24} lacks] Br.

^{page 809 note 25} meets] W, D, A. is] Br, H.

^{page 809 note 26} And] W, D, Br, A, H.

^{page 809 note 27} you] W.

^{page 809 note 28} that] W, Br.

^{page 809 note 29} she] W, D, A, H.

^{page 809 note 30} how] D, A, H.

^{page 809 note 31} she] Br.

^{page 809 note 32} falters] W, Br, A, H. alters] D.

^{page 809 note 33} if] W.

^{page 809 note 34} do] Br.

^{page 809 note 35} fickle Br (misprint?).

^{page 809 note 36} in] W, D, Br, A, H.

^{page 809 note 37} i.e., over-wiseness.

^{page 809 note 38} if] Br.

^{page 809 note 39} Then] Br.

^{page 809 note 40} pretension] Br, H.

^{page 809 note 41} if] Br.

^{page 809 note 42} yield] Br.

^{page 809 note 43} Then] Br.

^{page 809 note 44} still] W, D, Br, A, H.

^{page 809 note 45} do] W, Br.

^{page 809 note 46} estraying] W.

^{page 809 note 47} want] D, A, H.

^{page 809 note 48} so] A.

^{page 809 note 49} it's] W, D, Br, A, H.

^{page 809 note 50} off] D, Br, A, H.

^{page 809 note 51} preferred] D, A.

^{page 809 note 52} do] W, D, Br, A, H.

^{page 809 note 53} say] W. So] A, H.

^{page 809 note 54} Because] D, A.

^{page 809 note 55} thou] W.

^{page 809 note 56} Deserves] D, Br, A, H.

^{page 809 note 57} Yet stab] Br.

^{page 809 note 58} who] Br (for he that).

^{page 809 note 59} thy] D my] A.

^{page 809 note ∗} For a remarkably full account of this poem, the reader is referred to Miss Agnes Latham's recent book, The Poems of Sir Walter Ralegh, pp. 152-161.

^{page 809 note 60} Responsio.

^{page 815 note 1} Isaak Walton quoted all six stanzas in his Complete Angler, published in 1653. It is printed that way in Arber's Anthology (1899) and in vol. 3 of Bullen's edition of The Works of Christopher Marlowe (1885). Sir Egerton Brydges reprinted it, omitting the sixth stanza, in his collected edition of The Poems of Sir Walter Raleigh, 1813. It must be noted that Bullen's collation is utterly undependable. I have not seen The Complete Angler.

^{page 815 note 2} Liue with me] PP. Come liue with mee] EH, B, H.

^{page 815 note 3} And] Old readings (OR).

^{page 815 note 4} all the pleasures] OR.

^{page 815 note 5} That hilles and vallies, dales and fields] PP, B, H.

That grove or valley, hill or field,] Br.

That Vallies, groues, hills and fieldes] EH.

That vallies, groves, or hills or fields] I. W.

^{page 815 note 6} And all the craggy mountaines yeeld.] PP.

Woods, or steeple mountaine yeeldes] EH, B, H.

Or woods and steepie mountains yeeldes] I. W.

Or wood and steepy mountain yield.] Br.

^{page 815 note 7} There will we] PP.

And wee will] EH, B, H.

Where we will] I. W., Br.

^{page 815 note 8} sit] OR.

^{page 815 note 9} on rising] Br. (for upon the).

^{page 815 note 10} Seeing] EH, B, H.

^{page 815 note 11} our] I, W.

^{page 815 note 12} by] PP.

^{page 815 note 13} sings] EH.

^{page 815 note 14} Pleas'd will I make thee beds] Br.

There will I make thee a bed] PP.

And I will make thee beds] EH, I. W., B, H.

^{page 815 note 15} With [for and make] PP. And twine] Br.

And] EH, B, H.

^{page 815 note 16} fragrant] OR.

And then] I. W.

^{page 815 note 17} cap] OR.

^{page 815 note 18} rural] Br.

cup] B (misprint?).

^{page 815 note 19} Imbrodered] PP. Imbroydred] EH. Embroidered] H.

^{page 815 note 20} An] B.

If] Br.

^{page 815 note 21} pleasures] OR.

^{page 815 note 22} may thee [for thy mind may] OR. can thee] Br.

^{page 815 note 23} Come] EH, I. W., B, H. To] Br.

^{page 816 note 1} all] OR.

^{page 816 note 2} on] Br.

^{page 816 note 3} Omitted by Br.

^{page 816 note 4} my passion] Br.

^{page 816 note 5} The] OR.

^{page 816 note 6} But fading flowers in every field,] Br.

^{page 816 note 7} wayward] OR.

^{page 816 note 8} To winter floods their treasures yield] Br.

^{page 816 note 9} honey'd] Br.

^{page 816 note 10} Not in the old copies and superfluous.

^{page 816 note 13} grow] OR.

^{page 816 note 14} complaines] EH, B.

^{page 816 note 15} belt] EH, Br.

^{page 816 note 16} Thy gowns, thy shoes, thy beds of roses] OR (A very interesting variant.) Thy belt of straw, and ivy buds,] Br.

^{page 816 note 17} cap] OR.

^{page 816 note 18} kirtle] OR.

^{page 816 note 19} posies] OR.

^{page 816 note 20} break] OR.

^{page 816 note 21} Are all soon wither'd, broke, forgotten,] Br.

^{page 816 note 22} But could youth] OR.

^{page 816 note 23} still] OR.

^{page 816 note 24} breede] OR. had] Br.

^{page 816 note 25} date] OR.

^{page 816 note 26} nor] OR.

^{page 816 note 27} those] Br.

^{page 817 note 1} Collier thought that the lines “contradict the supposition” that Field was himself the author of the poem, but I cannot agree with him as to this. The identity of Lady May is lost in obscurity.

^{page 817 note 2} his = its.

^{page 817 note 3} him = itself.

^{page 817 note 4} This word is preceded by doonn, the oo being written above two deleted' letters (ow?).

^{page 817 note 5} Collier reads that for the y^e of the MS.

^{page 817 note 6} Collier reads with.

^{page 817 note 7} his = Field's.

^{page 817 note 8} Collier, 'lay.