Ver. 239.--_His brother._ Ambrose Dudley, Earl of Warwick.

Ver. 245.--_His noble spouse._ Anne, the eldest daughter of Francis
Russell, Earl of Bedford.

Ver. 260.--_His sister_. Lady Mary Sidney.

Ver. 261.--_That good earle_, &c. This Earl of Bedford died in 1585.--
TODD.

Ver. 267.--_He, noble bud_, &c. Edward Russell, grandson of Francis
Earl of Bedford, succeeded in the earldom, his father, Francis, having
been slain by the Scots.--OLDYS.

Ver. 275.--_That goodly ladie_, &c. Lady Mary Sidney, mother of Sir
Philip Sidney and the Countess of Pembroke.

Ver. 281.--_Most gentle spirite._ Sir Philip Sidney.

Ver. 317.--_Thine owne sister,_ &c. The Countess of Pembroke, to whom
this poem is dedicated. "The Dolefull Lay of Clorinda" (Vol. IV. p.
426) appears to have been written by her.

Ver. 436.--_Good Melibae_. Sir Francis Walsingham, who died April
6,1590. The _poet_ is Thomas Watson.--OLDYS.

Ver. 447-455.--These lines are aimed at Burghley, who was said to have
opposed the Queen's intended bounty to the poet. C.

Ver 491.--These allegorical representations of the vanity of exalted