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Notes and Queries, Number 40, August 3, 1850 by Various
page 20 of 69 (28%)
"The soft sweet moss shall be thy bed
With crawling woodbine overspread."

Herrick's _Hesperides_, p. 223.

On l. 554 (G.):--

"And flattery to his sinne _close curtain_ draws."

Ph. Fletcher's _Purple Island_, p. 112. ed. 1633.

On l. 635. (G.):--

"_His clouted shoon_ were nailed for fear of wasting."

Ph. Fletcher's _Purple Island_, p. 113.

On l. 707. (G.) A passage in the Spanish Tragedy confirms Mr. Warton's
reasoning--

"After them doth Hymen hie as fast,
_Clothed in sable_ and a saffron robe."

_Old Plays_, vol. iii. p. 214. ed. 1780.

On l. 734. (G.):--

"Saw you not a lady come this way on a sable horse
_studded with stars_ of white?"

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