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50.	l. 12.	gesture . . . grace] Cf. Upon Two Sisters, above, l. 22.
51.	Love's Representation.
	l. 1.	head] hand, early edd.
	l. 6.	No hope] Chose hope 1709; In hope, Hazlitt.
52.	l. 33.	beamy fetters] Cf. the stanzas on Lucrece, above, l. 19: 'Her beams, which some dull men call'd hair.'
	Song.
	l. 4.	setting up his rest] Cf. Romeo and Juliet, IV., v. 6, and see Nares' explanation of the phrase, s.v. rest.
53.	Upon the Black Spots worn by my Lady D. E.
		Hazlitt asks: 'Could this be the Dorothy Enion who married Thomas Stanley the poet?' The lady referred to by Suckling is obviously a nobleman's daughter, possibly an Egerton.
56.	Desdain.
	l. 2.	serments] servens 1658.
		vents] vent, early edd.
	l. 6.	Entendez] 1709; N'tendez, earlier editions.
	l. 15.	Ni le rompre] In le rompre 1646, 1648, 1658.
	l. 16.	Ni d'estre] In d'estre 1658.
		perfide] perfite, early edd.
	l. 18.	vous obliger] nous obliger 1658.
	l. 20.	Des vœux] Du vous 1658.
57.	Lutea Allison.
		The 1709 ed. calls this poem Lutea Allanson, obviously an error.
58.	Perjury Excused.
	l. 7.	And I have bound, etc.] He refers to the Farewell to Love above.
	l. 14.	After this poem, in the early editions, occurs the song 'Hast thou seen the down in the air,' which is printed in The Sad One, IV. iii.
	Upon the First Sight of My Lady Seymour.
		There were several ladies at the Stewart Court who bore this title. Francis, younger brother of

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