XVII. - XVIII.

L. 1. Song of Solomon, i. 6.

Ll. 7-10. Song of Solomon, i. 7.

L. 8. le mol et doux coton. Cf., in N.E.D., Cotton. 'Down or soft hair growing on the body.' Obs. rare so F. coton=poil, 1615, Crooke, Body of man, 65: 'Pubes doeth more properly signifie the Downe or cotton when it ariseth about those parts.'

L. 11. Ovid, Heroid. xv. 93-95.

L. 22. ce jeune Troyen, Ganymede.

L. 23. Adonis, whose mother, Myrrha, had before his birth been turned into a tree that distilled myrrh.