NOTES.
2. Whither, mad maiden, etc. From Martial, I. iv. 11, 12:—
Aetherias, lascive, cupis volitare per auras:
I, fuge; sed poteras tutior esse domi.
But for the Court. Cp. Martial, I. iv. 3, 4.
4. While Brutus standeth by. "Brutus and Cato are commonplaces of examples of severe virtue": Grosart. But Herrick is translating. This is from Martial, XI. xvi. 9, 10:
Erubuit posuitque meum Lucretia librum,
Sed coram Bruto; Brute, recede, leget.
8. When he would have his verses read. The thought throughout this poem is taken from Martial, X. xix., beginning:—
Nec doctum satis et parum severum,
Sed non rusticulum nimis libellum
Facundo mea Plinio, Thalia,
I perfer:
where the address to Thalia perhaps explains Herrick's "do not thou rehearse". The important lines are:&mdash'
