Part iii

. Canto iii. Line 624._

And poets by their sufferings grow,[216-1]-- As if there were no more to do, To make a poet excellent, But only want and discontent.

_Fragments._

FOOTNOTES:

[210-1] He Greek and Latin speaks with greater ease Than hogs eat acorns, and tame pigeons peas.

CRANFIELD: _Panegyric on Tom Coriate._

[210-2] See Shakespeare, page 50.

[210-3] See Skelton, page 8.

[210-4] See Bacon, page 170.

[211-1] See Heywood, page 11.

[211-2] See Middleton, page 172.

[211-3] See Fortescue, page 7.

[211-4] Bid the Devil take the slowest.--PRIOR: _On the Taking of Namur._

Deil tak the hindmost.--BURNS: _To a Haggis._

[211-5] See Spenser, page 27.

[211-6] Sure as a gun.--DRYDEN: _The Spanish Friar, act iii. sc. 2._ CERVANTES: _Don Quixote, part i . book iii . chap. vii._

[212-1] See Middleton, page 172.

[212-2] He that is down needs fear no fall.--BUNYAN: _Pilgrim's Progress,