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[280-3] Let us swear an eternal friendship.--FRERE: _The Rovers,

## act i. sc. 1._

ANDREW FLETCHER OF SALTOUN. 1653-1716.

I knew a very wise man that believed that if a man were permitted to make all the ballads, he need not care who should make the laws of a nation.

_Letter to the Marquis of Montrose, the Earl of Rothes, etc._

NATHANIEL LEE. 1655-1692.

Then he will talk--good gods! how he will talk![281-1]

_Alexander the Great. Act i. Sc. 3._

Vows with so much passion, swears with so much grace, That 't is a kind of heaven to be deluded by him.

_Alexander the Great. Act i. Sc. 3._

When Greeks joined Greeks, then was the tug of war.

_Alexander the Great. Act iv. Sc. 2._

'T is beauty calls, and glory shows the way.[281-2]

_Alexander the Great. Act iv. Sc. 2._

Man, false man, smiling, destructive man!

_Theodosius. Act iii. Sc. 2._

FOOTNOTES:

[281-1] See Beaumont and Fletcher, page 197.

[281-2] "Leads the way" in the stage editions, which contain various interpolations, among them--

See the conquering hero comes! Sound the trumpet, beat the drums!--

which was first used by Handel in "Joshua," and afterwards transferred to "Judas Maccabæus." The text of both oratorios was written by Dr. Thomas Morell, a clergyman.

JOHN NORRIS. 1657-1711.

How fading are the joys we dote upon! Like apparitions seen and gone. But those which soonest take their flight Are the most exquisite and strong,-- Like angels' visits, short and bright;[281-3] Mortality 's too weak to bear them long.

_The Parting._

FOOTNOTES:

[281-3] Like those of angels, short and far between.--BLAIR: _The Grave, line 588._

Like angel visits, few and far between.--CAMPBELL: _Pleasures of Hope,