_ They would
undertake
to fleece unsuspecting
strangers in their town.
Keats
l. 134. _ducats._ Italian pieces of money worth about 4_s._ 4_d._ Cf.
Shylock, _Merchant of Venice_, II. vii. 15, 'My ducats.'
l. 135. _Quick . . . away.
_ They would
undertake
to fleece unsuspecting
strangers in their town.
PAGE 58. l. 137. _ledger-men._ As if they only lived in their
account-books. Cf. l. 142.
l. 140. _Hot Egypt's pest_, the plague of Egypt.
ll. 145-52. As in _Lycidas_ Milton apologizes for the introduction of
his attack on the Church, so Keats apologizes for the introduction of
this outburst of indignation against cruel and dishonourable dealers,
which he feels is unsuited to the tender and pitiful story.
