No More Learning

(Bergk, _Anth. Lyr. _, _Scol. _ 8. )

123. _The Tear sent to her from Staines. _ This is printed in _Witts
Recreations_ with no other variation than in the title, which there
runs: "A Teare sent his Mistresse". Dr. Grosart notes that Staines was
at the time a royal residence.

128. _His Farewell to Sack. _ A manuscript version of this poem at the
British Museum omits many lines (7, 8, 11-22, 29-36), and contains few
important variants. "Of the yet chaste and undefiled bride" is a poor
anticipation of line 6, and "To raise the holy madness" for "To rouse
the sacred madness" is also weak. For the line and a half:--

"Prithee not smile
Or smile more inly, lest thy looks beguile,"

we have the very inferior passage:--

"I prithee draw in
Thy gazing fires, lest at their sight the sin
Of fierce idolatry shoot into me, and
I turn apostate to the strict command
Of nature; bid me now farewell, or smile
More ugly, lest thy tempting looks beguile".

This MS.
version is followed in the first published text in _Witts
Recreations_, 1645.

130. _Upon Mrs. Eliz. Wheeler. _ "The lady complimented in this poem was
probably a relation by marriage. Herrick's first cousin, Martha, the
seventh daughter of his uncle Robert, married Mr. John Wheeler. " Nott.

132. _Fold now thine arms. _ A sign of grief. Cp. "His arms in this sad
knot". _Tempest. _

134.