Grosart
quotes an "Epitaph upon his
honoured
friend, Master Warre," by Randolph.
Robert Herrick
John Wheeler." Nott.
132. _Fold now thine arms._ A sign of grief. Cp. "His arms in this sad
knot". _Tempest._
134. _Mr. J. Warr._ This John Warr is probably the same as the "honoured
friend, Mr. John Weare, Councellour," of a later poem. Dr.
Grosart
quotes an "Epitaph upon his
honoured
friend, Master Warre," by Randolph.
Nothing is known of him, but I find in the Oxford Register that a John
Warr matriculated at Exeter College, 16th May, 1619, and proceeded M.A.
in 1624. He may possibly be Herrick's friend.
137. _Dowry with a wife._ Cp. Ovid, _Ars Am._ ii. 155: Dos est uxoria
lites.
139. _The Wounded Cupid._ This is taken from Anacreon, 33 [40]:--
