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556. The Fairies. Cp. the old ballad of Robin Goodfellow:—
"When house or hearth doth sluttish lie,
I pinch the maids both black and blue";
and Ben Jonson's Entertainment at Althorpe, etc.
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557. M. John Weare, Councellour. Probably the same as "the much-lamented Mr. J. Warr" of 134.
Law is to give to every one his own. Cicero, De Fin. v.: Animi affectio suum cuique tribuens Justitia dicitur.
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564. His Kinswoman, Bridget Herrick, eldest daughter of his brother Nicholas.
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565. The Wanton Satyr. See Sir E. Dyer's The Shepherd's Conceit of Prometheus:—
"Prometheus, when first from heaven high
He brought down fire, ere then on earth not seen,
Fond of delight, a Satyr standing by
Gave it a kiss, as it like sweet had been.
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The difference is—the Satyr's lips, my heart,
He for a time, I evermore, have smart."
So Euphues: "Satirus not knowing what fire was would needs embrace it and was burnt;" and Sir John Davies, False and True Knowledge.
