NOTES TO CANTO XXXII.
Besides that me my destiny entrained, &c.
Stanza xxiv. line 1.
To illustrate the difficulties experienced by those who are zealous and jealous in the cause of English, I will mention that two very accomplished friends of mine objected to two words, one in this, and one in the preceding stanza, which I have left standing. One observed, that entrained could not be found in Johnson’s Dictionary; and the other, that to shun was not recognized in it as a verb neuter. Entrained is, however, justified by the following line of Harrington:
“By other’s sugared words I was entrained.”
And to shun to do, &c. by a passage in the translation of the New Testament, in which St. Paul says, “I have not shunned to proclaim the glory of God.”—Acts, ch. 20. v. 27.
Cadurci and Cohort city, &c.
Stanza l. line 1.
“The Cadurci, in ancient geography, were a people of Aquitania, situated between the rivers Oldus, running from the north, and the Tarnis from the south. Cahors is the modern name of their capital.”—Encycl.
