NOTES.
Note 1.
———While Ismael's bow, &c.
The army of Mahomet the Second, at the siege of Constantinople, was thronged with fanatics of all sects and nations, who were not enrolled amongst the regular troops. The sultan himself marched upon the city from Adrianople; but his army must have been principally collected in the Asiatic provinces, which he had previously visited.
Note 2.
———Bring wine, bring odours, &c.
Huc vina, et unguenta, et nimium brevis
Flores amœnæ ferre jube rosæ.
Hor. lib. ii. od. 3.
