Ll. 5-7, Ovid, _Met._ ii. 874.
L. 7. _les pleurs dans les yeux._ The current phrase is _les larmes aux
yeux_.
Ll. 9, 10. Ovid, _Fast._ v. 611.
L. 10. _sous soi._ In _The Public School Elementary French Grammar_ by
Brachet we read (par. 96): 'In modern French, _soi_ is only used when
the subject is _on_, _tout le monde_, _chacun_, etc., or after an
impersonal verb.' But this is contradicted by the practice of the best
authors. See Littré, _Dict._, s. v. 'Soi,' Remarque; Haase, §13. Cf.
note to p. 19, l. 38.
L. 20. _le flatte._ This sense of F. _flatter_ was adopted in English,
but has long been obsolete. Under the date 1599 there is a curious
instance of this use in the _N. E. D._: 'Trout is a fish that loveth to
be _flattered_ and clawed in the water.'