4751. _a slowe_, a moth; F. taigne (Lat. tinea). But I know of no other
example. Hence _were_, in the next line, must mean to wear away, to fret;
cf. note to 4712.
4755. 'And sweethearts are as good in black mourning as when adorned in
shining robes.' Cotgrave, s. v. _Amourette_, quotes a proverb: 'Aussi bien
sont amourettes Soubs bureau, que soubs brunettes; Love bides in cottages,
as well as in courts.' A _burnet_ was a cloth of a superior quality; see
note to l. 226.
4764. For _That_ read _But_, answering to the F. _Qui ... ne_.
4768. _Genius_ is one of the characters in a later part of the F. text, l.
16497 (ed. Méon).