70. _Hight_, is (rightly) named. The final _-e_, though required by
grammar, is suppressed; the word being conformed to other examples of the
third person singular of the _present_ tense, whilst _hight-e_ is commonly
used as the _past_ tense. Pity's right name is here said to be 'Beauty,
such as belongs to Favour.' The poet is really thinking of his mistress
rather than his personified Pity. It is very difficult to keep up the
allegory.