28. _Him_, i. e. Cupid. The Pepys MS. has _hem_, them, i. e. the arrows.
Koch reads _hem_, and remarks that it makes the best sense. But it comes to
much the same thing. Cf. Parl. of Foules, 217, where some of Cupid's arrows
are said to slay, and some to wound. It was the spear of Achilles that
could both wound and cure; see Squi. Tale, F 240, and the note. Perhaps, in
some cases, the arrow of Cupid may be supposed to cure likewise; but it is
simpler to ascribe the cure to Cupid himself. Observe the use of _he_ in
ll. 24 and 26, and of _his_ in ll. 25 and 26. Thynne has _hym_.