_Poem by Sir E. Dyer_ (Vol. i., p. 355.).--"My mind to me," &c.
Neither the births of Breton nor Sir Edward Dyer seem to be known;
nor, consequently, how much older the one was than the other. Mr. S.,
I conclude, could not mean much older than Breton's tract, mentioned
in Vol. i., p. 302. The poem is not in England's _Helicon_. The
ballad, as in Percy, has four stanzas more than the present copy, and
one stanza less. Some of the readings in Percy are better, that is,
more probable than the new ones.
"I see how plenty _surfeits_ oft."--_P._
suffers.--_Var._
"I grudge not at another's _gain_".--_P._
pain.--_Var._
"No worldly _wave_ my mind can toss."--_P._
wants.--_Var._
These seem to me to be stupid mistranscriptions.
"I brook that is another's pain."--_P._
"My state at one doth still remain."--_Var._
Probably altered on account of the slight obscurity; and possibly a
different edition by the author himself.
"They beg, I give,
They lack, I _lend_."--_P._
leave.--_Var._
In this verse,
"I fear no foe, I _scorn_ no friend."--_P._
fawn.--_Var._