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Rh CLIV.—7. The general of hot desire. In L. L. L. iii. 1. 187 he is called "great general Of trotting paritors." Cf. Two Noble Kinsmen, v. 1. 163: "our general of ebbs and flows" (Diana, or Luna).

12. Thrall. Bondman. Cf. Macb. iii. 6. 13: "the slaves of drink and thralls of sleep," etc.

13. This by that, etc. That is, the statement in the next line.