Note 36 — THE MASQUE OF “TIME VINDICATED”[28]
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But Shepheard’s Hunting appeared in 1615. Jonson, in the Grand Chorus at the end of the Masque, writes:—
“Turn hunters then Again But not of men. Follow his ample And just example, That hates all chase of malice, and of blood, And studies only ways of good. To keep soft peace in breath Man should not hunt mankind to death, But strike the enemies of man. Kill vices if you can,” etc.
Here was yet another hit at George Wither, but who was he whose “ample and just example” was held up as a model for imitation? [Ed.]