Note 23 — ACT III.—Scene I.
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In imitation of this:—
"On seas, and in battles, through bullets and fire, The danger is less, than in hopeless desire; My death's wound you gave me, tho' far off I bear My fall from your sight, not to cost you a tear: But if the kind flood on a wave would convey, And under your window my body would lay; When the wound on my breast you happen to see, You'll say with a sigh, it was given by me."
This is the latter part of a song, made by Mr. Bayes on the death of Captain Digby, son of George, Earl of Bristol, who was a passionate admirer of the Duchess Dowager of Richmond, called by the author Armida. He lost his life in a sea-fight against the Dutch, the 28th of May, 1672.