Note 1393 — THE HONORABLE HISTORIE of frier Bacon, and frier Bongay.
Reading edition
Cf. Kn. Kn. "dolphin's eye" (H. Dods. VI. 574); "purple main," etc. (H. Dods. VI. 565, 570). Ward notes resemblance of ll. 50-66, 'lavoltas,' 'purple plaines,' 'Thetis,' etc., to Menapon (Grosart, VI. 36).