Note 66 — CUPID'S CRYER:
Reading edition
Appeared originally in the 'Delights' of 1646 (pp. 115-117): was reprinted 1648 (pp. 11-13) and 1670 (pp. 110-112). Our text is that of 1648; but all agree, save as follows: 1646 misprints 'cease' for 'ceaze' = seize, in line 17 from end; and 1670, line 8 from beginning, misprints 'own' for 'owe;' the latter perpetuated by Turnbull. The poem is an interpretation of the first Idyll of Moschus. Line 5, 'O yes' = the legal oyiez: line 8, 'owe' = own. G.