Note 1 — THE FÊTES OF JULY IN A LETTER TO THE EDITOR OF THE ‘BUNGAY BEACON’
Reading edition
Translated for the benefit of country gentlemen:
‘By your angel flown away just like a dove, By the royal infant, that frail and tender reed, Pardon yet once more! Pardon in the name of the tomb! Pardon in the name of the cradle!’