Note 245 — [STEELE.
Reading edition
In act iii. sc. 2 of "The Rehearsal," Prince Volscius falls in love at first sight with Parthenope, who says:
"My mother, sir, sells ale by the town-walls, And me her dear Parthenope she calls;"
whereupon Volscius (repeating words from Davenant's "Siege of Rhodes") replies:
"Can vulgar vestments high-born beauty shroud? Thou bring'st the morning pictured in a cloud."