IV, iii, s.d. 1 streaming O3, Q (steaming O1)
1–3 Meleager was a warrior who, along with other Greek (‘Argolian’) knights, hunted a wild boar sent by Artemis. Although he killed the boar, the incident led to his own death. See Ovid, Metamorphoses viii, 270ff.
3 Calydonian O2 (Caldonian O1)
4 Cephalus a hunter who destroyed a wild beast that was ravaging the Theban territories. See Ovid, Metamorphoses vii, 759ff.
5 Themis a Greek deity, the symbol of order and justice
6 Aonian Theban
25 confines borders
28 bad success ill fortune
37 Ibis See note to IV, ii, 105 above.
47 prove test
49 partial biased
56 frolic merry
65 thy baseness and obscurity i.e. Tamburlaine’s low birth