Earle of Bridgewater. John Egerton, Earl of Bridgewater, in whose honor A Maske was composed and performed in 1634.

Vicount BRACKLY. The Earl of Bridgewater was also Viscount Brackley. His two sons performed the parts of the Elder and Second Brothers; his Daughter Alice, the Lady.

Eheu ... Virgil's Eclogues 2.58-60: "Alas, alas! what hope, poor fool, has been mine? Madman, I have let in the south wind to my flowers, and boars to my crystal springs!"