[Footnote I.102: Hair to stand on end,] A common image of that day.
[Footnote I.103: The fretful porcupine:] This animal being considered irascible and timid.
[Footnote I.104: Eternal blazon] i.e., publication or divulgation of things eternal.
[Footnote I.105: Rots itself in ease on Lethe wharf,] i.e., in indolence and sluggishness, by its torpid habits contributes to that morbid state of its juices which may figuratively be denominated rottenness.
[Footnote I.106: Orchard,] Garden.