"I was with Hercules and Cadmus once,
When in a wood of Crete they bayed the bear
With hounds of Sparta: never did I hear…
So musical a discord, such sweet thunder."
The reference to Hercules and Camdus, and in a wood of Crete and hounds of Sparta are all references to Greek lore.
"Jack shall have Jill;
Nought shall go ill;
The man shall have his mare again, and all shall be well."
Reference to a well known children's limerick
"Cupid is a knavish lad"
Referring to the Greek God who shot arrows at humans to make them fall in love
"By the simplicity of Venus’ doves"
Venus is the name for the Greek goddess of love, Aphrodite. She was the mother of Cupid.
"I swear to thee, by Cupid’s strongest bow"
Referring again to the Greek God of love, Cupid.
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