Obs. [A variant form of CANTO; perh. from confusing the Italian words canto corner, canto song, cantone corner, canzone song.]
1. A song; = CANTO 1.
1594. Zepheria, Canzon ii. How many Cantons then, sent I to thee?
1601. Shaks., Twel. N., I. v. 289. Write loyall Cantons of contemned loue.
1609. Heywood, Bryt. Troy, XII. xviii. They Oades and Cantons sing.
2. = CANTO 2.
1609. Heywood (title), Troia Britanica, or Great Britaines Troy. A Poem deuided into XVII. seuerall Cantons.
