282. thorough, through.

285. forwearied, greatly wearied. 288. baite, feed, refresh.

295. take up your in, take lodging.

301. a little wyde, a little way off. 302. edifyde, built.

303. wont, was wont.

315. Ave-Mary, Hail Mary, a prayer to the Vir

gin.

317. Sad humor, heavy moisture.

318. Morpheus, god of sleep.

319. deaw, dew.

320. riddes, removes.

322. amiddes, amid.

328. Plutoes griesly dame, Proserpine.

332. Great Gorgon, Demogorgon, whose name was not to be uttered, and who had magical power over the spirits of the lower world.

333. Cocytus, the river of wailing. Styx, the river

of hate. Both rivers were in Hades.

115. 338. fray, frighten.

343. spersed, dispersed.

348. Tethys, the ocean.

348. Cynthia, the moon.

360. takes keepe, pays heed.

367. still, always.

372. mought, might.

373. paine, effort.

99. Saint George, patron saint of England. 100. semblaunt, semblance.

119. 104. him chaunst, he happened.

105. Sarazin, used for pagans in general. armde to point, completely armed.

107. Sans foy, faithless.

108. a point, a speck, a bit.

109. faire companion, Duessa, or Falsehood, who calls herself Fidessa. She probably represents Mary Queen of Scots and the Church of Rome. on the edge. assay,

111. Purfled, embroidered

quality, value.

113. owches, jewels.

115. palfrey, lady's riding-horse.

117. bosses, ornamental studs or knobs. 118. disport, play.

128. dispiteous, cruel.

129. couch, level, adjust.

130. fell, destructive.

135. rebutte, recoil.

144. broken reliques, shivered lances.

145. buffe, blow.

262. seemely pleasaunce, pleasant courtesies. 269. rifte, fissure.

270. gory bloud, clotted blood.

273. rynd, bark. embard, imprisoned. 278. Astond, astonished. hove, rise. 280. dreadfull passion, passion of fear. 284. Limbo lake, abode of the damned. 287. rare, thin, faint.

288. ruefull, piteous.

291. Fradubio, Brother Doubtful.'

295. Boreas, the north-wind.

122. 316. take in hand, maintain.

328. Whether, which of the two. 329. meede, reward.

332. mote, might.

336. cast, planned.

342. in place, in that place.

348. Eftsoones, forthwith.

351. treen mould, form of a tree.

353. unweeting, not knowing.

355. prime, springtime.

358. origane, wild marjoram,

360. rew, regret.

370. cheare, countenance.

123. 374. bereaved, taken away. quight, quite.

376. pight, placed, fixed.

378. wights, men.

382. living well, a flowing well.

385. wonted well, accustomed well-being.

386. suffised, satisfied. kynd, nature.

391. dreriment, sorrow.

398. unweeting, unaware.

404. all passed feare, all fear having passed.

AMORETTI

1, 6. lamping, shining.

7. spright, spirit.

10. Helicon, a mountain in Boeotia, Greece, famous in mythology as the haunt of the muses.

124. XXIV, 8. Pandora, according to Greek mythology, the first woman, created by command of Zeus in revenge for the theft of fire from heaven by Prometheus. The gods endowed her with such attributes as should bring misfortune to man.

XXXIV, 10. Helice, the Great Bear.

LXX, 2. cote-armour, a herald's tabard. 12. amearst, punished.

EPITHALAMION

125. 1. learned sisters, the muses.

8. wreck, violence.

11. dreriment, sorrow.

22. lustyhed, vigor.

25. Hymen, god of marriage.

27. tead, torch. flake, flash.

28. bachelor, one in the first stage of knighthood. 30. dight, dress.

35. solace, pleasure.

40. wel beseene, very comely.

44. riband, ribbon.

45. poses, flowers.

51. diapred, variegated. discolored, many-colored 56. Mulla, island off the coast of Scotland. 126. 75. Tithones, Tithonus, consort of Aurora. 77. Phœbus, the sun-god.

80. mattins, morning service.

81. mavis, song-thrush. descant, an accompanying melody.

82. ouzell, blackbird. ruddock, redbreast

83. consent, harmony.

86. meeter, more fitting.

87. make, mate.

95. Hesperus, the evening star, and also the morning star.

98-99. Houres, Horæ, goddesses who presided over the changes of the seasons, and of day and night.

102. still, always, ever.

103. three handmayds of the Cyprian Queene, the Graces, who were especially associated with Venus. 104, 106. still, ever, always.

108. And as you are accustomed to sing to Venus, sing to her (my bride).'

113. strayt, presently, soon.

121. Phœbus, Apollo.

123. mote, may.

124. boone, boon, prayer, favor.

131. tabor, drum. croud, fiddle.

140. Hymen, lö Hymen, the refrain of a Roman nuptial song. Hymen is god of marriage.

148. portly, dignified.

127. 151. seemes, befits.

152. weene, think.

165. nathlesse, nevertheless. still, ever, always. 175. uncrudded, uncurdled.

186. spright, spirit.

189. red, saw.

190. Medusaes mazeful hed. Medusa was a beautiful maiden whose hair was transformed into ser

pents. mazeful, confounding.

228. dyde in grayne, dyed in dye.

234. sad, grave. still, ever.

272. weare, were.

282. fayrest planet, the sun.

285. gloome, become twilight. 299. boures, bowers.

304. Arras, a town in northern France formerly noted for its manufacture of tapestries.

307. Maia, mother of Hermes by Zeus.

308. Tempe, a beautiful valley in the north of Thessaly.

310. Acidalian brooke, the fountain Acidalius, in Baotia, Greece.

129. 316. defray, pay for.

328. Alcmena, mother of Hercules by Zeus. 329. Tirynthian groome.

Hercules is said to have lived for many years at the city of Tiryns, in Greece.

331. Majesty. By ancient poets, Night was called the mother of all things, and she was worshipped with great solemnity.

337. dout, fear.

340. helplesse, irremediable.

341. Pouke, Puck, or Robin Goodfellow.

346. still, ever, continually.

348. griesly, horrible.

374. Cynthia, the moon.

376. envy, begrudge.

Templer Knights. A reference to the Temple. After the order of the Knights Templar had been suppressed in the reign of Edward II (1307-1327), their property on the bank of the Thames passed eventually into the hands of the students of the common law.

137-140. a stately place that great lord. The reference is to Leicester House, where Spenser's patron, the Earl of Leicester, dwelt for some years. See the life of Spenser, above, p. 104.

145. a noble peer, the Earl of Essex. After the death of Leicester, in 1588, the Earl of Essex occupied his house and gave it the name, Essex House.

147. through all Spaine did thunder. A reference to the capture of Cadiz in 1596. Essex commanded the land forces.

148. Hercules two pillors, the rocks on either side of the strait of Gibraltar.

153-4. Probably a pun on Essex's family name, Devereux, as if it were connected with the French heureux, happy.'

157. Elisaes glorious name, Queen Elizabeth. 164. Hesper, the evening, and also the morning,

16. power, army.

142.

41. Poitiers and Cressy, famous victories of the English in France, during the Hundred Years' War. The battle of Crécy was fought on Aug. 26, 1346; the battle of Poitiers, on Sept. 19, 1356.

45. our Grandsire. The grandfather of Henry V was John of Gaunt, son of Edward III.

49. Duke of York, Edward, Duke of York, who fell at Agincourt.

50. vanward, advance-guard.

53. Exeter, the Duke of Exeter, uncle of Henry V. 66. Erpingham, Sir Thomas Erpingham, steward of the king's household.

82. bilboes, swords.

91. ding, strike.

94. besprent, sprinkled.

97-112. Gloucester

Oxford Willoughby

Fanhope, English noblemen and gentlemen who fought in the battle of Agincourt.

111. doughtily, mightily, forcibly. 113. Saint Crispin's Day, Oct. 25.

MARLOWE: HERO AND LEANDER
THE FIRST SESTIAD

Leander, a youth of Abydos, in love with Hero, a priestess of Aphrodite at Sestos, swam the Hellespont every night to visit her, until he perished one night in a storm. When his body was cast up on the shore of Sestos next morning, Hero threw herself into the sea.

Sestiad is really a Latin adjective meaning 'belonging to Sestos.'

1. Hellespont, the Strait of Dardanelles. 143. 14. Adonis, a youth of model beauty loved by Venus.

15. kirtle, close-fitting gown.

31. buskins, shoes laced to a point above the an

kle.

49. wrack, destruction.

52. Musaus, a Greek author of the 5th century B. C., author of a celebrated poem on Hero and Leander, upon which Marlowe's poem is based.

56. Colchos, Colchis was the region in Asia to which the Argonautic expedition was directed in quest of the golden fleece.

59. Cynthia, the moon. 61. Circe's wand.

Circe was an enchantress who, with her wand, could transform men into beasts. 65. Pelops. According to a tradition, one of Pelops' shoulders was made of ivory.

77. Hippolytus, son of Theseus and Hippolyta. 144. 98. glistered, glistened.

101. Phaeton, son of the sun-god, obtained permission of his father to drive his chariot across the heavens; but, being unable to check the horses, he nearly set the earth on fire. 107. that .. star, the moon. 108. thirling, quivering.

109. Latmus' mount, a mountain in Asia Minor, the scene of the story of Cynthia's love for Endy mion.

114. Ixion's shaggy-footed race, the Centaurs. 137. Proteus, a sea-god.