ite doth passe in quietly,
8 And vnto _Morpheus_ comes, whom drowned deepe
In drowsie fit he findes: of nothing he takes keepe.

6 Sleepe > sleepe _1596;_ sleep _1609_

1 Whose double gates he finds locked fast,

double gates > (The two Gates of Sleep (_Odyssey_ 19.562-7; _Aen._
6.893-6). True dreams pass through the gate of horn, while false
dreams pass through the gate of ivory)
fast > firmly

2 One fair framed of burnished ivory,

framed > made, fashioned

3 The other all with silver overcast;

overcast > covered, overlaid

4 And wakeful dogs before them far do lie,
5 Watching to banish Care, their enemy,
6 Who oft is wont to trouble gentle Sleep.

wont > accustomed
gentle > gentle; high-born, noble

7 By them the sprite does pass in quietly,
8 And to Morpheus comes, whom drowned deep
9 In drowsy fit he finds: of nothing he takes keep.

keep > heed

101.41

And more, to lulle him in his slumber soft,
2 A trickling streame from high rocke tumbling downe
And euer-drizling raine vpon the loft,
4 Mixt with a murmuring winde, much like the sowne
Of swarming Bees, did cast him in a swowne:
6 No other noyse, nor peoples troublous cryes,
As still are wont t'annoy the walled towne,
8 Might there be heard: but carelesse Quiet lyes,
Wrapt in eternall silence farre from enemyes.

1 And more, to lull him in his slumber soft,
2 A trickling stream from high rock tumbling down,
3 And ever-drizzling rain upon the loft,

loft > air, upper region; roof

4 Mixed with a murmuring wind, much like the sound
5 Of swarming bees, did cast him in a swoon:
6 No other noise, nor people's troublous cries,
7 As still are wont to annoy the walled town,

still > continually
wont > accustomed

8 Might there be heard: but careless Quiet lies

careless > unconscious, free from cares

9 Wrapped in eternal silence, far from enemies.

101.42

The messenger approching to him spake,
2 But his +wast+ wordes returnd to him in vaine:
So sound he slept, that nought mought him awake.
4 Then rudely he him +thrust+, and pusht with paine,
Whereat he gan to stretch: but he againe
6 Shooke him so hard, that forced him to speake.
As one then in a dreame, whose dryer braine
8 Is tost with troubled sights and fancies weake,
He mumbled soft, but would not all his silence breake.

2 wast > waste _15