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t, and with the winged boy haunt > resort the winged boy > [Cupid] 4 Sporting himself in safe felicity: 5 Who, when he has with spoils and cruelty Who > [Cupid] 6 Ransacked the world, and in the woeful hearts 7 Of many wretches set his triumphs high, triumphs > (The word "triumph" is cognate with the Greek _triambos_, meaning a hymn to Bacchus, the god of wine, associated with madness and frenzy. Bacchus compelled the women of Thebes to celebrate festivals to him on Mount Cytheron (see 306.29:4); perhaps this connexion was in Spenser's mind) 8 Thither resorts, and laying his sad darts sad darts > grievous arrows 9 Aside, with fair Adonis plays his wanton parts. 306.50 And his true loue faire _Psyche_ with him playes, 2 Faire _Psyche_ to him lately reconcyld, After long troubles and vnmeet vpbrayes, 4 With which his mother _Venus_ her reuyld, And eke himselfe her cruelly exyld: 6 But now in stedfast loue and happy state She with him liues, and hath him borne a chyld, 8 _Pleasure_, that doth both gods and men aggrate, _Pleasure_, the daughter of _Cupid_ and _Psyche_ late. 1 And his true love, fair Psyche, with him plays, Psyche > ("The Soul"; her allegorical story is told in _The Golden Ass_ by Apuleius) 2 Fair Psyche, to him lately reconciled 3 After long troubles and unmeet upbrays, unmeet > unfitting; _hence:_ unfair, unreasonable upbrays > reproaches, reproofs 4 With which his mother, Venus, her reviled, 5 And eke himself her cruelly exiled: eke > also 6 But now in steadfast love and happy state 7 She with him lives, and has him borne a child, 8 Pleasure, that does both gods and men aggrate, Pleasure > (Volupia or Voluptas, the personification of sensual pleasure) aggrate > please; gratify (SUS) 9 Pleasure, the daughter of Cupid and Psyche late. late > late (i.e. recently deceased, qualifying "_Psyche_"); recent (qualifying "daughter") 306.51 Hither great _Venus_ brought this infant faire, 2 The younger daughter of _Chrysogonee_, And vnto _Psyche_ with great trust and care 4 Committed her, yfostered to bee, And trained vp in true feminitee: 6 Who no lesse carefully her tendered, Then her owne daughter _Pleasure_, to whom shee 8 Made her companion, and her lessoned In all the lore of loue, and goodly womanhead. 1 Hither great Venus brought this in
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