comes, and to her coche does clyme,
2 Adorned all with gold, and girlonds gay,
That seemd as fresh as _Flora_ in her prime,
4 And stroue to match, in royall rich array,
Great _Iunoes_ golden chaire, the which they say
6 The Gods stand gazing on, when she does ride
To _Ioues_ high house through heauens bras-paued way
8 Drawne of faire Pecocks, that excell in pride,
And full of _Argus_ eyes their tailes dispredden wide.

1 So forth she comes, and to her coach does climb,
2 Adorned all with gold, and garlands gay,
3 That seemed as fresh as Flora in her prime,
4 And strove to match, in royal rich array,
5 Great Juno's golden chair; which, they say,

chair > chariot (see _Iliad_ 5.727. Juno is the queen of the gods,
sister and wife of Jupiter)

6 The gods stand gazing on, when she does ride
7 To Jove's high house through heaven's brass-paved way,

To Jove's high house > (See _Met._ 2.533 ff.)
heaven's brass-paved way > (See _Iliad_ 14.173)

8 Drawn of fair peacocks, that excel in pride,

of > by
excel > surpass [all] others

9 And full of Argus eyes their tails dispread wide.

Argus > (Argus Panoptes, watchman with a hundred eyes, set by Juno
to watch Io and killed by Mercury; Juno placed his eyes in the
tail of the peacock. See _Met._ 1.622-723; _SC_, gloss to
"Julye" and to "October")
dispread > spread out

104.18

But this was drawne of six vnequall beasts,
2 On which her six sage Counsellours did ryde,
Taught to obay their bestiall beheasts,
4 With like conditions to their kinds applyde:
Of which the first, that all the rest did guyde,
6 Was sluggish _Idlenesse_ the nourse of sin;
Vpon a slouthfull Asse he chose to ryde,
8 Arayd in habit blacke, and amis thin,
Like to an holy Monck, the seruice to begin.

1 But this was drawn of six unequal beasts,

of > by
unequal > different, ill-matched

2 On which her six sage counsellors did ride,
3 Taught to obey their bestial behests,
4 With like conditions to their kinds applied:

With like conditions to their kinds applied > (Literally, "With
similar qualities to their natures employed"; each beast was
appropriate to its rider)

5 Of which the first, that all the rest did guide,
6 Was sluggish Idleness, the nurse of sin;

Idleness > [Sloth]

7 Upon a slothful ass he chose to ride,
8 Arrayed in a habit black, and amice thin,

amice >