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Which, in false grief hiding its harmful guile,
6 Does weep full sore, and sheds tender tears:
full > very, exceedingly
sore > bitterly
7 The foolish man, that pities all this while
8 Its mournful plight, is swallowed up unwares,
unwares > unexpectedly
9 Forgetful of his own, that minds another's cares.
105.19
So wept _Duessa_ vntill euentide,
2 That shyning lampes in _Ioues_ high house were light:
Then forth she rose, ne lenger would abide,
4 But comes vnto the place, where th'Hethen knight
In slombring +swownd+ nigh voyd of vitall spright,
6 Lay couer'd with inchaunted cloud all day:
Whom when she found, as she him left in plight,
8 To wayle his woefull case she would not stay,
But to the easterne coast of heauen makes speedy way.
5 swownd > swoune _1609_
1 So wept Duessa until eventide,
2 That shining lamps in Jove's high house were light:
That > To the extent that; _hence:_ until
lamps > [stars]
light > alight; lit
3 Then forth she rose, nor longer would abide,
abide > remain; await the issue
4 But comes to the place where the heathen knight,
5 In slumbering swoon, nigh void of vital spirit,
6 Lay covered with enchanted cloud all day:
7 Whom when she found, as she him left in plight,
as she him left in plight > [just as she had left him, in the same
plight]
8 To wail his woeful case she would not stay,
wail > mourn
9 But to the eastern coast of heaven makes speedy way.
coast > region
105.20
Where griesly _Night_, with visage deadly sad,
2 That _Ph{oe}bus_ chearefull face durst neuer vew,
And in a foule blacke pitchie mantle clad,
4 She findes forth comming from her darkesome mew,
Where she all day did hide her hated hew.
6 Before the dore her yron charet stood,
Alreadie harnessed for iourney new;
8 And coleblacke steedes yborne of hellish brood,
That on their rustie bits did champ, as they were wood.
1 Where grisly Night (with visage deadly sad,
grisly > horrible, fearsome
Night > (The pre-Olympian goddess Nox, progenitress of Aveugle
(father of Sansfoy, Sansloy, and Sansjoy); see _Myth._ 3.12)
sad > grave; dark-coloured
2 That Phoebus' cheerful face dared never view,
dared > (The subject is indifferently "visage" or "face")
3 And in a foul black pitchy mantle clad)
4 She finds forth coming from her darksome mew,
forth coming > [coming f
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