Upon which lines Servius remarks: fatis congrua comparatio. That was faying too little.

CANTO III. 5.

It fortuned, out of the thickeft wood
A ramping lion rufhed fuddenly,
Hunting full greedy after falvage blood.
Soon as the royal virgin he did spy,
With gaping mouth at her ran greedily.

ran for he ran.

So II. VI. I.

A harder leffon, to learn continence

In joyous pleasure, than in grievous pain. For, It is a barder.

II. vi. 8,

So eafy was to quench his flamed mind. For, It was.

II. VIII. 4

Is iron coat all overgrown with ruft,
Was underneath enveloped with gold,
Whose gliftring glofs darkned with filthy duft,
Well it appeared to have been of old

A work of rich entail, and curious mold.

Here I think darkned is put for was darkned; and therefore I would place a full ftop after duft.

Sonnet

Sonnet XXXI.

Ah, why hath Nature to fo hard a heart Given fo goodly gifts of beautie's grace? Whofe pride depraves each other better part, And all thofe precious ornaments deface. deface, for does deface.

Sonnet LVI.

Fair be ye fure, but proud and pitiless,
As is a ftorm, that all things doth proftrate;
Finding a tree alone all comfortless,

Beats on it strongly it to ruinate,

Inftead of, Which finding a tree, &c.

Daphnaida:

Whatever man he be, whofe heavy mind, &c. Let read the ruful plaint herein expreft.

For, Let him read.

The Tears of the Mufes:

And all her fifters rent their golden hairs,
And their fair faces with falt humour steep.

Steep for did fteep, &c. &c. &c.

Him booteth not refift, nor fuccour call,
His bleeding heart is in the venger's hand.

This venger is a lion. To be in the band of a lion feems a bold expreffion, παρακεκινδυνευμένον, as the Greeks fay. So again, 11. XI. 33.

And as a bear, whom angry curs have touz'd, Having off-fhak'd them, and escap'd their hands, Becomes more fell.

Daniel vi. 27. Who hath delivered Daniel from the band of the lions.

Pfalm xxii. 20. Deliver my darling from the band of the dog. See the Commentators.

STAN Z. XXI.

With pains far paffing that long-wandring Greek, That for his love refused Deity.

In Homer, Odyff. E. Calypfo, endeavouring to perfuade Ulyffes to stay with her, tells him amongst other things,

Ενθάδε αὖθι μένων σὺν ἐμοὶ τόδε δῶμα φυλάσσοις,
Αθάνατός τ ̓ εἴης· ἱμειρόμενος περ ἰδέσθαι

Σὴν ἄλοχου, τῆς αἰὲν ἐἔλθεαι ἢματα πάνα.

Certe bic manens una mecum banc domum cuftodires, Immortalifque effes, quantumvis cupidus fis videndi Tuam uxorem, cujus ufque defiderio teneris dies omnes. But, he thank'd her, and defir'd leave to go home.

STANZ.

STANZ. XXXI.

And scorching flames of fierce Orion's hound.

Sirius: Homer. II. X. 29.

But both from back and belly ftill did fpare, To fill his bags, and riches to compare. to compare riches, comparare divitias.

So III. VIII. 40.

For every shape on him he could endue.

endue, induere.

III. VIII. 51.

till morrow next again

Both light of heaven, and ftrength of men relate.

to relate, referre.

III. XI. 14.

And ever in your noble heart prepenfe,

That all the forrow in the world is lefs

"Than virtue's might.

prepense, perpende tecum, or prius perpende.!

III. XI. 25.

So to her yold the flames, and did their force revolt.

to revolt, revolvere, retro referre, to draw back.

IV. 1. 27.

And as her tongue, fo was her heart difcided. difcided from difcindo.

IV. v. 33.

There where the moulder'd earth had cav'd the

bank.

to cave, cavare.

IV. vi. 43. to revert, reverti.

I. vi. 6.

And Phoebus flying so most shameful fight, His blushing face in foggy cloud implies. implies, implicat, involvit. See I. XI. 23.

IV. vII. 40.

His fair locks

He let to grow, and griefly to concrew. to concrew, concrefcere.

III. XI. 46.

And round about, a border was entrail'd Of broken bows and arrows fhiver'd fhort; And a long bloody river through them rail'd, So lively and fo like, that living fenfe it fail'd. to fail the fenfe, fallere; to deceive the fenfe, and to seem real.

VI. VIII. 14.

At laft the caitive, after long difcourfe, When all his strokes he saw avoided quite, &

VI.