of the Thirty
Tyrants. Perhaps an error for "Crito" on Spenser's part)
belamy > fair friend, bosom-friend
207.53
The +_Gardin_+ of _Proserpina_ this hight;
2 And in the midst thereof a siluer seat,
With a thicke Arber goodly ouer dight,
4 In which she often vsd from open heat
Her selfe to shroud, and pleasures to entreat.
6 Next thereunto did grow a goodly tree,
With braunches broad dispred and body great,
8 Clothed with leaues, that none the wood mote see
And loaden all with fruit as thicke as it might bee.
1 _Gardin_ > _Gordin 1596_
1 The Garden of Proserpine this hight;
hight > was called; is called
2 And in the midst thereof a silver seat,
a > [was a]
3 With a thick arbour goodly over dight,
goodly > gracefully
over dight > [trained to overhang; "dight" = "prepared"]
4 In which she often used from open heat
5 Herself to shroud, and pleasures to entreat.
shroud > shelter
entreat > occupy herself in (this instance cited by _OED_)
6 Next thereto did grow a goodly tree,
goodly > beautiful
7 With branches broad dispread and body great,
dispread > extended
8 Clothed with leaves, that none the wood might see,
that > [so that]
wood > [trunk, boughs]
9 And loaded all with fruit as thick as it might be.
207.54
Their fruit were golden apples glistring bright,
2 That goodly was their glory to behold,
On earth like neuer grew, ne liuing wight
4 Like euer saw, but they from hence were sold;
For those, which _Hercules_ with conquest bold
6 Got from great _Atlas_ daughters, hence began,
And planted there, did bring forth fruit of gold:
8 And those with which th'_Eub{ae}an_ young man wan
Swift _Atalanta_, when through craft he her out ran.
1 Their fruit were golden apples glistering bright,
Their > [The branches']
golden apples > (Symbols of avarice and discord: cf. _Myth._ 7.7;
cf. also _Aen._ 6.136-43)
2 That goodly was their glory to behold,
That > [So that; or: so]
goodly > beautiful
3 On earth like never grew, nor living wight
like > [the like]
wight > person, creature
4 Like ever saw, but they from hence were sold;
but > unless
sold > given, handed over
5 For those which Hercules, with conquest bold,
Hercules > (His eleventh and most difficult labour required him to
get possession of the apples in the garden of the three
Hesperides, the daught
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