g the
violin; hence: lyre, phorminx}

3 Whereon the ruins of great Ossa hill,

Ossa > (A mountain (elev. c. 6400 feet) in northern Thessaly (now
Kisavo); the Giants, in attempting to scale Mount Olympus, piled
it on the neighbouring Mount Pelion (Virgil, _Georgics_ 1.281))

4 And triumphs of Phlegrean Jove he wrote,

Phlegrean > (It was at Phlegra (or Pallene), in Macedonia, that the
Giants attacked the gods; see 507.10:5)
Jove > (Who defeated the Giants with thunderbolts fashioned by
Vulcan and his Cyclopes)
wrote > set to music

5 That all the gods admired his lofty note.

That > [So that]
admired > {Admired; heard with wonder or surprise}

6 But if some relish of that heavenly lay

relish > flavour; trace
lay > song

7 His learned daughters would to me report,

His learned daughters > (The nine Muses. "His" may equally refer to
Apollo, for in later accounts he is the leader of the choir of
Muses, and receives the name of Musagetes as a result. According
to _Myth._ 4.10, the Muses are the children of Apollo rather than
of Jupiter)
report > send back

8 To deck my song withal, I would essay

withal > notwithstanding
essay > attempt

9 Your name, O sovereign queen, to blazon far away.

blazon > proclaim (cf. 100 for various resemblances to the four
opening stanzas of 210, which themselves comprise a sort of
proem)

210.4

Thy name {o^} soueraine Queene, thy realme and race,
2 From this renowmed Prince deriued arre,
+Who+ mightily vpheld that royall mace,
4 Which now thou bear'st, to thee descended farre
From mightie kings and conquerours in warre,
6 Thy fathers and great Grandfathers of old,
Whose noble deedes aboue the Northerne starre
8 Immortall fame for euer hath enrold;
As in that old mans booke they were in order told.

3 Who > Whom _1590, 1596: FE_

1 Your name, O sovereign queen, your realm and race,
2 From this renowned prince derived are,

prince > [Arthur]

3 Who mightily upheld that royal mace

mace > sceptre

4 Which now you bear, to you descended far
5 From mighty kings and conquerors in war,
6 Your fathers and great grandfathers of old,

grandfathers > ancestors

7 Whose noble deeds above the northern star
8 Immortal fame for ever has enrolled;

enrolled > recorded

9 As in that old man's book they were in order told.

that old man > [Eumnestes]

210.5

The land, which warlike