ng

6 But shame and sad reproach, here to be read

But > Except
read > seen

7 By these rent relics, speaking their ill plights?

rent > torn, shattered
speaking > bespeaking, giving evidence of; expressive of
ill > evil

8 Let all that live, hereby be counselled
9 To shun Rock of Reproach, and it as death to dread."

212.10

So forth they rowed, and that _Ferryman_
2 With his stiffe oares did brush the sea so strong,
That the hoare waters from his frigot ran,
4 And the light bubbles daunced all along,
Whiles the salt brine out of the billowes sprong.
6 At last farre off they many Islands spy,
On euery side floting the floods emong:
8 Then said the knight, Loe I the land descry,
Therefore old Syre thy course do thereunto apply.

1 So forth they rowed, and that ferryman
2 With his stiff oars did brush the sea so strong

stiff > resolute, steadfast; strong

3 That the hoar waters from his frigate ran,

hoar > grey-white; _hence:_ foamy
frigate > (Light and swift boat; cf. 206.7:9)

4 And the light bubbles danced all along,
5 While the salt brine out of the billows sprang.
6 At last, far off, they many islands spy,
7 On every side floating the floods among:

floods > waters; _hence:_ waves

8 Then said the knight, "Lo I the land descry,
9 Therefore, old sire, your course do thereto apply."

sire > {Father; term of respect accorded to an elderly man}
apply > steer (as 207.1:8)

212.11

That may not be, said then the _Ferryman_
2 Least we vnweeting hap to be fordonne:
For those same Islands, seeming now and than,
4 Are not firme lande, nor any certein wonne,
But straggling plots, which to and fro do ronne
6 In the wide waters: therefore are they hight
The _wandring Islands_. Therefore doe them shonne;
8 For they haue oft drawne many a wandring wight
Into most deadly daunger and distressed plight.

1 "That may not be," said then the ferryman,
2 "Lest we unweeting hap to be fordone:

3 For those same islands, seeming now and then,

seeming > appearing

4 Are not firm land, nor any certain wone,

certain > fixed, definite; established
wone > country; dwelling-place

5 But straggling plots, which to and fro do run

straggling > wandering

6 In the wide waters: therefore are they hight

hight > called

7 The Wandering Islands. Therefore do them shun;
8 For th