ey have oft drawn many a wandering wight

wight > person, mortal

9 Into most deadly danger and distressed plight.

212.12

Yet well they seeme to him, that farre doth vew,
2 Both faire and fruitfull, and the ground +dispred+
With grassie greene of delectable hew,
4 And the tall trees with leaues apparelled,
Are deckt with blossomes dyde in white and red,
6 That mote the passengers thereto allure;
But whosoeuer once hath fastened
8 His foot thereon, may neuer it recure,
But wandreth euer more vncertein and vnsure.

2 dispred > disspred _1609_

1 "Yet well they seem to him that far does view,

far > [from afar]

2 Both fair and fruitful, and the ground dispread

dispread > spread

3 With grassy green of delectable hue,

hue > colour; appearance

4 And the tall trees, with leaves apparelled,
5 Are decked with blossoms dyed in white and red,
6 That might the passengers thereto allure;

passengers > passers-by

7 But whosoever once has fastened
8 His foot thereon, may never it recure,

recure > recover

9 But wanders, ever more uncertain and unsure.

212.13

As th'Isle of _Delos_ whylome men report
2 Amid th'_Aeg{ae}an_ sea long time did stray,
Ne made for shipping any certaine port,
4 Till that _Latona_ traueiling that way,
Flying from _Iunoes_ wrath and hard assay,
6 Of her faire twins was there deliuered,
Which afterwards did rule the night and day;
8 Thenceforth it firmely was established,
And for _Apolloes_ +honor+ highly herried.

9 honor > temple _1590_

1 "As the Isle of Delos whilom, men report,

Delos > (The smallest of the Cyclades, a floating island till
Jupiter chained it to the sea-bed so that Latona, pregnant with
Apollo and Diana, might have a secure resting-place for the
birth: see _Met._ 6.157-381)
whilom > in ancient times

2 Amid the Aegean Sea long time did stray,
3 Nor made for shipping any certain port,

certain > fixed

4 Till Latona, travelling that way

Latona > (Mother of Apollo and Diana, fathered by Jupiter, and thus
persecuted by Juno)

5 (Flying from Juno's wrath and hard assay),

Flying > Fleeing
Juno > (Wife and sister of Jupiter)
assay > trials; assaults

6 Of her fair twins was there delivered,
7 Which afterwards did rule the night and day;

night and day > (Diana is goddess of the moon and Apollo god of the
sun)

8 Thenceforth