A fabulous sea-fish}
armed > armoured

9 Mighty monoceroses, with immeasured tails.

monoceros > {Narwhal, sawfish, or swordfish; at any rate, a fish or
fish-like creature having a single horn}
immeasured > immense, vast

212.24

The dreadfull Fish, that hath deseru'd the name
2 Of Death, and like him lookes in dreadfull hew,
The griesly Wasserman, that makes his game
4 The flying ships with swiftnesse to pursew,
The horrible Sea-satyre, that doth shew
6 His fearefull face in time of greatest storme,
Huge _Ziffius_, whom Mariners eschew
8 No lesse, then rockes, (as trauellers informe,)
And greedy _Rosmarines_ with visages deforme.

1 The dreadful fish that has deserved the name
2 Of Death, and like him looks in dreadful hue;

Death > (The morse or walrus, named from the Lapp word _morsa_, and
not from the Latin _mors_ (death), as the bestiarists believed)
hue > appearance; colour

3 The grisly Wasserman, that makes his game

grisly > horrible, fearsome
Wasserman > merman (German word, from Gesner's _Historia Animalium_)

4 The flying ships with swiftness to pursue;

flying > {Fleeing; sailing before the wind}

5 The horrible sea-satyr, that does show

sea-satyr > (Satyrus marinus, satyr of the sea: each creature or
monster of the land was believed to have its counterpart in the
sea)

6 His fearful face in time of greatest storm;
7 Huge xiphias, whom mariners eschew

xiphias > swordfish (Greek)

8 No less than rocks, (as travellers inform),
9 And greedy rosmarines with visages deform.

rosmarine > {Walrus, _Trichechus rosmarus_, also called the "sea-
horse"}
deform > deformed, hideous

212.25

All these, and thousand thousands many more,
2 And more deformed Monsters thousand fold,
With dreadfull noise, and hollow rombling rore,
4 Came rushing in the fomy waues enrold,
Which seem'd to fly for feare, them to behold:
6 Ne wonder, if these did the knight appall;
For all that here on earth we dreadfull hold,
8 Be but as bugs to fearen babes withall,
Compared to the creatures in the seas entrall.

1 All these, and thousand thousands many more,
2 And more deformed monsters thousand-fold,
3 With dreadful noise, and hollow rumbling roar,
4 Came rushing, in the foamy waves enrolled

enrolled > wrapped, wrapped up

5 (Which seemed to fly for fear, them to behold):

Which > [The waves]
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