y > flee

6 No wonder, if these did the knight appal;
7 For all that here on earth we dreadful hold
8 Be but as bugs to fear babes withal,

bugs > bugbears, bogies
fear > frighten
withal > with

9 Compared to the creatures in the sea's entrail.

to > with
entrail > bowels, inner parts; _hence:_ depths

212.26

Feare nought, (then said the Palmer well auiz'd;)
2 For these same Monsters are not these in deed,
But are into these fearefull shapes disguiz'd
4 By that same wicked witch, to worke vs dreed,
And draw from on this iourney to proceede.
6 Tho lifting vp his vertuous staffe on hye,
He smote the sea, which calmed was with speed,
8 And all that dreadfull Armie fast gan flye
Into great _Tethys_ bosome, where they hidden lye.

1 "Fear naught," then said the palmer well advised,

well advised > well informed; having carefully reflected; carefully

2 "For these same monsters are not these indeed,
3 But are into these fearful shapes disguised

disguised > transformed

4 By that same wicked witch, to work us dread,

that same wicked witch > [Acrasia]
work > cause

5 And draw from on this journey to proceed."

draw > [make us] shrink

6 Tho, lifting up his virtuous staff on high,

Tho > Then
virtuous > potent; magical (see 212.40:3, and cf. Ubaldo's wand at
_GL_ 14.73)

7 He smote the sea, which calmed was with speed,
8 And all that dreadful army fast gan fly

gan fly > did flee

9 Into great Tethys' bosom, where they hidden lie.

212.27

Quit from that daunger, forth their course they kept,
2 And as they went, they heard a ruefull cry
Of one, that wayld and +pittifully+ wept,
4 That through the sea +the+ resounding plaints did fly:
At last they in an Island did espy
6 A seemely Maiden, sitting by the shore,
That with great sorrow and sad agony,
8 Seemed some great +misfortune+ to deplore,
And lowd to them for succour called euermore.

3 pittifully > pittifull _1596_
4 the > _omitted from 1609_
8 misfortune > misfortnne _1596_

1 Quit from that danger, forth their course they kept,

Quit > Rescued, released

2 And as they went, they heard a rueful cry
3 Of one that wailed and pitifully wept,
4 That through the sea the resounding plaints did fly:

That through > [So that from one side to the other of]
plaints > lamentations

5 At last they in an island did espy

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