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st of the golden fleece, conquest > {Booty; that which is obtained by force of arms} golden fleece > (Which was suspended in an oak tree in the Grove of Mars at Colchis, in Asia Minor, and guarded day and night by a dragon. Jason was persuaded to go on this quest by Pelias, king of Iolcus in Thessaly) 7 His falsed faith, and love too lightly flit, falsed > counterfeited; proved false flit > shifted, altered; _hence:_ transferred 8 The wondered Argo, which in venturous piece wondered > marvelled at Argo > (A ship of 50 oars, commissioned by Jason for his quest and named after its builder, Argus) venturous > [that] bold; [that] adventurous piece > piece of work, masterpiece; _hence:_ daring exploit 9 First through the Euxine seas bore all the flower of Greece. Euxine seas > Euxinus, Black Sea the flower of Greece > (Jason was accompanied by more than 50 of the greatest heroes of Greece: Hercules, Theseus, Castor and Pollux, etc.) 212.45 Ye might haue seene the frothy billowes fry 2 Vnder the ship, as thorough them she went, That seemd the waues were into yuory, 4 Or yuory into the waues were sent; And other where the snowy substaunce sprent 6 With vermell, like the boyes bloud therein shed, A piteous spectacle did represent, 8 And otherwhiles with gold besprinkeled; Yt seemd th'enchaunted flame, which did _Cre{u"}sa_ wed. 1 You might have seen the frothy billows fry fry > seethe, foam 2 Under the ship, as through them she went, 3 That seemed the waves were into ivory, That > [So that it] 4 Or ivory into the waves were sent; sent > sent, _hence:_ transmuted; _also:_ sended (used of a ship pitching deeply with head or stern in the trough of a wave) 5 And otherwhere the snowy substance sprent otherwhere > elsewhere sprent > sprinkled (pa. ppl. of "sprenge") 6 With vermeil, like the boy's blood therein shed, vermeil > scarlet the boy > (See note on Jason and Medea at 212.44:4) 7 A piteous spectacle did represent, represent > bring to mind; make manifest; symbolize 8 And otherwhiles with gold besprinkled: otherwhiles > at other times; now and then (the original pointing also suggests: "And otherwhiles, with gold besprinkled, It seemed the enchanted flame ...") besprinkled > {Sprinkled all over; the prefix is intensive} 9 It seemed the enchanted flame which did Cre{u"}sa wed. seemed > [seemed to be]
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