hallowes,
The whiles that loue it steres, and fortune rowes;
6 Loue my lewd Pilot hath a restlesse mind
And fortune Boteswaine no assuraunce knowes,
8 But saile withouten starres, gainst tide and wind:
How can they other do, sith both are bold and blind?
1 "For else my feeble vessel, crazed and cracked
else > otherwise
crazed > damaged [weakened by multiple hairline fissures]
2 Through your strong buffets and outrageous blows,
outrageous > violent; intemperate
blows > blows, strokes; blasts of wind
3 Cannot endure, but needs it must be wracked
needs > of necessity, perforce
wracked > wrecked, shipwrecked; ruined
4 On the rough rocks, or on the sandy shallows,
5 While Love it steers, and Fortune rows;
Love > [Cupid; on his blindness, see 304.6:8]
6 Love, my lewd pilot, has a restless mind,
lewd > unlearned; bungling; worthless; sorry, poor; lewd, lascivious
7 And Fortune, boatswain, no assurance knows,
assurance > steadiness, intrepidity
8 But sail without stars, gainst tide and wind:
stars > [benefit of navigation by the stars]
gainst > against
9 How can they other do, sith both are bold and blind?
sith > since
304.10
Thou God of winds, that raignest in the seas,
2 That raignest also in the Continent,
At last blow vp some gentle gale of ease,
4 The which may bring my ship, ere it be rent,
Vnto the gladsome port of her intent:
6 Then when I shall my selfe in safety see,
A table for eternall moniment
8 Of thy great grace, and my great ieopardee,
Great _Neptune_, I auow to hallow vnto thee.
1 "You god of winds, that reign in the seas,
2 That reign also in the continent,
continent > land
3 At last blow up some gentle gale of ease,
4 Which may bring my ship, ere she be rent,
rent > shattered
5 To the gladsome port of her intent:
intent > purpose
6 Then when I shall myself in safety see,
7 A table for eternal monument
table > votive tablet
8 Of your great grace, and my great jeopardy,
9 Great Neptune, I avow to hallow to you."
Neptune > ("Thou God of winds" (line 1) is Aeolus, so her principal
supplication might be addressed to Neptune as the "sea of sorrow"
of 304.8:1)
avow > vow
304.11
Then sighing softly sore, and inly deepe,
2 She shut vp all her plaint in priuy griefe;
For her great courage would not let her weepe,
4 Till that
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