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Stood gaping at their gate, and wondred them to see.

1 Great Neptune stood amazed at their sight,

their sight > [the sight of them]

2 While on his broad round back they softly slid
3 And eke himself mourned at their mournful plight,

eke > moreover [he]

4 Yet wist not what their wailing meant, yet did,

wist > knew

5 For great compassion of their sorrow, bid
6 His mighty waters to them buxom be:

buxom > yielding

7 Eftsoons the roaring billows still abode,

Eftsoons > Thereupon
still > still, motionless
abode > remained, waited

8 And all the grisly monsters of the sea

grisly > fearsome, horrible

9 Stood gaping at their gate, and wondered them to see.

gate > manner of going
wondered > marvelled

304.33

A teme of Dolphins raunged in +aray+,
2 Drew the smooth charet of sad _Cymoent_;
They were all taught by _Triton_, to obay
4 To the long +raynes+, at her commaundement:
As swift as swallowes, on the waues they went,
6 That their broad flaggie finnes no fome did reare,
Ne bubbling roundell they behind them sent;
8 The rest of other fishes drawen weare,
Which with their finny oars the swelling sea did sheare.

1 aray > a ray _(my conjecture); "ray" is aphetic for "array", and
spacing between words in the early editions is often very tight.
Cf. 209.7:9_
4 raynes > traines _1596, 1609_

1 A team of dolphins, ranged in array,

array > [a] rank (see also Textual Appendix)

2 Drew the smooth charet of sad Cymodoc{e"};

charet > chariot

3 They were all taught by Triton to obey

Triton > (Son of Neptune and Amphitrite, and thus a nephew of
Cymodoc{e"}; his chief characteristic is his shell-trumpet, which he
blows to quieten the waves; for his command over dolphins, see
_Myth._ 8.3)
obey > be obedient; submit

4 To the long reins, at her commandment:

commandment > command

5 As swift as swallows, on the waves they went,

swallows > (Which, besides having a fast and liquid flight, will
skim the surface of fresh water in order to drink)

6 That their broad flaggy fins no foam did rear,

That > [So that]
flaggy > drooping (Spenser's knowledge of dolphin anatomy seems to
have been gained from woodcuts in medieval bestiaries and the
like)
rear > raise

7 Nor bubbling roundel they behind them sent;

roundel > circle [of ripples]

8 The rest of other fishes drawn were,

rest > [other n