ereids' chariots]
of > by
fish > (So the dolphin was believed to be)
9 Which with their finny oars the swelling sea did shear.
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Soone as they bene arriu'd vpon the brim
2 Of the _Rich strond_, their charets they forlore,
And let their temed fishes softly swim
4 Along the margent of the fomy shore,
Least they their finnes should bruze, and surbate sore
6 Their tender feet vpon the stony ground:
And comming to the place, where all in gore
8 And cruddy bloud enwallowed they found
The lucklesse _Marinell_, lying in deadly swound;
1 Soon as they been arrived upon the brim
Soon > [As soon]
been > [were, had]
brim > margin, edge
2 Of the Rich Strand, their charets they forlore,
Strand > Shore
charets > chariots
forlore > left
3 And let their teamed fishes softly swim
4 Along the margent of the foamy shore,
margent > margin
5 Lest they their fins should bruise, and surbate sore
surbate > bruise, make sore
6 Their tender feet upon the stony ground:
7 And, coming to the place where all in gore
8 And cruddy blood enwallowed they found
cruddy > clotted
enwallowed > wallowed (the prefix is an intensive)
9 The luckless Marinell, lying in deadly swoon,
deadly > death-like
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His mother swowned thrise, and the third time
2 Could scarce recouered be out of her paine;
Had she not bene deuoyd of mortall slime,
4 She should not then haue bene reliu'd againe,
But soone as life recouered had the raine,
6 She made so piteous mone and deare wayment,
That the hard rocks could scarse from teares refraine,
8 And all her sister Nymphes with one consent
Supplide her sobbing breaches with sad complement.
1 His mother swooned thrice, and the third time
2 Could scarcely recovered be out of her pain;
3 Had she not been devoid of mortal slime,
slime > flesh (for the nereids are goddesses)
4 She should not then have been relived again,
relived > revived
5 But soon as life recovered had the reign,
soon > [as soon]
reign > reign; _or, perhaps:_ rein (cf. 107.24:5)
6 She made so piteous moan and dear wayment
so > such
moan > moaning
dear > grievous
wayment > waymenting: lamenting, sorrowing
7 That the hard rocks could scarcely from tears refrain,
8 And all her sister nymphs with one concent
concent > harmony, accord
9 Supplied her sobbing breaches with s
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