-waite whereto their seruice he applyes,
To aide his friends, or fray his enimies:
6 Of those he chose out two, the falsest twoo,
And fittest for to forge true-seeming lyes;
8 The one of them he gaue a message too,
The other by him selfe staide other worke to doo.

1 And forth he called out of deep darkness dread
2 Legions of sprites, which, like little flies
3 Fluttering about his ever-damned head,

ever > eternally

4 Await whereto their service he applies:

applies > directs, brings to bear, puts to use

5 To aid his friends, or fray his enemies.

fray > frighten; attack

6 Of those he chose out two, the falsest two,
7 And fittest to forge true-seeming lies;
8 One of them he gave a message to,
9 The other by himself stayed, other work to do.

stayed > kept, retained

101.39

He making speedy way through spersed ayre,
2 And through the world of waters wide and deepe,
To _Morpheus_ house doth hastily repaire.
4 Amid the bowels of the earth full steepe,
And low, where dawning day doth neuer peepe,
6 His dwelling is; there _Tethys_ his wet bed
Doth euer wash, and _Cynthia_ still doth steepe
8 In siluer deaw his euer-drouping hed,
Whiles sad Night ouer him her mantle black doth spred.

1 He, making speedy way through spersed air,

spersed > scattered (aphetic form of "dispersed")

2 And through the world of waters wide and deep,
3 To Morpheus' house does hastily repair.

repair > go, betake himself

4 Amid the bowels of the earth full steep,

full > very, exceedingly

5 And low, where dawning day does never peep,
6 His dwelling is; there Tethys his wet bed

Tethys > (A marine goddess, wife of Oceanus; the sea)

7 Does ever wash, and Cynthia still does steep

Cynthia > (Diana in her aspect as goddess of the moon; the moon
itself. See 203.31:2)
still > continuously

8 In silver dew his ever-drooping head,
9 While sad Night over him her mantle black does spread.

sad > heavy; dark, deep; dismal
Night > (The pre-Olympian goddess, Nox; she features in person at
105.20 ff.)

101.40

Whose double gates he findeth locked fast,
2 The one faire fram'd of burnisht Yuory,
The other all with siluer ouercast;
4 And wakefull dogges before them farre do lye,
Watching to banish Care their enimy,
6 Who oft is wont to trouble gentle +Sleepe+.
By them the Spr