have passage wide,
That > [So that]
charet > chariot
9 Which four great hippodames did draw, in teamwise tied.
hippodame > ?hippopotamus (from the medieval spelling "ypotame"; or
perhaps this is a new creature, invented by Spenser, half horse
and half woman, the female counterpart of the centaur, aquatic
rather than terrestrial. The prefix _hippo-_ comes from the
Greek word for "horse". "Damaios" is an epithet of Neptune the
Tamer, from the Greek _damao_, to subdue; but "dame" (meaning
"wife", "woman") is cognate with the Latin _domina_ (meaning
"lady of the house", "mistress"). Maclean (1982) suggests
"sea-horse", from 311.41:1, which might however be a figurative
term. See also 209.50:8)
teamwise > [a team-like manner]
311.41
His sea-horses did seeme to snort amayne,
2 And from their nosethrilles blow the brynie streame,
That made the sparckling waues to smoke agayne,
4 And flame with gold, but the white fomy creame,
Did shine with siluer, and shoot forth his beame.
6 The God himselfe did pensiue seeme and sad,
And hong adowne his head, as he did dreame:
8 For priuy loue his brest empierced had,
Ne ought but deare _Bisaltis_ ay could make him glad.
1 His sea-horses did seem to snort amain,
amain > vehemently
2 And from their nostrils blow the briny stream,
3 That made the sparkling waves to smoke again,
again > again; in return
4 And flame with gold, but the white foamy cream
5 Did shine with silver, and shoot forth its beam.
6 The god himself did pensive seem and sad,
pensive > anxious; sorrowful
7 And hung adown his head, as he did dream:
adown > down
as > [as though]
8 For privy love his breast empierced had,
privy > secret
breast > heart
empierced > transfixed
9 Ne aught but dear Bisaltis ay could make him glad.
Ne aught > Naught, no one at all
Bisaltis > (Or Theophane, daughter of Bisaltes, changed by Neptune
into a ewe; he changed himself into a ram. See _Met._ 6.117 and
Hyginus, _Fabulae_ 188)
ay > ever
311.42
He loued eke _Iphimedia_ deare,
2 And _Aeolus_ faire daughter _Arne_ +hight,+
For whom he turnd him selfe into a Steare,
4 And fed on fodder, to beguile her sight.
Also to win _Deucalions_ daughter bright,
6 +He+ turnd him selfe into a Dolphin fayre;
And like a winged horse he tooke his flight,
8 To +snaky+-locke _Medusa_ to repayre,
On whom he got fair
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