valew, and of great renowme,
4 On which there stood an Image all alone,
Of massy gold, which with his owne light shone;
6 And wings it had with sundry colours dight,
More sundry colours, then the proud _Pauone_
8 Beares in his boasted fan, or _Iris_ bright,
When her discolourd bow she spreds through +heauen bright+.

9 heauen bright > heuens hight _conj. Church (following the 1590
spelling of "heuen")_

1 And, at the upper end of that fair room,
2 There was an altar built of precious stone,
3 Of passing value, and of great renown,

passing > surpassing

4 On which there stood an image all alone,

image > effigy, statue, idol

5 Of massy gold, which with its own light shone;

massy > solid

6 And wings it had with sundry colours dight,

dight > arrayed

7 More sundry colours than the proud pavone

pavone > peacock (Italian word)

8 Bears in his boasted fan, or Iris bright,

Iris > (Goddess of the rainbow. See _GL_ 16.24)
bright > beautiful (sparing the duplication of the rhyme in line 9)

9 When her discoloured bow she spreads through heaven bright.

discoloured > varicoloured

311.48

Blindfold he was, and in his cruell fist
2 A mortall bow and arrowes keene did hold,
With which he shot at randon, when him list,
4 Some headed with sad lead, some with pure gold;
(Ah man beware, how thou those darts behold)
6 A wounded Dragon vnder him did ly,
Whose hideous tayle his left foot did +enfold+,
8 And with a shaft was shot through either eye,
That no man forth might draw, ne no man remedye.

7 enfold > ensold _1596_

1 Blindfold it was, and in its cruel fist

Blindfold > (Cupid is often thus depicted, for he cares not where
his arrows strike: cf. 101.51:4, 203.23:6, 302.35:8, 304.6:8)

2 A mortal bow and arrows keen did hold,

mortal > lethal, deadly
keen > sharp

3 With which it shot at random, when it list,

list > chose, pleased

4 Some headed with sad lead, some with pure gold

lead > (Cupid's lead-tipped and gold-tipped arrows bring unhappy or
happy love respectively. See _Met._ 1.466-71)

5 (Ah man beware, how you those darts behold);
6 A wounded dragon under it did lie,
7 Whose hideous tail its left foot did enfold,

hideous > immense; hideous

8 And with a shaft was shot through either eye,
9 That no man forth might draw, nor no man remedy.

311.49

And vnderneath h