Renew, as one were born that very day.
6 Both Siloam this, and Jordan, did excel,
(The word-order in line 6 is exceptionally convoluted: "This did
excel both Siloam and Jordan")
Siloam > (Or Silo, the pool of Siloam; see _John_ 9.7)
Jordan > (The River Jordan, in which Naaman was cured of leprosy
(_2 Kings_ 5.1-14) and in which Christ was baptized by John
(_Matt._ 3))
7 And the English Bath, and eke the German Spau,
Bath > (In Avon, England, a spa since at least Roman times)
eke > also
Spau > (Near Li{e\}ge in Belgium)
8 Nor can Cephissus, nor Hebrus, match this well:
can > did; can
Cephissus > (The waters of this Greek river were used to purify
Deucalion and Pyrrha (_Met._ 1.369-70); and for washing and
whitening fleeces (Pliny, _Hist. Nat_. 2.106))
Hebrus > (A river in Thrace with unusually pure water (see Horace,
_Epistles_ 1.16:13))
well > {Spring, spring with supernatural powers}
9 Into the same the knight, back overthrown, fell.
111.31
Now gan the golden _Ph{oe}bus_ for to steepe
2 His fierie face in billowes of the west,
And his faint steedes watred in Ocean deepe,
4 Whiles from their iournall labours they did rest,
When that infernall Monster, hauing kest
6 His wearie foe into that liuing well,
Can high aduance his broad discoloured brest,
8 Aboue his wonted pitch, with countenance fell,
And clapt his yron wings, as victor he did dwell.
1 Now began the golden Phoebus to steep
Phoebus > (Who each day drives his chariot across the sky)
2 His fiery face in billows of the west,
3 And his faint steeds watered in ocean deep,
4 While from their journal labours they did rest,
journal > daily; diurnal; _or:_ viatical (a "journal" was also a
day's travel, or any journey)
5 When that infernal monster, having cast
6 His weary foe into that living well,
living > constantly flowing; refreshing
well > {Spring, spring with supernatural powers}
7 Can high advance his broad discoloured breast
Can > Did
discoloured > varicoloured, _hence:_ speckled (111.15:2); _also:_
stained, dingy
8 Above his wonted pitch, with countenance fell,
wonted > accustomed
pitch > height (to which a bird of prey rises before stooping on its
prey)
fell > fierce, terrible
9 And clapped his iron wings, as victor he did dwell.
as > [as though as]
dwell > live; _hence:_ survive, remain
111.32
Which when his pensiue Ladie saw f
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