Where drenched deepe he fownd in that dull ford The carefull1 servaunt stryving with his raging lord. 48 Him Atin, spying, knew right well of yore, 49 And cald, "Pyrochles, what is this I see? What hellish fury hath at earst3 thee hent1? Furious ever I thee knew to bee, Yet never in this straunge astonishment.5 "These flames, these flames," he cryde, "do me "" torment! "What flames," quoth he, " when I thee present see In daunger rather to be drent then brent?" "Harrow"! the flames which me consume," said hee, "Ne can be quencht, within my secret bowelles bee. 1 Carefull, distressed. 2 Sithens, since. 3 At earst, suddenly. 4 Hent, seized. 5 Astonishment, perturbation. 6 Drent then brent, drowned than burnt. 7 Harrow, help. XLVIII. 2. O Archimage.] Archimago's last appearance was in Canto III. Stanza 19. He had then left Braggadochio to procure for him the sword of Prince Arthur; and in the eighth canto 50 "That cursed man, that cruel feend of hell, 51 Which whenas Archimago heard, his griefe Which doen, he balmes and herbes thereto applyde, And him restor'd to helth, that would have algates dyde.5 1 Bedight, treated, served. 2 Felly, cruelly. 3 Priefe, examination. 4 Qualifyde, eased, assuaged. 5 Would have algates dyde, wished by all means to die. of this present book (Stanza 20) we are informed that the sword he now has in his hand was Prince Arthur's; but we are nowhere told how he contrived to get it into his possession. H. APPENDIX. THE following list presents all the variations from the text of the First Quarto which have been admitted into this volume, the "faults escaped in the print" noted at the end of the Edition of 1590 being of course corrected; and also some trivial typographical blunders, about which there could be no question. "14, v. 1, reedes, Q. reede. "15, v. 5, deserte, Q. desertes. 25, son. 2, v. 6, soverains, Q. soverain. "32, st. 4, v. 5, my, Q. mine. 60, st. 17, v. 9, die (ed. 1609), Q. dies. แ 62, st. 22, v. 5, your (2d ed.), Q. thy. "96, st. 27, v. 3, coffers, Q. coffets. 108, st. 7, v. 9, helmets hewen deepe (2d ed.), Q. hewen hel mets deepe. “152, st. 22, v. 9, sight (supplied from 2d ed.), Q. omitted. 155, st. 32, v. 8, whose (ed. 1609), Q. her. "164, st. 1, v. 6, through, Q. thorough. 172, st. 24, v. 6, his (ed. 1609), Q. her. 195, st. 33, v. 3, ypight (2d ed.), Q. yplight. “198, st. 42, v. 7, holds, Q. hold. “199, st. 46, v. 7, falsed, Q. falsest. "201, st. 52, v. 1, saw (2d ed.), Q. heard. Page 210, st. 20, v. 5, supplied from ed. 1609. Q. wanting. "216, st. 36, v. 6, their, Q. there. 222, st. 52, v. 6, brings, Q. bring. 226, st. 65, v. 3, place (ed. 1609), Q. face. 230, st. 3. This stanza is supplied from 2d ed. Q. omitted: "242, st. 37, v. 2, yelled (ed. 1609), Q. yelded. "244, st. 41, v. 4, nor (ed. 1609), Q. for. "275, st. 16, v. 1, liefe (ed. 1609), Q. life. "281, st. 32, v. 7, must (ed. 1609), Q. most. 300, st. 21, v. 2, hond (ed. 1609), Q. hand. 303, st. 28, v. 2, their (2d ed.), Q. her. 304, st. 30, v. 1, there (ed. 1609), Q. their. 308, st. 42, v. 6, an yearely, Q. any earely. 309, st. 44, v. 4, enrold, Q. entrold. 66 315, st. 11, v. 4, courser, Q. course. 335, st. 17, v. 6-9. Taken from 2d ed. (see note). 351, st. 10, v. 7, enimyes, Q. enimye. 362, st. 1, v. 7, restraine (2d ed.), Q. abstaine. 363, st. 3, v. 4, that nigh her breath was gone (2d ed.), Q. as merry as Pope Ione. "365, st. 7, v. 5, of, Q. off. 372, st. 27, v. 9, there (ed. 1609), Q. their. 378, st. 43, v. 7, lent this (2d ed.), Q. lent but this his. “381, st. 50, v. 3, liver (ed. 1609), Q. livers. END OF VOL. I. |