Does fcorch not halfe so fore, nor damned ghofte In flaming Phlegeton does not fo felly rofte."

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Which when as Archimago heard, his griefe

He knew right well, and him attonce difarm'd;
Then fearcht his fecret woundes, and made a priefe
Of every place that was with bruzing harmd,
Or with the hidden fier inly warmd."

Which doen, he balmes and herbes thereto applyde,
And evermore with mightie spels them charmd;
That in short space he has them qualifyde,

And him reftor'd to helth that would have algates dyde.

m the hidden fier inly warmd.] So the first edition reads. The fecond and every other fubfequent edition read, "Or with the hidden fire too inly warm'd." But too appears needlefs; and fier, pronounced as two fyllables, is not uncommon in Spenser [as well as in Shakespeare, and other poets of his day]. I retain therefore the original reading. TODD.

The faithfull light of that faire lampe yblent,
And cover'd heaven with hideous dreriment,
Upon his card and
compas firmes his eye,
The mayfters of his long experiment,

And to them does the fteddy helme apply,
Bidding his winged veffell fairely forward fly:

2.

So Guyon having loft his truftie guyde,

Late left beyond that Ydle lake, proceedes
Yet on his way, of none accompanyde;
And evermore himfelfe with comfort feedes
Of his own vertues and praise-worthie deedes.
So, long he yode, yet no adventure found,

That to a ftedfaft ftarre.] So all the editions. I think Spenfer gave, "to the ftedfaft ftarre," meaning thereby the pole-ftar; as he calls it the faithfull light. CHURCH.

II.

Which fame of her fhrill trompet worthy reedes;

For ftill he traveild through wide waftfull ground, That nought but defert wilderneffe fhewed all around.

3.

At last he came unto a gloomy glade,

Cover'd with boughes and shrubs from heavens light,
Whereas he fitting found in fecret shade
An uncouth, falvage, and uncivile wight,
Of griefly hew and fowle ill favour'd fight;

His face with fmoke was tand, and eies were bleard,
His head and beard with fout were ill bedight,
His cole-blacke hands did feeme to have ben feard
In fmythes fire-fpitting forge, and nayles like clawes
appeard.

4.

His yron cote, all overgrowne with ruft,
Was underneath enveloped with gold;
Whose gliftring gloffe, darkned with filthy duft,
Well yet appeared to have beene of old
A worke of rich entayle and curious mould,
Woven with antickes and wyld ymagery;
And in his lap a maffe of coyne he told,

In fmythes fire-fpitting forge.] Spett feems anciently to have more fimply fignified difperfe, without the low idea which we at present affix to it. Thus Milton, in "Comus,” ver. 131:

When the dragon woom

"Of Stygian darkness Spets her thickest gloom."

And Drayton, in the "Barons Wars," of an exhalation, " Spetteth his lightening forth," B. ii. St. 35. T. WARTON. It is remarkable, however, that both Spenfer's own editions read, "fire-fpitting," not petting. TODD. It is "fire-spetting" in the folio 1611. C.

Well yet appeared.] So the firft edition reads. Spenfer's fecond edition reads, less perfpicuously, "Well it appeared;" and has been followed by all the folios. TODD.

A worke of rich entayle.] Carving, Sculpture. So Chaucer, “Rom. R." 162:

"An image of another entaile."

Ital. intagliare, intaglio. UPTON. To "entayl" is merely to cut as with a sword, in this vol. p. 184. C.

And turned upfide downe, to feede his eye And covetous defire with his huge threafury.

5.

And round about him lay on every fide

Great heapes of gold that never could be spent ;
Of which fome were rude owre, not purifide
Of Mulcibers devouring element;

Some others were new driven, and diftent

Into great Ingowes and to wedges square; Some in round plates withouten moniment ;* But most were stampt, and in their metal bare The antique fhapes of kings and kefars ftraung and rare.

6.

Soone as he Guyon faw, in great affright

And hafte he rofe for to remove afide

Those pretious hils from ftraungers envious fight,
And downe them poured through an hole full wide
Into the hollow earth, them there to hide.
But Guyon, lightly to him leaping, stayd
His hand that trembled as one terrifyde;

And though him felfe were at the fight difmayd,
Yet him perforce reftraynd, and to him doubtfull fayd:

7.

"What art thou, man, (if man at all thou art)

That here in defert haft thine habitaunce,

And these rich hils' of welth doeft hide apart
From the worldes eye, and from her right ufaunce?"

* Some in round plates withouten moniment.] Spelt as the Ital. monimento: meaning here, image, fuperfcription, ornament; yvpiopa, gnorifma, monumentum. UPTON.

f And thefe rich bils.] This is the reading of Spenfer's first edition: all other editions read "rich heapes." Mr. Upton, however, acknowledges that "hils" is not improper here. Thus Barnefield, in his "Lady Pecunia," 1605, St. 14, has "mounts of money." TODD. Barnefield's poem was originally printed in 1598, an edition with which Todd was not acquainted; but the expreffion is the fame in both. C.

Thereat, with staring eyes fixed askaunce, In great difdaine he answerd: "Hardy Elfe, That dareft view my direfull countenaunce, I read thee rash and heedleffe of thy felfe, To trouble my still feate, and heapes of pretious pelfe.

8.

"God of the world and worldlings I me call,
Great Mammon, greatest god below the skye,
That of my plenty poure out unto all,
And unto none my graces do envye:
Riches, renowme, and principality,
Honour, estate, and all this worldes good,
For which men fwinck and fweat inceffantly,
Fro me do flow into an ample flood,

And in the hollow earth have their eternall brood.

9.

"Wherefore, if me thou deigne to serve and few, At thy commaund lo! all these mountaines bee: Or if to thy great mind, or greedy vew,

All these may not fuffife, there fhall to thee

Ten times fo much be nombred francke and free." "Mammon," (faid he)" thy godheads vaunt is vaine, And idle offers of thy golden fee;

To them that covet fuch eye-glutting gaine Proffer thy giftes, and fitter fervaunts entertaine.

IO.

"Me ill befits, that in derdoing armes

And honours fuit my vowed daies do fpend,
Unto thy bounteous baytes and pleasing charmes,
With which weake men thou witcheft, to attend ;
Regard of worldly mucke doth fowly blend,

& Me ill befits.] Not befits, as amended in the folios, but " befits," as the word is printed in the 4tos. 1590 and 1596. See the notes upon

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fits," vol. i. pp. 125, 186, 312. The meaning is the fame as befits, i. e. "it ill befeems, or befuits me." C.