LINE 438. reducd, in its original sense of brought back again." 565. gust, enjoyment. 599. ravin, prey. 686. Estotiland, Greenland. 698. flaw, gust of wind. 703. Serraliona, i.e., Sierra Leone, in Africa. 1071. foment, nurse carefully; cherish. BOOK XI. 86. defended, forbidden. 243. Sarra, is the same as “ Tyre,“ 390. Paquin, is “ Pekin.” 433. sord, sward. 487. marasmus, a sort of phthisis. 753. bottom, i.e., vessel ; ship. 835. orcs, were a kind of coarse fish. 866. listed colours, i.e., colours in stripes. BOOK XII. 146. Senir, Mount Hermon. 207. defends, forbids. 210. craze, break. 338. popular, i.e., belonging to the people. 367. carole, carol ; a song. 589. i.e., This watch-tower. 629. meteorous, high in the air. PARADISE REGAINED. BOOK I. 18. The allusion, of course, is to St. John Baptist. 26. divinely warn'd, i.e., warned by a voice from heaven. 53. attending, expecting; waiting. 87. obtains, possesses; maintains. 325. pin'd, wasted. 339. stubs, short undergrowth. 385. attent, attentive. 494. scope, object; aim; purpose. BOOK II. 22. Machaerus, a castle east of the Jordan. 130. frequence, used in its classic sense of full gathering. 168. magnetic, i.e., magnetic instrument. 189. scapes, like “escapades," means aber 66 a LINE 421. summ'd. This word is explained as a technical term in falconry applied grown. origin. It is used of a bird stretch ing one of its wings after its leg. 454. teem, bring forth. 467. libbard, leopard. 482. minims, minute objects. 597. frets, the fingering notes of a guitar. BOOK VIII. 157. This habitable, the earth. 165. inoffensive, unhindered by any ob stacle; uninterrupted. 466. cordial spirits, the spirits that are inspired by the heart. 502. conscience, for the state of conscious ness. use. 556. occasionally, i.e., as a mere accident of occasion. 583. divulged, rendered vulgar by common BOOK IX. 35. empreses, the patterns engraved on a shield. 36. Bases, a knight's mantle. 56. maugre, in spite of. 121. siege, here used for “seat." 218. spring, for the thing sprung up, hence grove, or young wood. 320. less, for “too little.” 353. erect, eager to listen. 437. arborets, shrubberies. 450. Tedded, just cut and strewn about. 563. speakable, endowed with the power of speech, 732. humane, for “human.” 792. boon, festive ; happy. 837. sciential, endowed with knowledge. IIII. Targe, shield. rations; unwarranted adventures. 196. i.e., Alexander. 289. bottom, a low-lying glade. The word in common use in the West of England. son of Ishmael. BOOK X. to have a full view of the other. 292. Petsora, a river in the North of Russia. duced by the sight of the Gorgon, gazed at into stone. 1 LOOK LINE 605. debel, defeat. 624. Abaddon (Rev. ix. II), “The angel of the bottomless pit is Abaddon.” LINE SAMSON AGONISTES. The title is explained by the classic name for those who competed as amateurs in the Greek games. It conveyed a sense of an occasional appearance in the role of competitor. 33. captiva, made captive. 118. diffus’d, stretched on the ground. 132. The Chalybean steel, famous through out the world, was produced in the region south of the Black Sea. 181. Eshtaol and Zora, sea-coast towns between Joppa and Gaza. 222. motion'd, intended. 373. Appoint, probably means, in this passage, blame,” adversely." 453. idolists, worshippers of idols. 471. blank, affright. 569. Robustious, powerful; unfettered. 701. crude, premature. 785. parle, discussion; parley. 1020. paranymph, the classical equivalent for the modern “best-man wedding. He used to accompany the bridegroom when he went to bring the bride home. 1075. fraught, burden; freight. 1120. brigandine, suit of mail armour. Habergeon means the same thing. 1121. vant-brace, brassets, or armour to cover the arms; greves, leggings of or « criticise at a armour. 1220. appellant, challenger. 1309. remark, indicate; show. 1512. Inhabitation, here used in the com mon Miltonic sense of “inhabited globe.” 1619. cataphracts, horsemen in full panoply. 1695. villatic, Latin villaticus, belonging to the house. The “ villatic fowl is the barndoor fowl. 1700. embost, in the bosk or wood. 1707. secular, endowed with the life of a generation. Here used for “a thousand years,” the fabled length of life of the phonix. 1713. Caphtor, the original land of the Philistines. "I brought the 1 356. Amalthea, the nurse of Jupiter. England. brated in the following line. BOOK III. Cyrus. province of Persia. gates, has not been definitely identi- bourhood of Teheran. Ctesiphon, were cities built by various kings who succeeded Alexander. Candahar. Atropatia, N. Media. Orlando Furioso. BOOK IV. Stoa, the portico where Zeno dis- of Stoics to his followers. art. worn round the neck at mass, but is white. threw the great earth-giant Antaeus. Philistines from Caphtor” (Amos 1755. acquist, acquisition, ix. 7). 894 INDEX OF FIRST LINES. PAGE POD 461 squalebant Curre per immensum subito, mea littera, pontum . though clear bench 467 466 . A book was writ of late called Tetra. chordon 565 523 524 130 555 524 554 470 281 465 156 deæ. 569 526 PAGI PAD1 saint. . . . ese gjes . 586 . . Hail, holy Light, offspring of Heaven Meanwhile the new-baptized, who yet 314 uage, that by Methought I saw my late espoused 467 462 547 450 Modò quis deus, aut editus deo. 585 445 Moestus eram, et tacitus, nullo comi- tante, sedebam 537 519 Nam te Rousius sui . 520 No eastern nation ever did adore 524 192 549 Now Morn, her rosy steps in the eastern clime 105 harbinger 459 Nunc mea Pierios cupiam per pectora fontes 462 O'er the smooth enamelled green 457 543 O fairest flower, no sooner blown but 505 of Man's first disobedience, and the fruit. 3 76 559 O Jehovah our Lord, how wondrous great 475 O Musa gressum quæ volens trahis 574 O Nightingale that on yon bloomy spray 459 523 Parere fati discite legibus . Per certo i bei vostri occhi, Donna mia 528 Perplexed and troubled at his bad 341 ignem 553 491 469 Qual in colle aspro, all'imbrunir di sera 526 472 554 473 Quin tu, libelle, nuntii licet mala Quis expedivit Salmasio suam Hun. dredam 555 datur PAGE 556 525 479 328 . 536 522 Ridonsi donne e giovani amorosi 527 quotannis . stood 456 534 solebas 523 524 525 524 504 256 463 What needs my Shakespeare, for his honoured bones liquid odours from thee never. spent faithful son Whom but he nations 465 . 493 . 523 morn 468 . . . 440 WILLIAM COLLINS, .SONS AND CO., LTD., LONDON AND GLASGOW, |
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