270 5 sages Old Testament prophets 10 wont was accustomed 11 Trinal Unity three parts in one, the Trinity 15 Heav’nly Muse Urania 21 host stars; angels

270 23 Wisards the Magi or Wise Men, cp. Matthew 2:1–12 24 prevent meet before, anticipate 28 cp. Isaiah 6:6–7 ‘Then flew one of the seraphims unto me, having a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar: And he laid it upon my mouth, and said, Lo, this hath touched thy lips; and thine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin purged’ 41 Pollute polluted blame for the Fall of Man

270 46 meek-eyd* 48 turning sphear firmament which turned around the earth 50 Turtle dove 51 mirtle associated with Venus and so love 56 hooked armed with hooklike blades 59 awfull fall of awe 64 whist silenced, hushed 68 Birds of Calm halcyons, kingfishers; their nesting-time at the winter solstice was traditionally associated with calm at sea

270 74 Lucifer the morning star, Venus 84 Axletree the axle around which the sun’s chariot wheels revolve; the axis around which the earth and heavens revolve 86 Or ere before 90 kindly beneficently; as one of their kind 92 silly simple

270 100 close conclusion of a musical phrase, movement 103 seat the moon 110 Globe troop 116 unexpressive inexpressible

270 119–24 cp. Job 38:4–8 ‘Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth… When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy? Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth?’ 125 the music of the spheres, audible to the sinless and disembodied souls 135 age of gold described in Virgil’s Messianic eclogue 4 and Ovid’s Metamorphoses 1.89ff. 136 speckl’d blemished, sinful; cp. Horace, Odes 4.5.22 ‘maculosum nefas’ (‘spotted sin’) 140 peering* just appearing

270 141 cp. Psalm 85:10 ‘Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other’ Justice Astraea 146 tissued* woven with gold or silver thread 151 Infancy** speechlessness, silence 153 redeem* make good 155 ychain’d a Spenserian form, cp. no. 204 1.12 156 wakefull* rousing, awaking 158 Sinai where Moses received the Ten Commandments, see Exodus 19:16–18

270 168 Dragon Satan 169 straiter narrower 172 Swindges lashes 185 poplar pale cp. Horace, Odes 2.3.9 ‘albaque poplus’ 186 Genius local deity, spirit of the place 187 flowre-inwov’n*

270 193 drear* dreary 196 peculiar own particular 197 Peor a mountain whose local deity, Baal, was worshipped by the Phoenicians as a sun-god (see Numbers 23:28 and 25:3) Baalim plural of Baal: the god. in his other manifestations 199 god Dagon, the Philistine god who twice fell on his face before the Ark of the Lord (see 1 Samuel 5:3–4) 200 Ashtaroth plural of Ashtoreth, chief goddess of the Phoenicians, who linked her with the moon 203 Hammon Jove 204 Tyrian of the capital of Phoenicia Thamuz the Phoenician equivalent of Adonis 205 Moloch an idol worshipped by the Ammonites at Rabbah (see 2 Kings 23:10) 212 his Egyptian goddess of the earth Orus Egyptian god of the sun who was Isis’s son Anubis son of Osiris; represented with the head of a dog or jackal

270 213 Osiris chief god of the Egyptians; represented as a bull 215 unshowr’d not moistened by showers 219 Timbrel’d* accompanied by the playing of tambourines 220 sable-stoled* black-robed 223 eyn eyes 226 Typhon the killer of Osiris 227 Babe the infant Christ is reminiscent of the infant Hercules 231 Pillows* 234 severall own, particular 235 Fayes fairies 236 Night-steeds* Moon-lov’d*

270 239 tedious wearisome; late, tardy, slow 240 youngest teemed newest born 242 Handmaid handmaid-like 244 hamest armed, in armour serviceable ready, willing to do service