7 drift intention

12 close cave place of confinement

19 Hermes Zeus’s herald and messenger

30 Cynthia’s … wilderness i.e. the power of the moon to govern the tides

47 period sentence

49 emperess Original spelling here and elsewhere retained for the sake of the metre.

55 and will you and if you will

61 simplest extracts in alchemy, the pure elements

63 metaphysical supernatural, the science that went beyond physical knowledge

70 rebated blunted

71–2 lineation ed. (O1 prints as prose)

84 rabbis scholarly authorities

86 theoria observation, survey

87 Elysium ed. (Elisian O1) paradise or heaven in Greek mythology

93 Dis Hades, Pluto, god of the underworld

94 masks lavish entertainment