4 A dram of sweet is worth a pound of sour. dram > {Drachm, one sixteenth of an ounce avoirdupois} 5 She has forgotten how many a woeful stour stour > distress, time of distress 6 For him she late endured; she speaks no more late > lately 7 Of past: true is, that true love has no power 8 To look back; its eyes are fixed before. 9 Before her stands her knight, for whom she toiled so sore. 103.31 Much like, as when the beaten marinere, 2 That long hath wandred in the _Ocean_ wide, Oft soust in swelling _Tethys_ saltish teare, 4 And long time hauing tand his tawney hide With blustring breath of heauen, that none can bide, 6 And scorching flames of fierce _Orions_ hound, Soone as the port from farre he has espide, 8 His chearefull whistle merrily doth sound, And _Nereus_ crownes with cups; his mates him pledg around. 1 Much like when the beaten mariner 2 (That long has wandered in the ocean wide, 3 Oft soused in swelling Tethys' saltish tear, saltish > salty 4 And long time having tanned his tawny hide 5 With blustering breath of heaven, that none can abide, 6 And scorching flames of fierce Orion's hound), Orion's hound > (Sirius, in the constellation of Canis Major, one of Orion's two hounds; Orion is the giant hunter battling Taurus: cf. 103.16:1. Sirius is the brightest star in the sky, ascendant during the "dog days" of July and August, "at which time the Dogge starre, which is called Syrius, or Canicula, reigneth with immoderate heate, causing pestilence, drougth, and many diseases" (_SC_, gloss to "Julye")) 7 Soon as the port from far he has spied, Soon > [As soon] 8 His cheerful whistle merrily does sound, 9 And Nereus crowns with cups; his mates him pledge around. Nereus > (One of the sea deities, son of Tethys; see 304.19:4, 411.18-19) crowns > [he] crowns, honours; _hence:_ renders thanks to him pledge around > [drink a toast to him] 103.32 Such ioy made _Vna_, when her knight she found; 2 And eke th'enchaunter ioyous seemd no lesse, Then the glad marchant, that does vew from ground 4 His ship farre come from watrie wildernesse, He hurles out vowes, and _Neptune_ oft doth blesse: 6 So forth they past, and all the way they spent Discoursing of her dreadfull late distresse, 8 In which he askt her, what the Lyon ment: Who +told+ +her all that+ fell in iourney as she went. 9 told > told, _1609_ 9 her all that > all that her _sugg. Smith_ 1 Such joy made Una, when her knight she found; 2 And eke the enchanter joyous seemed no less eke > moreover, also 3 Than the glad merchant, that does view from ground 4 His ship far come from watery wilderness; 5 He hurls out vows, and Neptune oft does bless. Neptune > (God of the sea)