English poetry -- Early modern, 1500-1700; Knights and knighthood -- Poetry; Virtues -- Poetry
mischiefs > evils, misfortunes
ensue > follow
104.35
Full many mischiefes follow cruell _Wrath_;
2 Abhorred bloudshed, and tumultuous strife,
Vnmanly murder, and vnthrifty scath,
4 Bitter despight, with rancours rusty knife,
And fretting griefe the enemy of life;
6 All these, and many euils moe haunt ire,
The swelling Splene, and Frenzy raging rife,
8 The shaking Palsey, and Saint _Fraunces_ fire:
Such one was _Wrath_, the last of this vngodly tire.
1 Full many mischiefs follow cruel Wrath:
Full > Very, exceedingly
mischiefs > evils, misfortunes
2 Abhorred bloodshed, and tumultuous strife,
3 Unmanly murder, and unthrifty scathe,
Unmanly > {Dishonourable to, degrading to, unbefitting a man}
unthrifty > unfortunate; prodigal, profligate
scathe > damage, harm
4 Bitter despite, with rancour's rusty knife,
despite > rage; malice
rusty > blood-stained; dirty; rusty
5 And fretting grief, the enemy of life;
fretting > devouring; gnawing (cf. 106.44:5)
6 All these, and many evils more, haunt Ire,
Ire > [Wrath]
7 The swelling spleen, and frenzy raging rife,
spleen > {Spite; the organ itself, with which anger and spite were
associated}
8 The shaking palsy, and Saint Francis' fire:
Saint Francis' fire > {Erysipelas, a skin disease characterized by a
deep red colour}
9 Such one was Wrath, the last of this ungodly tire.
tire > accoutrement, equipment; ornament, embellishment [of
Lucifera] _or:_ ?team (from the Common Romanic _tirare_, to draw,
pull)
104.36
And after all, vpon the wagon beame
2 Rode +_Sathan_+, with a smarting whip in hand,
With which he forward lasht the laesie teme,
4 So oft as _Slowth_ still in the mire did stand.
Huge routs of people did about them band,
6 Showting for ioy, and still before their way
A foggy mist had couered all the land;
8 And vnderneath their feet, all scattered lay
Dead sculs and bones of men, whose life had gone astray.
2 _Sathan_ > _Satan 1609_
1 And, after all, upon the wagon beam
2 Rode Satan, with a smarting whip in hand,
3 With which he forward lashed the lazy team,
4 So oft as Sloth still in the mire did stand.
still > motionless; yet
5 Huge routs of people did about them band,
routs > {Crowds, clamorous or riotous assemblages}
6 Shouting for joy; and still before their way
7 A foggy mist had covered all the land;
mist > (Symbol of deception: cf. 102.38:5, 212.34:5)
8 And, underneath their feet, all scattered lay
9 Dead skulls and bones of men whose life had gone astray.
104.37
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