Thence turning backe in silence soft they stole, 2 And brought the heauie corse with easie pace To yawning gulfe of deepe _Auernus_ hole. 4 By that same hole an entrance darke and bace With smoake and sulphure hiding all the place, 6 Descends to hell: there creature neuer past, That backe returned without heauenly grace; 8 But dreadfull _Furies_, which their chaines haue brast, And damned sprights sent forth to make ill men aghast. 1 Thence turning back in silence soft they stole, 2 And brought the heavy corse with easy pace corse > body 3 To yawning gulf of deep Avernus' hole. gulf > abyss Avernus > (Lake Avernus, a volcanic lake near Naples, still called Lago d'Averno. Near it was the cave of the Cumaean Sibyl, through which Aeneas descended to the infernal regions: see _Aen._ 6.237 ff.) 4 By that same hole an entrance, dark and base, By > [By means of, through] base > low 5 With smoke and sulphur hiding all the place, 6 Descends to hell: there creature never passed, 7 That back returned without heavenly grace; 8 But dreadful Furies who their chains have burst, But > [Except] 9 And damned sprites sent forth to make ill men aghast. ill > evil aghast > frightened (esp. with terror of the supernatural) 105.32 By that same way the direfull dames doe driue 2 Their mournefull charet, fild with rusty blood, And downe to _Plutoes_ house are come biliue: 4 Which passing through, on euery side them stood The trembling ghosts with sad amazed mood, 6 Chattring their yron teeth, and staring wide With stonie eyes; and all the hellish brood 8 Of feends infernall flockt on euery side, To gaze on earthly wight, that with the Night durst ride. 1 By that same way the direful dames do drive 2 Their mournful chariot, fild with rusty blood, fild > defiled; _or:_ filled (cf. 107.9:9, etc.) rusty > rust-coloured; morally foul, corrupted 3 And down to Pluto's house are come belive: belive > forthwith, without delay 4 Which passing through, on every side them stood them > [of them] 5 The trembling ghosts with sad amazed mood, sad > grave mood > mind, feeling, spirit 6 Chattering their iron teeth, and staring wide 7 With stony eyes; and all the hellish brood stony > rigid, fixed brood > race 8 Of fiends infernal flocked on every side, 9 To gaze on earthly wight, that with the Night dared ride. wight > creature, person, woman 105.33 They pas the bitter waues of _Acheron_, 2 Where many soules sit wailing woefully, And come to fiery flood of _Phlegeton_, 4 Whereas the damned ghosts in torments fry, And with sharp shrilling shriekes doe bootlesse cry, 6 Cursing high _Ioue_, the which them thither sent. The house of endlesse paine is built thereby, 8 In which ten thousand sorts of punishment The cursed creatures doe eternally torment. 1 They pass the bitter waves of Acheron,