Tantalus > (An evil king, variously said to be of Lydia, Phrygia, Argos, or Corinth. According to the account preferred, his fatal crime was (1) to have divulged secrets entrusted to him by Jupiter, (2) to have offered his son Pelops, in cooked pieces, as food for the gods, (3) to have stolen ambrosia and nectar from the table of the gods, or (4) to have feloniously received a golden dog, the property of the goddess Rhea. He was punished by being placed within reach of food and water which drew back whenever he tried to eat or drink; moreover, a giant rock was suspended over his head, perpetually threatening to fall and crush him. See _Odyssey_ 11.582-92, _Virgil's Gnat_ 385-8) 6 And Tityus fed a vulture on his maw; Tityus > (A giant who attempted to rape the goddess Latona (Diana, in some accounts): he was killed, stretched out on a rack, and condemned to having his liver perpetually eaten by two vultures. See _Virgil's Gnat_ 377) maw > stomach 7 Typhoeus' joints were stretched on a gin; Typhoeus > (Another name for Typhon, a fearsome giant who contended with the gods) gin > engine [of torture], rack (a long table with a roller at each end to which the ankles and wrists were attached by ropes) 8 Theseus, condemned to endless sloth by law; Theseus > (Condemned for helping Pirithous in his attempt to abduct Proserpine; he was bound to the Chair of Forgetfulness, but was eventually rescued by Hercules. See _Aen._ 6.617-8) 9 And fifty sisters water in leaky vessels draw. fifty sisters > (The Belides or Dana{i"}des, daughters of Dana{u"}s, condemned endlessly to draw water in sieves. They killed their bridegrooms, the fifty sons of Aegyptus; strictly, only forty- nine sisters were thus condemned, since one of their number, Hypermnestra, spared her husband. In the interests of scansion, Spenser wisely overlooks this detail. See _Virgil's Gnat_ 393-6) 105.36 They all beholding worldly wights in place, 2 Leaue off their worke, vnmindfull of their smart, To gaze on them; who forth by them doe pace, 4 Till they be come vnto the furthest part: Where was a Caue ywrought by wondrous art, 6 Deepe, darke, vneasie, dolefull, comfortlesse, In which sad {AE}_sculapius_ farre +a part+ 8 Emprisond was in chaines remedilesse, For that _Hippolytus_ rent corse he did redresse. 7 a part > apart _1590, 1609_ 1 They all, beholding worldly wights in place, worldly > mortal wights > creatures, people in place > there 2 Leave off their work, unmindful of their smart, smart > suffering; sorrow; pain 3 To gaze on them; who forth by them do pace, 4 Till they be come to the furthest part: 5 Where was a cave wrought by wondrous art, 6 Deep, dark, uneasy, doleful, comfortless, uneasy > disagreeable; without ease 7 In which sad Aesculapius, far apart, Aesculapius > (God of medicine and healing, son of Apollo and Coronis) 8 Imprisoned was in chains remediless,