6 They were by law of that proud tyranness law > command tyranness > female tyrant (Pride) 7 (Provoked with Wrath, and Envy's false surmise), surmise > accusation, accusations 8 Condemned to that dungeon merciless, merciless > without hope of mercy; _or:_ merciless [that merciless dungeon] 9 Where they should live in woe, and die in wretchedness. 105.47 There was that great proud king of _Babylon_, 2 That would compell all nations to adore, And him as onely God to call vpon, 4 Till through celestiall doome throwne out of dore, Into an Oxe he was transform'd of yore: 6 There also was king _Cr{ae}sus_, that enhaunst His heart too high through his great riches store; 8 And proud _Antiochus_, the which aduaunst His cursed hand gainst God, and on his altars daunst. 1 There was that great proud king of Babylon, king of Babylon > (Nebuchadnezzar (- 562 BC); see _Dan._ 1-4) 2 That would compel all nations to adore, adore > [adore him] 3 And him as only god to call upon, 4 Till, through celestial doom thrown out of door, doom > judgement 5 Into an ox he was transformed of yore: of yore > of old, formerly 6 There also was King Croesus, that enhanced Croesus > (King of Lydia, reigned 560-46 BC, who was fabled to turn everything he touched to gold) enhanced > exalted 7 His heart too high through his great riches' store; riches' store > store of wealth 8 And proud Antiochus, who advanced Antiochus > (Antiochus Epiphanes, - 164 BC, king of Syria who captured Judea and tried to eradicate Judaism, c. 166 BC) 9 His cursed hand gainst God, and on his altars danced. gainst > against 105.48 And them long time before, great _Nimrod_ was, 2 That first the world with sword and fire warrayd; And after him old _Ninus_ farre did pas 4 In princely pompe, of all the world obayd; There also was that mightie Monarch layd 6 Low vnder all, yet aboue all in pride, That name of natiue syre did fowle vpbrayd, 8 And would as _Ammons_ sonne be magnifide, Till scornd of God and man a shamefull death he dide. 1 And them long time before, great Nimrod was, Nimrod > (The first tyrant after Noah's Flood; associated with the founding of Babylon and Nineveh (_Gen._ 10.9-12)) 2 That first the world with sword and fire warrayed; warrayed > waged war on, laid to waste 3 And after him old Ninus far did pass Ninus > (King Ninus of Assyria, fl. c. 1250 BC, the reputed founder of Nineveh) pass > surpass, go in excess of 4 In princely pomp, of all the world obeyed; of > by 5 There also was that mighty monarch laid monarch > (Alexander the Great, 356-323 BC, king of Macedon; conquered Thebes, Persia, Syria, Phoenicia, Egypt) 6 Low under all, yet above all in pride, 7 That name of native sire did foul upbraid, native sire > [his] natural father upbraid > censure 8 And would as Ammon's son be magnified,